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CONTINENTAL SHELF BEYOND 200 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE BASELINES FROM WHICH THE BREADTH OF THE TERRITORIAL SEA IS MEASURED
Preliminary information indicative of the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles in accordance with SPLOS/183
Submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf made on 6 September 2011

OTHER INFORMATION

Legislation
 Act No. 85-14 delimiting the territorial sea, the contiguous zone and the continental shelf, 25 February 1985
 Act 87-27 of 18 August 1987 establishing the Maritime Fishing Code
 Decree No. 90-670 of 18 June 1990 on the Drawing of Baselines

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
 and other material

with Cabo Verde
 Treaty on the delimitation of the maritime frontier between the Republic of Cape Verde and the Republic of Senegal (with annex and map), 17 February 1993 (entry into force: 25 March.1994; registration #: 30956; registration date: 20 May 1994; )

with Gambia
 Treaty fixing the maritime boundaries between the Republic of the Gambia and the Republic of Senegal, 4 June 1975

with Guinea-Bissau
 Territorial sea and continental shelf boundary between Senegal and Guinea-Bissau (exchange of letters between Portugal and France), 26 April 1960
 Management and Cooperation Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Senegal and the Government of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, 14 October 1993 (entry into force: 21 December 1995; registration #: 32434; registration date: 10 January 1996; )
 Protocol to the Agreement of 14 October 1993, concerning the organization and operation of the Management and Cooperation Agency, 12 June 1995 (entry into force: 21 December 1995; registration #: 32434; registration date: 10 January 1996; )
 
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