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Nr. I Briefwisseling tussen de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Regering van de Verenigde Staten van Amerika houdende een overeenkomst inzake jurisdictie over Nederlandse schepen die gebruik maken van de Louisiana Offshore Oil Port

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

WASHINGTON

March 9,1981

Excellency:

I have the honor to refer to the discussions which have taken place between representatives of our two Governments in connection with the establishment of deepwater ports off the coast of the United States and the jurisdictional requirements of the United States Deepwater Port Act of 1974, and to confirm that the two governments are in agreement that vessels registered in or flying the flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the personnel on board such vessels utilizing the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP, Inc.), a deepwater port facility established under the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 for the purposes stated therein, shall, whenever they may be present within the safety zone of such deepwater port, be subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, on the same basis as when in coastal ports of the United States.

It is the understanding of the Government of the United States and of the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands that this agreement shall not apply to vessels registered in or flying the flag of the Netherlands merely passing through the safety zone of the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port without calling at or otherwise utilizing the port.

If the foregoing is acceptable to your Government, I have the honour to propose that this Note, together with your reply thereto indicating acceptance, shall constitute an agreement between the United States of America and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which shall enter into force on the date on which the Government of the United States receives from the Government of the Netherlands notice that the procedures constitutionally required therefor in the Kingdom of the Netherlands have been fulfilled, and shall remain in force until terminated by six months' written notice by either party to the other.

Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration.

For the Secretary of State:

(sd.) B. BOYD HIGHT

His Excellency

Dr. Jan H. Lubbers,

Ambassador of the Netherlands

Regeling
Briefwisseling tussen de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en de Regering van de Verenigde Staten van Amerika houdende een overeenkomst inzake jurisdictie over Nederlandse schepen die gebruik maken van de Louisiana Offshore Oil Port
Soort
Verdrag
Geldend vanaf
02-11-1981
BWB-id
BWBV0002571
Versie
1981-11-02_0

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