THE ATLANTIC BOUNDARY OF THE NORTH SEA AREA

Part I The line bounding the English Channel and its approaches to the south and west

The line bounding the English Channel and its approaches to the south and west shall be a line which:

(i) commences at the southernmost point of the island of Ushant;

(ii) from that point, then follows the parallel of latitude 48° 27' 00.00” N westwards to the point where it intersects with a line (hereafter referred to as “the 1983 Bonn Agreement line”) drawn 50 nautical miles west of a line joining the Isles of Scilly and the island of Ushant;

(iii) from that point of intersection, then follows the 1983 Bonn Agreement line northwards as far as its intersection with the line marking the boundary of the continental shelf between France and the United Kingdom, as defined in the arbitration decision of 30 June 1977;

(iv) from that point of intersection, then follows the line of that boundary westwards as far as the point 48° 10' 00.00” N 9° 22' 15.91” W; and

(v) from that point, then follows the parallel of latitude 48° 10' 00.00” N westwards as far as the point 48° 10' 00.00” N 10° 0' 00.00” W.

Part II The line bounding to the west and north the other waters covered by the Agreement

The line bounding to the west and north the other waters covered by the Agreement, comprising the Irish Sea, the Celtic Sea, the Malin Sea, the Great Minch, the Little Minch, part of the Norwegian sea and parts of the North East Atlantic, shall be a line which

(i) commences at the point 48° 10' 00.00” N 10° 0' 00.00” W;

(ii) from that point, then follows the western boundary of the Irish sea pollution responsibility zone (that is, a line which is at every point 200 nautical miles distant from the nearest point on the baselines established for the purposes of the Maritime Jurisdiction Acts, 1959 to 1988, of Ireland) as far as the point 56° 42' 00.00” N 14° 0' 00.00” W;

(iii) from that point, then follows the western boundary of the zone established by the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Limits) Regulations 1996 of the United Kingdom, as amended by the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Limits) Regulations 1997 (that is, the lines joining the points listed in Table 1 below in the order in which they are listed) as far as the point 63°38'10.68”N and 0°30'00.00”W; and

(iv) from that point follows the parallel of latitude 63°38'10.68”N eastwards to the coast of Norway.

Table 1: Points and lines of the Western Boundary of the Zone established by the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Limits) Regulations 1996 of the United Kingdom, as amended

Points as referred to in the United Kingdom Regulations, as amended, and their coordinates | Line segment between these points

27. | 56° 42' 00.00” N | 14° 0' 00.00” W | 27-28 Meridian of Longitude

28. | 56° 49' 00.00” N | 14° 0' 00.00” W | 28-29 Parallel of Latitude

29. | 56° 49' 00.00” N | 14° 30' 34.00” W | 29-30 Arc measured 200 nautical miles from the relevant basepoints on St. Kilda from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured

30. | 57° 52' 22.00” N | 14° 53' 22.00” W | 30-31 Arc measured 200 nautical miles from the relevant basepoints on St. Kilda from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured

31. | 58° 30' 00.00” N | 14° 48' 58.00” W | 31-32 Arc measured 200 nautical miles from the relevant basepoints on St. Kilda from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured

32. | 59° 0' 00.00” N | 14° 35' 07.00” W | 32-33 Arc measured 200 nautical miles from the relevant basepoints on St. Kilda from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured

33. | 59° 40' 54.00” N | 13° 58' 10.00” W | 33-34 Arc measured 200 nautical miles from the relevant basepoints on St. Kilda from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured

34. | 59° 50' 00.00” N | 13° 46' 24.00” W | 34-35 Parallel of Latitude

35. | 59° 50' 00.00” N | 5° 0' 00.00” W | 35-36 Meridian of Longitude

36. | 60° 10' 00.00” N | 5° 0' 00.00” W | 36-37 Parallel of Latitude

37. | 60° 10' 00.00” N | 4° 48' 00.00” W | 37-38 Meridian of Longitude

38. | 60° 20' 00.00” N | 4° 48' 00.00” W | 38-39 Parallel of Latitude

39. | 60° 20' 00.00” N | 4° 24' 00.00” W | 39-40 Meridian of Longitude

40. | 60° 40' 00.00” N | 4° 24' 00.00” W | 40-41 Parallel of Latitude

41. | 60° 40' 00.00” N | 4° 0' 00.00” W | 41-42 Meridian of Longitude

42. | 61° 0' 00.00”N | 4° 0' 00.00” W | 42-43 Parallel of Latitude

43. | 61° 0' 00.00” N | 3° 36' 00.00” W | 43-44 Meridian of Longitude

44. | 61° 30' 00.00” N | 3° 36' 00.00” W | 44-45 Parallel of Latitude

45. | 61° 30' 00.00” N | 3° 0' 00.00” W | 45-46 Meridian of Longitude

46. | 61° 45' 00.00” N | 3° 0' 00.00” W | 46-47 Parallel of Latitude

47. | 61° 45' 00.00” N | 2° 48' 00.00” W | 47-48 Meridian of Longitude

48. | 62° 0' 00.00” N | 2° 48' 00.00” W | 48-49 Parallel of Latitude

49. | 62° 0' 00.00” N | 2° 0' 00.00” W | 49-50 Meridian of Longitude

50. | 62° 30' 00.00” N | 2° 0' 00.00” W | 50-51 Parallel of Latitude

51. | 62° 30' 00.00” N | 1° 36' 00.00” W | 51-52 Meridian of Longitude

52. | 62° 40' 00.00” N | 1° 36' 00.00” W | 52-53 Parallel of Latitude

53. | 62° 40' 00.00” N | 1° 0' 00.00” W | 53-54 Meridian of Longitude

54. | 63° 20' 00.00” N | 1° 0' 00.00” W | 54-55 Parallel of Latitude

55. | 63° 20' 00.00” N | 0° 30' 00.00” W | 55-56 Meridian of Longitude

56. | 63° 38' 10.68” N | 0° 30' 00.00” W

Boundaries of zones of responsibility referred to in Article 6 of this Agreement

Part III Boundaries of the Zones of National Responsibility

1. General: Where the limits of a zone of responsibility are specified by a series of lines joining the points in a list, the nature of those lines shall be the nature specified against each point as the nature of the line joining it to the following point.

2. Denmark: The zone of national responsibility of Denmark shall be limited by the following series of lines:

a) a line starting at the point where the boundary of the zone of joint responsibility of Denmark and Germany described in Part IV below intersects a line from the point 55° 10' 03.40”N 7° 33' 09.60” E towards the point DK1 (DE1) in the table below, and following that line to the point DK1 (DE1);

b) a series of lines joining the following points in the order in which they are listed:

Points defining the boundary of the zone | Nature of the line joining a point to the following point | Other points with the same coordinates

DK1 | 55° 30' 40.30” N | 5° 45' 00.00” E | Geodesic | DE1

DK2 | 55° 15' 00.00” N | 5° 24' 12.00” E | Geodesic | DE2

DK3 | 55° 15' 00.00” N | 5° 9' 00.00” E | Geodesic | DE3

DK4 | 55° 24' 15.00” N | 4° 45' 00.00” E | Geodesic | DE4

DK5 | 55° 46' 21.80” N | 4° 15' 00.00” E | Geodesic | DE5

DK6 | 55° 55' 09.40”N | 3° 21' 00.00” E | Arc of Great Circle | DE6

DK7 | 56° 5' 12.00” N | 3° 15' 00.00” E | Arc of Great Circle | UK23, NO23

DK8 | 56° 35' 30.00” N | 5° 2' 00.00” E | Arc of Great Circle | NO24

DK9 | 57° 10' 30.00” N | 6° 56' 12.00” E | Arc of Great Circle | NO25

DK10 | 57° 29' 54.00” N | 7° 59' 00.00” E | Arc of Great Circle | NO26

DK11 | 57° 37' 06.00” N | 8° 27' 30.00” E | Arc of Great Circle | NO27

DK12 | 57° 41' 48.00” N | 8° 53' 18.00” E | Arc of Great Circle | NO28

DK13 | 57° 59' 18.00” N | 9° 23' 00.00” E | Arc of Great Circle | NO29

DK14 | 58° 15' 41.20” N | 10° 1' 48.10” E | Arc of Great Circle | NO30, SE4

DK15 | 58° 8' 00.10” N | 10° 32' 32.80” E | Geodesic | SE3

DK16 | 57°49' 00.60” N | 11° 2' 55.60” E | Geodesic | SE2

DK17 | 57°44' 43.00” N | 11° 7' 04.00” E | | SE1

3. Germany: The zone of national responsibility of the Federal Republic of Germany shall be limited by the following series of lines:

a) a line starting at the point where the boundary of the zone of joint responsibility of Denmark and Germany described in Part IV below intersects a line from the point 55° 10' 03.40”N 7° 33' 09.60” E towards the point DE1 (DK1) in the table below, and following that line to the point DE1 (DK1);