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UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

SUBMISSION IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEPOSIT OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA (UNCLOS)
M.Z.N. 93. 2013. LOS of 8 January 2013: Deposit of a chart and coordinates showing the straight baselines of the United Republic of Tanzania

Communications received by the Secretary-General in connection with the deposit of charts and/or lists of geographical coordinates of points
N/A

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 18 January 2012

OTHER INFORMATION

Legislation
 Territorial Sea and Exclusive Economic Zone Act, 1989

Piracy

Penal Code 1981

Maritime boundary delimitation agreements
 and other material
with Kenya
 Exchange of Notes constituting an agreement on the territorial sea boundary, 17 December 1975 - 9 July 1976 (entry into force: 9 July 1976; registration #: 15603; registration date: 18 April 1977; link to UNTS)
Agreement between the United Republic of Tanzania and the Republic of Kenya on the delimitation of the maritime boundary of the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf, 23 June 2009 (see Law of the Sea BulletinNo. 70)(entry into force: 23 June 2009; registration #: 46308; registration date: 30 July 2009; link to UNTS)

with Mozambique
 Agreement between the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and the Government of the People’s Republic of Mozambique regarding the Tanzania/Mozambique Boundary, 28 December 1988

with Seychelles
 Agreement between the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania and the Government of the Republic of Seychelles on the Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary of the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf, 23 January 2002 (entry into force: 23 January 2002; registration #: 38874; registration date: 4 October 2002; link to UNTS)
 
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