1983 France–United Kingdom Maritime Boundary Convention

1983 treaty between France and the United Kingdom January 2025 1983 France – United Kingdom Maritime Boundary Convention Convention on Maritime Boundaries between the Government of the French Republic and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Maritime boundaries between UK and France in Pacific Ocean-fr.svg Boundary delimitation 1983 10 25 y Paris, France 12 April 1984 France United Kingdom United Nations United Nations Secretariat English; French The 1983 France – United Kingdom Maritime Boundary Convention is a 1983 treaty between France and the United Kingdom which establishes the maritime boundary between French Polynesia and the British territory of the Pitcairn Islands.Anderson, Ewan W. (2003). International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas, p. 297; Charney, Jonathan et al. (2005). International Maritime Boundaries, pp. 2293–2295. The treaty was signed in Paris on 25 October 1983. The text of the treaty sets out a boundary that is an equidistant line between the nearest islands of the two territories. The boundary is roughly north–south and consists of five straight-line maritime segments defined by six individual coordinate points. The convention came into force on 12 April 1984, after both states had ratified it. In 1993, after the United Kingdom declared an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) around the Pitcairn Islands, the two states agreed that the boundary set out in the 1983 treaty should also be the boundary between the French and British EEZs in the South Pacific. The full name of the treaty is Convention on Maritime Boundaries between the Government of the French Republic and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. See also 1996 France–United Kingdom Maritime Delimitation Agreements Notes References Anderson, Ewan W. (2003). International Boundaries: A Geopolitical Atlas. Routledge: New York. 9781579583750; OCLC 54061586 Charney, Jonathan I., David A. Colson, Robert W. Smith. (2005). International Maritime Boundaries, 5 vols. Hotei Publishing: Leiden. 9780792311874; 9789041119544; 9789041103451; 9789004144613; 9789004144798; OCLC 23254092 External links Full text of convention Category:1980s in French Polynesia Category:1983 in Overseas France France - United Kingdom Maritime Boundary Convention France - United Kingdom Maritime Boundary Convention France - United Kingdom Maritime Boundary Convention Category:Treaties concluded in 1983 Category:French Polynesia–Pitcairn Islands border Category:Boundary treaties Category:History of the Pitcairn Islands Category:France–United Kingdom treaties Category:Treaties entered into force in 1984 Category:United Nations treaties Category:Treaties extended to French Polynesia Category:Treaties extended to the Pitcairn Islands Category:October 1983 in Europe