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International agreements in force for the French maritime boundaries

Current legal references: maritime boundary agreements with neighbouring States

updated 24/01/2023

State French territory concerned Legal reference(s) in force

Antigua and Barbuda

Guadeloupe and Saint Barthélemy

Decree 2019-273 of 3 April 2019

(Agreement of Saint John's of 15 March 2017)

Australia

New-Caledonia / Kerguelen Islands

Decree 83-99 of 9 February 1983

(Agreement of Melbourne of 4 January 1982)

Barbados

Martinique

Decree 2010-68 of 15 January 2010

(Agreement of Bridgetown of 15 October 2009)

Belgium

Mainland France

Decrees 93-832 and  93-833 of 28 May 1993

(Agreement of Brussels of 8 October 1990)

Brazil

French Guiana

Decree 83-1027 of 23 November 1983

(Agreement of Paris of 30 January 1981)

Canada

Saint-Pierre-and-Miquelon

Decree 72-692 of 25 July 1972

(Agreement of Ottawa of 27 March 1972)

Decision of the Arbitral Tribunal of 10 June 1992

Dominica

Guadeloupe and Martinique

Decree 89-302 of 9 May 1989

(Agreement of Paris of 7 September 1987)

Spain

Mainland France

Decree 65-173 of 4 March 1965

(Agreement of Madrid of 14 July 1959)

Decree 75-1127 of 9 December 1975

(Agreement of Paris of 29 January 1974)

Fiji

Wallis-and-Futuna / New-Caledonia

Decree 91-74 of 17 January 1991

(Agreement of Suva of 19 January 1983)

amended by Decree 91-156 of 8 February 1991

(Agreement of Suva of 8 November 1990)

amended by Decree 2022-1742 of 30 december 2022

(Agreement of Suva of 16 september 2015)

Cook Islands

French Polynesia

Decree 90-965 of 23 October 1990

(Agreement of Rarotonga of 3 August 1990)

Solomon Islands

New-Caledonia

Decree 90-1261 of 31 December 1990

(Agreement of Honiara of 12 November 1990)

Italy

Mainland France

Decree 89-490 of 12 July 1989

(Agreement of Paris of 28 November 1986)

Kiribati

French Polynesia

Decree 2003-128 of 12 February 2003

(Agreement of Tarawa of 18 December 2002)

Madagascar

La Réunion

Decree 2007-1254 of 21 August 2007

(Agreement of Saint Denis of 14 April 2005)

Mauritius

La Réunion

Decree 80-554 of 15 July 1980

(Agreement of Paris of 2 April 1980)

Monaco

Mainland France

Decree 85-1064 of 2 October 1985

(Agreement of Paris of 16 February 1984)

New Zealand

Wallis-and-Futuna

Decree 2004-42 of 6 January 2004

(Agreement of Atafu of 30 June 2003)

Netherlands

Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy

Decree 2017-481 of 5 April 2017

(Agreement of Philipsburg of 6 April 2016)

United Kingdom

Mainland France

Decree 2004-74 of 15 January 2004

(Agreement of Saint Helier of 4 July 2000)

Decree 2014-1491 of 11 December 2014

(Agreement of Paris of 20 April 2011)

Decision of the Arbitral Tribunal of 30 June 1977 modified by Decision of 14 March 1978

United Kingdom (Anguilla)

Saint Martin and Saint Barthélemy

Decree 97-938 of 8 October 1997

(Agreement of London of 27 June 1996)

United Kingdom (Montserrat)

Guadeloupe

Decree 97-937 of 8 October 1997

(Agreement of London of 27 June 1996)

United Kingdom (Pitcairn Islands)

French Polynesia

Decree 84-424 of 25 May 1984

(Agreement of Paris of 25 October 1983) 

amended by Decree 93-462 of 22 March 1993

(Agreements of Paris of 17 December 1992 and 19 January 1993)

Saint Lucia

Martinique

Decree 81-609 of 18 May 1981

(Agreement of Paris of 4 March 1981)

Seychelles

Glorioso Islands

Decree 2001-456 of 22 May 2001

(Agreement of Victoria of 19 February 2001)

Suriname

French Guiana

Decree 2018-1157 of 14 december 2018

(Agreement of Paris of 8 november 2017)

Tuvalu

Wallis-and-Futuna

Decree 86-1056 of 22 September 1986

(Note exchanges of 6 August 1985 and 5 November 1985 between the French Republic Government and the Government of Tuvalu)

Decree 2022-1352 of 24 october

(Letter exchanges  between the French Republic Government and the Government of Tuvalu)

Venezuela

Guadeloupe and Martinique

Decree 83-197 of 9 March 1983

(Agreement of Caracas of 17 July 1980)

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