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Current Legal Developments

Current Legal Developments 299 Current Legal Developments Baltic Delimitation of Maritime Zones Between Estonia and Sweden* Through an Agreement of 2 November 1998 Estonia and Sweden delimited their entire maritime boundary, except for a short segment extending to the tri- junction point with Finland.' This maritime boundary had been previously delimited between Sweden and the Soviet Union in 1988. The 1998 Agreement between Estonia and Sweden adopts, with some minor technical adjustments, the boundary line established by Sweden and the Soviet Union. However, the 1998 Agreement does not make any reference to this fact. In this way the 1998 Agreement reflects the wish of Estonia not to be considered a successor state to a treaty concluded by the Soviet Union and at the same time reflects the agreement of the parties that the maritime boundary which was in place when Estonia regained its independence also forms the boundary between Estonia and Sweden. This article discusses the 1998 Agreement in the context of previously concluded maritime delimitation agreements in the Baltic Sea. This not only concerns the agreements concluded between Sweden and the Soviet Union in 1988, but also a number of delimitation agreements concluded between Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Sweden concluded http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law Brill

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Brill
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© 1999 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
0927-3522
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1571-8085
DOI
10.1163/157180899X00129
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299 Current Legal Developments Baltic Delimitation of Maritime Zones Between Estonia and Sweden* Through an Agreement of 2 November 1998 Estonia and Sweden delimited their entire maritime boundary, except for a short segment extending to the tri- junction point with Finland.' This maritime boundary had been previously delimited between Sweden and the Soviet Union in 1988. The 1998 Agreement between Estonia and Sweden adopts, with some minor technical adjustments, the boundary line established by Sweden and the Soviet Union. However, the 1998 Agreement does not make any reference to this fact. In this way the 1998 Agreement reflects the wish of Estonia not to be considered a successor state to a treaty concluded by the Soviet Union and at the same time reflects the agreement of the parties that the maritime boundary which was in place when Estonia regained its independence also forms the boundary between Estonia and Sweden. This article discusses the 1998 Agreement in the context of previously concluded maritime delimitation agreements in the Baltic Sea. This not only concerns the agreements concluded between Sweden and the Soviet Union in 1988, but also a number of delimitation agreements concluded between Estonia, Finland, Latvia and Sweden concluded

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The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1999

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