Slovenian Exclusive Economic Zone

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Sea border between Slovenia and Croatia according to the Drnovšek-Račan Agreement (2001.) which was never ratified. Open sea can be found in lower left corner.
Sea border between Slovenia and Croatia according to the Drnovšek-Račan Agreement (2001.) which was never ratified. Open sea can be found in lower left corner.

The Slovenian Exclusive Economic Zone is that part of the Adriatic Sea claimed as an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) by Slovenia. It is disputed with Croatia as part of a wider border dispute in the gulf of Piran.

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[edit] Geography of the region and UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

The northern point of open sea in northern adriatic is 12 miles away from both Croatia and Italy and a few miles further from Slovenia.

According to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, an EEZ should be connected with territorial waters and cannot extend more than 12 miles from the coastline. In 1998., Slovenia explicitly confirmed that its territorial waters extend to this distance[1], which is unsufficient to maintain contact to the open sea.

[edit] Proclamation of the Slovenian EEZ

When Croatia proclaimed its own EEZ in 2006, Slovenia emphasised its own continued maintenance of territorial rights to access the open sea.[2]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Intergovernmental Conference on the accession on the Republic of Slovenia to the EU, negotiation position of the Republic of Slovenia, On Chapter 8 - fisheries: ... marine fishing in the Republic of Slovenia has been limited largely to Slovenian territorial waters (12 miles from the coast), which cover 180 square kilometres.
  2. ^ Government session: Government on the ecological zones and ...