Convention on the Continental Shelf

• Coming into Force: 10 June 1964
• Citation: UNTS v. 499 (p.311)
• Date of Conclusion: 29 April 1958
• Registration Date: 10 June 1964
• Registration Number: 7302
• Subject Terms: Environment,Frontiers,UNCLOS (Law of the Sea),Sea,Continental Shelf Convention
• Depositary: Secretary-General of the United Nations
• Participants: Afganistán,Albania,Argentina,Australia,Bielorrusia,Bolivia,Bosnia & Herzegovina,Bulgaria,Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic,Camboya,Canada,Ceylon,Chile,Colombia,Costa Rica,Croacia,Cuba,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Czechoslovakia,Dinamarca,República Dominicana,Ecuador,Federal Republic of Germany,Fiji,Finlandia,France,German Democratic Republic,Ghana,Greece,Guatemala,Haiti,Islandia,Indonesia,Iran,Ireland,Israel,Jamaica,Kenya,Latvia,Lebanon,Lesotho,Liberia,Madagascar,Malawi,Malaysia,Malta,Mauritius,México,Montenegro,Nepal,Holanda,New Zealand,Nigeria,Noruega,Pakistán,Panamá,Perú,Polonia,Portugal,Rumania,Senegal,Sierra Leone,Eslovaquia,Solomon Islands,South Africa,España,Sri Lanka,Swaziland,Suecia,Suiza,Thailand,Tonga,Trinidad and Tobago,Tunisia,Uganda,Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic,Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,United States,Uruguay,Venezuela,Yugoslavia (Federal Republic of),Yugoslavia (Socialist Federal Republic of)

No.

7302

AFGHANISTAN,

ARGENTINA,

AUSTRALIA,

BOLIVIA,

BULGARIA,

etc.

Convention

on

the

Continental

Shelf.

Done

at

Geneva,

on

29

April

1958

Official

texts:

English,

French,

Chinese,

Russian

and

Spanish.

Registered

ex

officio

on

10

June

1964.

AFGHANISTAN,

ARGENTINE,

AUSTRALIE,

BOLIVIE,

BULGARIE,

etc.

Convention

sur

le

plateau continental.

Faite

Gen ve,

le

29

avril

1958

Textes

officiels:

anglais,

français,

chinois, russe

et

espagnol.

Enregistrée

d'office

le

10

juin

1964.

312

United

Nations

—

Treaty

Series

1964

No.

7302.

CONVENTION

1

ON

THE

CONTINENTAL

SHELF.

DONE AT

GENEVA,

ON

29

APRIL

1958

The

States

Parties

to

this Convention

Have

agreed

as

follows

:

Article

1

For

the

purpose

of

these

articles,

the term

"

continental

shelf

"

is

used

as

referring

(a)

to

the

seabed

and

subsoil

of

the

submarine

areas

adjacent

to

the

coast

but

outside

the

area of

the

territorial

sea,

to

a

depth

of

200

metres

or,

beyond

that

limit,

to where

the

depth

of

the

superjacent

waters

admits

of

the

exploitation

of

the

natural

resources

of

the

said

areas;

(b)

to

the

seabed

and

subsoil

of

similar

submarine

areas

adjacent

to

the

coasts

of

islands.

Article

2

1.

The

coastal

State

exercises

over

the

continental

shelf

sovereign

rights

for

the

purpose

of

exploring

it

and

exploiting

its

natural

resources.

2.

The

rights

referred

to in

paragraph

1

of

this

article

are

exclusive

in

the

sense

that

if

the

coastal

State

does

not

explore

the

continental

shelf

or

exploit

its

natural

resources,

no

one

may

undertake

these

activities,

or

make

a

claim

to

the

continental

shelf,

without

the

express

consent

of

the

coastal

State.

*In

accordance

with

article

11

(1),

the

Convention

came

into

force

on

10

June

1964,

the

thirtieth

day

following

the

date

of

deposit

of

the

twenty-second

instrument

of

ratification

or

ac

cession.

The

following

States

have

deposited

their

instruments

of

ratification

or

accession

(a)

on

the

dates

indicated

:

Australia

.....

14

May

Bulgaria

.....

31

August

Byelorussian

Soviet

Socialist

Republic

Cambodia

...

Colombia

.

.

. .

.

Czechoslovakia

.

.

Denmark

...

Guatemala

...

1963

1962

(a)

27

February

18

March

8

January

31

August

12

June

1961

1960

(a)

1962

1961

1963

27

November

1961

Haiti

......

29

March

1960

Israel

......

6

September

1961

Madagascar

...

31

July

1962

(a)

Malaysia

.....

21

December

1960

(a)

Poland

.....

29

June

1962

Portugal

.....

8

January

1963

Romania

.....

12

December

1961

(a)

Senegal

.....

25

April

9

April

12

January

1961

22

November

1960

South

Africa

Ukrainian

Soviet

So

cialist

Republic

.

Union

of

Soviet

So-

Cialist

Republics

United

Kingdom

of

Great

Britain

and

Northern

Ireland

11

May

United

States

of

America

....

Venezuela

(with

ex

press

reservation

in

respect

of

article

6

of

the

Conven

tion)

.....

15

August

1961

(a)

1963

(a)

12

April

1964

1961

1961