Order No. 613 amending Order on Danish Exclusive Economic Zone

Executive Order No. 613 of 19 July 2002 Executive Order to Amend the Executive Order concerning Denmark's Exclusive Economic Zone(1) CIRCULAR NOTE The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has the honour to inform the Heads of Mission accredited to Denmark of the Executive Order No. 613 of 19 July 2002 to amend the Executive Order No. 584 of 24 June 1996 on the Exclusive Economic Zone of Denmark, which was circulated to all Heads of Mission on 28 June 1996. An unofficial English translation of the amendment is attached to this Note. The amendment enters into force on 15 August 2002. Copenhagen, 5 August 2002 Article 1 The following amendments shall be made to the Executive Order No. 584 of 24 June 1996 concerning Denmark's Exclusive Economic Zone: 1. Section 1, subsection 1, 2nd sentence shall have the following wording: "As regards the drawing of the baselines, reference is made to the Executive Order on the delimitation of Denmark's territorial sea in force from time to time." 2. Section 1, subsection 2 shall be repealed. Subsection 3 shall hereafter become subsection 2. 3. The following shall be inserted after section 5: "5 a. In the area between Bornholm and Poland, the delimitation line of the exclusive economic zone shall be determined by an agreement made with Poland. Until such agreement has been made, the boundary line shall be drawn from a point on which an agreement shall be made with Sweden and Poland, cf. section 5, subsection 4, to a point on which an agreement shall be made with Poland and Germany, cf. section 6, subsection 1, as a line every point of which is equidistant from the nearest points of the baselines at the coasts of the respective states (the median line)." Article 2. The Executive Order shall enter into force on 15 August 2002. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2002. per Stig Moller Endnotes 1 (Note - Note) Unofficial translation transmitted to the Division by the Permanent Representative of Denmark through letter (File 55.A.1), dated 7 August 2002, addressed to Ms. Annick de Marffy, Director of the Division.