Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS)
Outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines:
Submissions to the Commission: Submission by Ireland

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    On 25 May 2005, Ireland made a submission through the Secretary-General of the United Nations to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, pursuant to article 76, paragraph 8, of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.

    It is noted that the Convention entered into force for Ireland on 21 July 1996.

   The submission contains the information on the proposed outer limits of the continental shelf of Ireland beyond 200 nautical miles from the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured in the portion of the continental shelf of Ireland abutting the Porcupine Abyssal Plain. According to the submitting State, this is a partial submission. In the view of the Government of Ireland, “this portion of shelf is not the subject of any dispute” and, “its consideration by the Commission will not prejudice matters relating to the delimitation of boundaries between Ireland and any other States”.

   In accordance with the Rules of Procedures of the Commission, the Secretary-General notified the Commission and all Member States of the United Nations, including States Parties to the Convention, in order to make public the executive summary of the submission, as well as all charts and coordinates contained in that summary.

   The consideration of the submission made by Ireland was included in the provisional agenda of the sixteenth session of the Commission to be held in New York from 29 August to 16 September 2005.

   For information on the progress of work in the Commission, please refer to the Statements of the Chairman.

   At its nineteenth session, the Commission adopted the “Recommendations of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf in regard to the partial submission made by Ireland on 25 May 2005 on the proposed outer limit of its continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles in the area abutting the Porcupine Abyssal Plain”.

   At its twenty-second session, the Commission adopted the summary containing excerpts of the recommendations of the Commission in relation to the submission made by Ireland on 25 May 2005.

Recommendations (5 April 2007)

   Pursuant to the Rules of Procedures of the Commission, the Recommendations of the Commission, including their summary, are hereby made public.

Note:
The designations employed in the submissions, including description of the areas, are as contained in the communications from submitting States or in the executive summaries. Their listing on this web site and the presentation of material do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.