Maritime limits and boundaries

The product “Maritime limits and boundaries” (French: “Délimitations maritimes”) gathers all the elements used for the definition of the maritime spaces under the French sovereignty or jurisdiction through the world. Those spaces are defined by the Ordonnance n° 2016-1687 of 8 December 2016 relating to maritime spaces under sovereignty or jurisdiction of the French Republic. This ordonnance is the transcription in the French legislation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) which was signed in Montego Bay (Jamaica) on 10 December 1982 end ratified by France on 11 April 1996.

These elements of maritime limits and boundaries come from the limits computed by Shom on the basis of International Law, from the international agreements relating to maritime boundary and the technical conventions ratified between France and other States, from the decisions of international juridical bodies, from the recommendations of the Commission of the Limits of the Continental Shelf (UNO) or from unilateral claims from France in the absence of agreement.

The elements are divided into seven themes:

1- Straight baselines

2- Outer limits of the territorial sea (12 nautical miles)

3- Outer limits of the contiguous zone (24 nautical miles)

4- Outer limits of the exclusive economic zone (200 nautical miles)

5- Maritime boundaries established by a bilateral agreement or decided by an international juridical body

6- Maritime boundaries unilaterally claimed by France in the absence of agreement

7- Outer limit of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles

December 2022 version

 
Citation proposal
Shom. Maritime limits and boundaries. https://services.mspdata.eu:/geonetwork/srv/api/records/BDML_DELMAR.xml

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Date ( Revision )
2023-01-10
Identifier
http://www.shom.fr/BDML/DELMAR

  Author

Keywords ( Theme )
  • maritime limits , regulation , law of the sea , maritime space , jurisdiction , open data , Product
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ( Theme )
  • Unités administratives Administrative units
INSPIRE Spatial scope
  • Nationales
Use limitation
Data free of use by acknowledging its source. Open licence Etalab v. 2.0 avril 2017.
Use limitation
Product not certified for navigation
Use limitation
Data free of use by acknowledging its source. Open licence Etalab v. 2.0 avril 2017.
Access constraints
License
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Open licence Etalab v. 2.0 avril 2017.
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Pas de restriction d'accès public. No public access restrictions.
Classification
Unclassified
Spatial representation type
Vector
Metadata language
fre French
Character set
utf8 UTF8
Topic category
  • Boundaries
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Distribution format
  • SHP (inapplicable )

  • GML (3.2 )

  Point of contact

OnLine resource
French national portal of maritime limits  

French national portal of maritime limits

OnLine resource
DELMAR_BDD_WMSV  

Access point / WMS Vecteur (avec attributs) Access point / WMS vector

OnLine resource
DELMAR_PYR-PNG_WLD_3857_WMSR  

Access point / WMS raster Access point / WMS raster

OnLine resource
Download service  
OnLine resource
DELMAR_BDD_WFS:au_maritimeboundary_agreedmaritimeboundary  

Access point Délimitation maritime avec accord Access point Agreed Maritime Boundary

OnLine resource
DELMAR_BDD_WFS:au_baseline  

Access point Lignes de base droites Access point Baselin

OnLine resource
DELMAR_BDD_WFS:au_maritimeboundary_nonagreedmaritimeboundary  

Access point Limite d'espace maritime revendiquée par la France en l'absence d'accord de délimitation Access point Non Agreed Maritime Boundary

OnLine resource
DELMAR_BDD_WFS:au_maritimeboundary_territorialsea  

Access point Limite extérieure de la mer territoriale (12 milles) Access point Boundary Territorial Sea (12 milles)

OnLine resource
DELMAR_BDD_WFS:au_maritimeboundary_contiguouszone  

Access point Limite extérieure de la zone contiguë (24 milles) Access point Boundary Contiguous Zone (24 milles)

OnLine resource
DELMAR_BDD_WFS:au_maritimeboundary_economicexclusivezone  

Access point Limite extérieure de la zone économique exclusive (200 milles) Access point Boundary Economic Exclusive Zone (200 milles)

OnLine resource
DELMAR_BDD_WFS:au_maritimeboundary_continentalshelf  

Access point Limite extérieure du plateau continental au-delà des 200 milles Access point Boundary Continental Shelf

OnLine resource
Shom geoportal  

Shom geoportal

Hierarchy level
Series

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2014-04-17
Explanation
Information sur la conformité de la ressource à une spécification (INSPIRE).
Pass
true

Conformance result

Date ( Publication )
2010-11-23
Explanation
Information sur la conformité au règlement d'interopérabilité des séries et des services de données géographiques.
Pass
true
Statement

Digital transcription of the limits and boundaries described in the official legal documents.

The limits of maritime spaces under French sovereignty or jurisdiction are composed of : the 12NM, 24NM and 200NM outer limits, the straight baselines, the maritime boundaries established by bilateral agreements or decisions of international juridical bodies, the claimed limits without agreement and the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 NM.

Metadata

File identifier
BDML_DELMAR.xml   XML
Metadata language
French
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Series
Hierarchy level name
Produit
Date stamp
2023-01-10T14:35:56
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0

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