Protocol on the Interim Regime along the Southern Border (2002), with Special Regard to the Decisions of the Governments of the Republic of Croatia and Montenegro on the Exploration and Exploitation of Hydrocarbons in the Adriatic Cover Image

Protokol o privremenom režimu uz južnu granicu (2002.), s posebnim osvrtom na odluke vlada Republike Hrvatske i Crne Gore o istraživanju i eksploataciji ugljikovodika u Jadranu
Protocol on the Interim Regime along the Southern Border (2002), with Special Regard to the Decisions of the Governments of the Republic of Croatia and Montenegro on the Exploration and Exploitation of Hydrocarbons in the Adriatic

Author(s): Vesna Barić Punda, Valerija Filipović
Subject(s): International Law, Commercial Law
Published by: Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti
Keywords: hydrocarbons - exploration and exploitation; Adriatic sea; maritime boundaries; Republic of Croatia; Republic of Montenegro;

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the Protocol between the Government of the Republic of Croatia and the Federal Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (party to the Protocol is now Montenegro, having declared independence and autonomy on 3 June 2006) on the interim regime along the southern border between the two states (2002), and the decisions of the Governments of Montenegro (2011) and Croatia (2014) concerning the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in the Adriatic, with respect to the delimitation of marine and submarine areas under the Protocol. On 3 March 2011, the Montenegrin Government adopted the Decision on Hydrocarbon Exploration and Production Blocks, whose limits depart from the maritime delimitation between the two states according to the provisions of the Protocol on the Interim Regime along the Southern Border, and from the rules of the Law of the Sea, contrary to the coordinates of exploration areas referred to in the first public tender for licensing the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in the Adriatic, published pursuant to the decisions of the Croatian Government of 27 March 2014.

  • Issue Year: 54/2015
  • Issue No: 169
  • Page Range: 73-88
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Croatian