Original scientific paper
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
Vesna Barić Punda
; Pravni fakultet Sveučilišta u Splitu
Valerija Filipović
orcid.org/0000-0001-9348-913X
; Kartografski odjel Hrvatskog hidrografskog instituta u Splitu
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.
Keywords
exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons in the Adriatic; maritime boundary between Croatia and Montenegro; the Adriatic Sea
Hrčak ID:
144389
URI
Publication date:
8.9.2015.
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