BRITISH EMBASSY THE HAGUE
19 April 2013
Dear Minister,
I have the honour to refer to the Agreement of 6 October 1965, the Protocol of 25 November 1971 and the Exchange of Notes of January and June 2004
which established the dividing line between that part of the continental shelf which
appertains to the United Kingdom and that part which appertains to the Kingdom of
the Netherlands, and to propose that the boundary between the respective Exclusive
Economic Zones of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands shall follow the dividing
line of the continental shelf as set out in the aforesaid Agreement, Protocol and
Exchange of Notes.
I have further the honour to propose that, following discussions between the respective
experts of the two States, the boundary set out in Article 1 of the aforesaid Agreement, as amended by the Protocol and Exchange of Notes, shall be expressed on WGS84 Datum
and joined by geodetic lines, and that accordingly the text in the English language
of Article 1, paragraph 1, of the Agreement shall be replaced by the following:
[Red: Wijzigt de Overeenkomst tussen de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
en de Regering van het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland inzake
de begrenzing van het tussen deze landen gelegen continentale plat onder de Noordzee;
Londen, 6 oktober 1965.]
I have the further honour to propose that the text in the Netherlands language of
Article 1, paragraph 1, of the Agreement shall be replaced by the following:
[Red: Wijzigt de Overeenkomst tussen de Regering van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
en de Regering van het Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland inzake
de begrenzing van het tussen deze landen gelegen continentale plat onder de Noordzee;
Londen, 6 oktober 1965.]
If the foregoing is acceptable to the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands,
I have the honour to propose that this Note, together with Your Excellency’s reply
to that effect, shall constitute an agreement between the United Kingdom and the Kingdom
of the Netherlands, which shall enter into force on the first day of the second month
following the date of the later of the notifications by each State that the conditions
for the entry into force of the agreement have been fulfilled.
I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to Your Excellency the assurance of my
highest consideration.
Yours sincerely,
PAUL ARKWRIGHT
Ambassador
H.E Mr Frans Timmermans
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Bezuidenhoutseweg 67
2594 AC The Hague
