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Sovereignty and jurisdiction maritime spaces

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The "Sovereignty and jurisdiction maritime spaces of France" product contains the areas of sovereignty and jurisdiction maritime spaces of France all around the world.<br /><br /> It is constituted of 2D areas objects split into four categories :<br />

  • the territorial sea (from baselines to a distance of 12 nautical miles or to maritime boundaries with neighbouring countries);<br />
  • the contiguous zone (from 12 nautical miles to 24 nautical miles from the baselines or to maritime boundaries with neighbouring countries);<br />
  • the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) (from 12 nautical miles to 200 nautical miles from the baselines or to maritime boundaries with neighbouring countries);<br />
  • the continental shelf over the 200 nautical miles limit (from 200 nautical miles from the baselines to the limits recommended by the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf (CLCS) or to the maritime boundaries with neighbouring countries).<br /> Internal waters, which constitute a space of sovereignty beyond the baselines, are not included in the "Sovereignty and jurisdiction maritime spaces of France" product.<br /> The "Sovereignty and jurisdiction maritime spaces of France" product may not be considered as an enforceable right. Only the “Maritime limits and boundaries” product, that can be displayed and interrogated on the website data.shom.fr (maritime boundaries category) and also downloaded on the French national portal of maritime limits (https://maritimelimits.gouv.fr), may be considered so.<br /><br /> December 2022 version.

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Date (revision)2023-01-13
StatusonGoing
Update frequencyirregular
Metadata languagefr
LicenseUtilisation libre sous réserve de citer les sources. Licence Ouverte (version 2.0 d'avril 2017), définie par la mission Etalab.
Source metadataISO 19115 XML
Last updated2026-11-04
Created2026-11-04
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