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Dear Nuno, Thanks for your interesting views. Just two minor points. The award in Barbados/Trinidad is pertinent to this matter. Secondly, it seems to me that your suggestion that what is also relevant are protest of "affected States" is possibly a bit biased. The protest of "zone-locked" States against their neighbors trying to block them are of course equally relevant. Best regards, Alex _______________________________________________ Alex G. Oude Elferink Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS) School of Law Utrecht University Achter Sint Pieter 200 3512 HT Utrecht The Netherlands European Union tel: .. 31 (0)30 2537033 fax: .. 31 (0)30 2537073 email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> _______________________________________________ ________________________________ Van: International boundaries discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Namens Nuno Antunes Verzonden: maandag 18 mei 2009 11:19 Aan: [log in to unmask] Onderwerp: Re: eadline day Dear Martin and Alex, Allow me to throw in my 2 cents... With respect to what Alex has just noted, I should say that I'm not totally convinced about there not being a precedence between EEZ/CS within 200M and CS beyond 200M. To the best of my knowledge, no court has ever addressed this issue directly. I believe there is (little or) no doubt about a precedence between 12-mile TS entitlements and EEZ/CS within 200M entitlements (the former naturally prevailing over the latter). Along analogous lines of thought, I actually think that (all things considered) a reasonable argument can be made to support the idea that there is a precedence between EEZ/CS within 200M and CS beyond 200M (cf. pp.137-145 of my book). But I do grant that this is yet to be tested before a court; and that State practice will be pivotal to arriving at a better groudned conclusion. By State practice I mean not only bilateral CS delimitation agreements, but also in terms of unilateral acts - e.g. whether or not the States affected by claims made by zone-locked States (at least some on the basis "leapfrogging entitlements") will protest such claims. Best regards, Nuno