Territorial sea boundaries in national legislation and practice of Mediterranean coastal states

U radu se razmatra primjena pravila Konvencije UN-a o pravu mora iz 1982. o vanjskoj granici, širini i razgraničenju teritorijalnog mora u nacionalnim propisima i praksi obalnih država Sredozemlja. Posebna pozornost posvećena je pitanjima vezanim uz proširenje granica suverenosti Grčke i Turske u Egejskome moru, čija su teritorijalna mora još uvijek široka šest milja. Dvostranim ugovorima između država čije obale leže sučelice ili međusobno graniče u Sredozemlju je do danas konačno definirano samo šest granica teritorijalnih mora. Sadržaj svakog od ugovora kojima je razgraničeno teritorijalno more - između Cipra i suverenih vojnih baza Velike Britanije na tome otoku, između bivšeg Sovjetskog Saveza i Turske, između bivše SFRJ i Italije te između Francuske i Italije u tjesnacu Bonifacio - predmet je posebne analize. Razmatraju se također i sporazumi o jedinstvenoj morskoj granici između Bugarske i Turske te Francuske i Monaka, kojima su uz teritorijalno more razgraničeni i drugi morski prostori.The paper deals with implementation of the rules of the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea regarding the outer limit, breadth and delimitation of the territorial sea in national legislation and practice of Mediterranean coastal states. Special consideration is given to issues relating to the extension of the limits of sovereignty of Greece and Turkey in the Aegean Sea, whose territorial waters are still six n.m. wide. Only six territorial sea boundaries have already been defined between states with opposite or adjacent coasts in the Mediterranean by bilateral treaties. The contents of each agreement by which territorial sea is delimited - between Cyprus and the British military bases in Dhekelia and Akrotiri, between Turkey and the Soviet Union (now Russia), between Italy and former Yugoslavia, and between France and Italy with regard to the strait of Bonifacio - is the subject of special analysis. There are also considered single maritime boundary agreements between Turkey and Bulgaria, and France and Monaco by which are also delimited other maritime zones besides the territorial sea. The median line is the most frequently used method for delimitation of the territorial sea in the practice of Mediterranean coastal states