§ Lord Kennetasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether there is yet agreement among member states in NATO about the breadth of the Territorial Sea, and if not whether they will list the breadths recognised by each member state.
§ The Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Lord Glenarthur)This matter has not been discussed in NATO. The breadth of territorial sea currently in force in each of the NATO member states is as follows:—
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Country Limit of Territorial Sea (Distance in Nautical Miles) Remarks Belgium 3 Legislation to extend territorial sea to 12 miles Canada 12 Denmark 3 France 12 Including all French overseas Departments except French Antarctic and French Guyana. Germany, Federal Republic of 3 Except in German Bight at Heliogoland box, where 12 Greece 6 Italy 12 Luxembourg — Netherlands 12 Norway 4 Portugal 12 Spain 12
Country Limit of Territorial Sea (Distance in Nautical Miles) Remarks Turkey 6/12 12 nm in Black Sea and in Mediterranean as a matter of reciprocity; 6 nm in Aegean. United Kingdom 3 Legislation to extend territorial sea to 12 recently enacted but not yet in force United States of America 3