Jean-Pierre Bouvet 2005 - TOWARDS A LAW OF THE UNITY OF DEPOSIT UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW, Part 1 & Part 2 : Preliminary Summary text (june 2005)

preliminary research paper to be the basic ideas of the co-authorship suggested by Thomas Wälde, and as delivered to Elizabeth Bastida of the Dundee CEPMLP in june 2005 :

 

Foreword : used vocabulary,
- 'unity of deposit'
- 'law of the unity of deposit'
- 'international law'
- 'unit operation'
- 'unitization'
- 'divided deposit'
- 'common deposit'

 

Preliminary Summary text (main idea of the text quoted hereafter only) :

From an international law perspective, the unity of deposit as a relationship between States is associated with a single mineral field which is either divided by a boundary line or within a delimitation process. The concept applies to all minerals located on the surface or under the subsoil, on land or submerged land, regardless of their chemical or physical status.

The basic text under international law is the decision of the International Court of Justice in the North Sea Continental Shelf Cases (1969), with regard to two situations indicated which are materially different (§ 97 & § 99).

Therefore, the concept of unity of deposit can focus all reflections and explanations in connection with these two international situations, regardless of the inherent nature of the deposits.

 

Pour l'essentiel, on peut dire qu'un droit de l'unité de gisement s'est constitué qui est passé dans le droit positif par le canal de la coutume. The paper argues that, under current positive law, the law of the unity of deposit is customary international law, lequel s'est constitué à partir de la pratique minière traditionnelle et s'applique aujourd'hui et pareillement au pétrole et au gaz.

To be short here, the idea is : all situations one law.

Jean-Pierre Bouvet 2005 - TOWARDS A LAW OF THE UNITY OF DEPOSIT UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW, Part 1 & Part 2 : Preliminary papers, as delivered to Thomas Wälde and Elizabeth Bastida of the Dundee CEPMLP in 2005

1° - delivered in march 2005 :

- 2005 AIPN Study paper review headed 'Some Observations, regarding the AIPN Draft' on Unitization (12-14 march 2005)

 

2° - delivered in may 2005 :

- Plan of 'Towards a Law of the Unity of Deposit Under INternational Law, Part 1 & Part 2' :
Part 1 (Consistency of International Custom) is 3 Sections
Part 2 (A Conceptual Framework to Resolve Disputes) is 5 Sections

- Summary notice about 'Towards..., Part 1 & Part 2'

 

3° - delivered in june 2005 :

- Integral Preliminary paper headed 'The Conclusions of the North Sea decision (1969) and the Law of Delimitation' (may 2005)

N.B. - 'Preliminary' = Not Finalized
         'Law of Delimitation' = general meaning

'Some Observations, regarding the AIPN Draft' [J. Lang Weaver, D.F. Asmus, Th. Wälde, J.G. Ross et al, 2005 - 'International Unitization of Oil and Gas Fields', AIPN Final Draft, 9 Sections, 138 pages]

note 3 pages (mars 2005)

 

N.B. - note critique réalisée à la demande de Thomas Wälde du CEPMLP de Dundee et remise à Thomas Wälde et Elizabeth Bastida le 14 mars 2005 / AIPN Draft paper review, as demanded by Thomas Wälde and addressed to Thomas Wälde and Elizabeth Bastida in march 2005

Papier (2005)

La question générale du respect des frontières (approche théorique et pratique)[the general question of respect to frontiers (some theoretical and practical aspects)]

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Les règles applicables à la négociation d'un accord sur l'exploitation de gisements minéraux divisés [the rules governing a negotiation to reach agreement on exploitation of mineral cross-boundary fields] (juin 2005)