1. Energy at Sea: New challenges over troubled waters
Professor Maria Gavouneli
Faculty of Law, University of Athens
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
3 June 2015

2. Energy at Sea
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
3 June 2015

3. Energy at Sea A multitude of sources
Oil and gas: > Offshore installations
> Pipelines
Renewable sources of energy:
Windmills
Wave turbines > Cables
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
3 June 2015

4. Energy at Sea A multitude of concerns
Due regard to other uses of the seas:
Navigation: major trade routes
Fisheries: commercial and subsistence overfishing
Tourism: integrated coastal zone management
Prospecting: methane crystals
Sustainability:
Climate change considerations: a different mix?
Emissions management
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
3 June 2015

5. Energy at Sea A multitude of legal regimes Law of the Sea
Investment: Transboundary cooperative projects
Protection of investors
Dispute avoidance techniques
Expedited settlement of dispute mechanisms
Environment:
Procedural obligations: EIA, SIA
Pollution: operational, accidental
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
3 June 2015

6. Energy at Sea A multitude of applicable laws International Law
Law of the Sea
BITs
Project-specific agreements
National laws
European Union law
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
3 June 2015

7. Energy at Sea A multitude of tools
Jurisdictional issues: Lack of space in the Med
Continental shelf delimitation
Is an EEZ a necessary component?
A European EEZ?
Deep seabed?
Apportioning responsibility:
Operational agreements
Cooperation: a key concept
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
3 June 2015

8. Energy at Sea Defining jurisdictional zones I:
Italy-Greece: Continental shelf delimitation agreement (1977)
A possible extension to cover EEZ?
Slovenia-Croatia: Comprehensive delimitation agreement – arbitration in progress
Greece-Albania: Continental shelf delimitation agreement? (2005)
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
3 June 2015

9. Energy at Sea Defining jurisdictional zones II The Cyprus agreements:
Agreement between the Republic of Cyprus and the Arab Republic of Egypt on the Delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone, 17 February 2003 (entry into force: 7 March 2004)
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Lebanon and the Government of the Cypriot Republic Delimiting the Exclusive Economic Zone, 17 January 2007 (not in force)
Agreement between the Government of the State of Israel and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus on the Delimitation of the Exclusive Economic Zone, signed in Nicosia on 17 December 2010 (entry into force: 25 February 2011)
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
3 June 2015

10. Energy at Sea Comments by Turkey
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3 June 2015

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13. Energy at Sea
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15. Energy at Sea
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
3 June 2015