The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands files a special agreement by which the Netherlands and Belgium submit a dispute to the Court

Les rvnseipe~~ents suiv;;nts, Sm8,narit du Graffc de la Caur
la disposition de la
j-nternatlonnlv dû Jus.tica, ont15tSmis
?resse :

Ls Gcuvernenun tu 3oyzu?~z des P?.ys-Yas vient de d5poser
au Greffe de Ir:Gour interns,t;j_an>tde Justice un coiriyromis
bzlgo-néerlandai ssias 2 La..:Iayc le'7 ixrs 1957 et ra.tifi5 à
3ruziles lz 19 novembre 1957. Pë,rce compro~?.~, Les feys-Bas
et 12.5elgique d5fkrsnt5 la Cour wi diff4rend qui les op-ose
coricernaritla. souvzra'Lnet2 SUI ].esyzrcelles cadclst rales connues
$.e 183s et lCk3 sous les Nos 91 et 92, Section A,,Zondereygen, ,
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-A. sl~git de -ii.rcellessituses dm~ la, sSgionfrontzliBre de
barle iiasçdu at Ezta.rlc-Duc.

Ls Cour est, invitae a dire auquzl des de=: >3taLsq3partient
1-s.sci~verainet~isur ces -3arcelles.

Communiqué 57/47
Unofficial.

The follo1,~ng bf ormat ion from the Registry of the kt ernational
Court of Ju~tice is çcirrmunicated ko the Press:

a Th2 Govzrnment of the Kingdom of the NeLherlands hes just filed
in the Xegistry of the International Court of Justicea Special
Agreement betweenBelgim and.Ghe Netherlands, çigned at The Hague
on Harzh 7tb, 195'7,end ratified in Srusselson November Igth, 1957,.
By this Special -.greemri.G,'cheJùetherlands and Belgium sübmit a
dis~utc to the Court conc2rning sovereigntyover parcels of land
shownin the survey and &nom f sum le36 to 1g43 as Nos. 91 and 92,
These aireparcels of land sikuatsd %n the
Section K, Zondereygen.
frontier rogion of Baarle Nassau and Baarle-Duc.

The Court is requested to determine to which of the two
States sovereignt yver these parcelsof land belongs.

The Sague, November 29th, 1957.