Written answer of Libya to the questions posed by Judge Gros

CORRESPONDENCE

126. L'AGENT DE LA JAMAHlRlYA ARABE LIBYENNE AU GREFFIER

19 octobre 1981 .

Je vous prie de bien vouloir trouver ci-joint en vingt exeinplaires pour
MM. lesjuges et dix exemplaires pour la Partie tun~sienne.une colleciion ' dc
diverses pièceset cartes auxquelles fera reference le doyen Colliard lors de
sa plaidoirie dans le second tour des plaidoiries orales. dans l'affaire du
P~UICYC IIII~~IIC ~II~i~IIisi~~fJu~~~u ar~ihe~~i)~,criricil.

La pièce8 exprime sous forme de diagramme les informations contenues
dans les paragraphes 131a 135du mémoirelibycn.
D'autre part. la <Carte des fonds spongiferes de la Régence ))apparaissant
en face de la page 42 du contre-mCmoire libyen sera projetéesur un écranau
cours de cette plaidoirie.

127. THE AGENT OF THE LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRlYA TO THE RECISTRAR

19October 1981.

1have the honour to enclose the response of Libya to the questions poscd
by Judge Gros.
The other questions posed by the Judges will bc answcred shortly.

Bearing in mind thai Libya and Tunisia have agreed in Article 3 of the
Special Agreement of 10Junc 1977to "comply with the judgment of the Court
and with its explanaiions and clarifications". the position of Libya is as
foHows :

(ul The Judgment to be given by the Court in accordance with the Special
Agreement will have binding force with regard to the principles and rules
of international law found to be applicable for the delimitation of the area
of the continental shelf apprtaining to the Socialist People'sLibyan Arab

Jamahiriya and to thcmea of the continental shelf appertaining to the
Republic of Tunisia.
fh) The findings of thc Court on the relevant circurnstances which characterize
the area will be findings of fact. not law. but are to bc regarded as an
integral part of the Judgment of the Court on the principles and riiles of
international law as provided in the Special Agreement.
k) The findings of the Court on the applicability of equitable principles in the
circumstances of the case also to be regarded as an integral part of the
Judgment.

These answers are applicable not merely to the operative part or disposii[fof
the Judgment biit also to the reasoning on which that operative part is based.

'Non reproduite.
Ci-dessus p.381-390.

'« Hauteurs des eaux recouvrant a tous moments les bouées b. c.d. e. iet j
mentionnées dans le décret73-521 du 3 novembre 1973. )>
' II.p. 184.
' See p.244, snpm.