The Italy–Tunisia Delimitation Agreement is a 1971 treaty between Italy and Tunisia in which the two countries agreed to delimit a maritime boundary between them in the continental shelf.[1]
The treaty was signed in Tunis on 20 August 1971. The text of the treaty sets out a complex boundary in the Strait of Sicily representing a modified equidistant line between Sicily and Tunisia. The boundary is set out with the presumption that Malta does not exist — or in other words, the treaty posits that Maltese maritime territorial claims will not affect on the Italy–Tunisia border. The treaty grants 13-nautical-mile semi-enclaves to the Italian islands of Pantelleria, Linosa, and Lampedusa and a 12-nautical-mile (22 km) semi-enclave to Lampione, also an Italian island. The western-most point of the boundary line forms a maritime tripoint with Algeria.
On 23 January 1975, the countries by agreement added supplemental minutes to the treaty, including a map of the boundary and 32 individual coordinate points that define it. It came into force on 6 December 1978 after it was ratified by both countries.
The full name of the treaty is Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Tunisia and the Government of the Italian Republic concerning the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf between the two Countries.