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Act on the Ratification of The State Border Treaty Between The Republic of Estonia and The Russian Federation and the Treaty on the Delimitation of Maritime Areas of Narva Bay and the Gulf of Finland between the Republic of Estonia and the Russian Federat
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Proceeding from the legal continuity of the Republic of Estonia proclaimed on 24 February 1918, as it is stipulated in the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia, from the resolution of the Republic of Estonia Supreme Council of 20 August 1991 “On the National Independence of Estonia” and from the declaration of the Riigikogu of 7 October 1992 “On the Restoration of Constitutional Power”, and
keeping in mind that the Treaty mentioned in Art. 1 of this Act shall, in accordance to Art. 122 of the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia, partially amend the state border line established by Art. III section I of the Tartu Peace Treaty of 2 February 1920, shall not influence the rest of the Treaty and shall not determine the treatment of bilateral issues not connected with border treaties,
the Riigikogu decides:
§ 1. To ratify, pursuant to Art. 121 Clause 1 and Art. 122 of the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia, the annexed State Border Treaty between the Republic of Estonia and the Russian Federation that was signed on 18 May 2005 in Moscow.
§ 2. To ratify, pursuant to Art. 121 Clause 1 and Art. 122 of the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia, the annexed Treaty on the Delimitation of Maritime Areas of Narva Bay and the Gulf of Finland between the Republic of Estonia and the Russian Federation that was signed on 18 May 2005 in Moscow.
Ene Ergma
President of the Riigikogu
Tallinn, June 2005
Proceeding from the legal continuity of the Republic of Estonia proclaimed on 24 February 1918, as it is stipulated in the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia, from the resolution of the Republic of Estonia Supreme Council of 20 August 1991 “On the National Independence of Estonia” and from the declaration of the Riigikogu of 7 October 1992 “On the Restoration of Constitutional Power”, and
keeping in mind that the Treaty mentioned in Art. 1 of this Act shall, in accordance to Art. 122 of the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia, partially amend the state border line established by Art. III section I of the Tartu Peace Treaty of 2 February 1920, shall not influence the rest of the Treaty and shall not determine the treatment of bilateral issues not connected with border treaties,
the Riigikogu decides:
§ 1. To ratify, pursuant to Art. 121 Clause 1 and Art. 122 of the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia, the annexed State Border Treaty between the Republic of Estonia and the Russian Federation that was signed on 18 May 2005 in Moscow.
§ 2. To ratify, pursuant to Art. 121 Clause 1 and Art. 122 of the Constitution of the Republic of Estonia, the annexed Treaty on the Delimitation of Maritime Areas of Narva Bay and the Gulf of Finland between the Republic of Estonia and the Russian Federation that was signed on 18 May 2005 in Moscow.
Ene Ergma
President of the Riigikogu
Tallinn, June 2005
