1976 Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway Relating to the Exploitation of the Frigg Field Reservoir and the Transmission of Gas therefrom to the United Kingdom

Frigg Field Agreement / Frigg Treaty

• International Law Documents
  • Oceans/Law of the Sea
    • Joint Development
    • Regional/Bilateral

Frigg Field Consultative Commission (Article 27)

Article 28:

“(1) Any dispute about the interpretation or application of this Agreement, or any other matter referred to the Governments for settlement under the agreements between the licensees mentioned in paragraph (2) of Article 1 and Article 14 shall be resolved through the Frigg Field Consultative Commission or by negotiation between the two Governments.

(2) If any such dispute cannot be resolved in this manner or by any other procedure agreed to by the two Governments, the dispute shall be submitted, at the request of either Government, to an Arbitral Tribunal composed as follows:

Each Government shall designate one arbitrator, and the two arbitrators so designated shall elect a third, who shall be the Chairman and who shall not be a national of or habitually reside in the United Kingdom or in the Kingdom of Norway. If either Government fails to designate an arbitrator within three months of a request to do so, either Government may request the President of the International Court of Justice to appoint an arbitrator. The same procedure shall apply if, within one month of the designation or appointment of the second arbitrator, the third arbitrator has not been elected. The Tribunal shall determine its own procedure, save that all decisions shall be taken, in the absence of unanimity, by a majority vote of the members of the Tribunal. The decisions of the Tribunal shall be binding upon the two Governments and shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be regarded as agreements between the two Governments.”

Annex A: Installations

Annex B

22/07/1977

Article 31

“(1) This Agreement shall enter into force on the date on which the two Governments shall have informed each other that all necessary internal requirements have been fulfilled.

(2) The two Governments may amend or terminate this Agreement at any time by agreement.”

1998 Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway Relating to the Amendment of the 1976 Agreement Relating to the Exploitation of the Frigg Field Reservoir and the Transmission of Gas therefrom to the United Kingdom

2001 Exchange of Notes Between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway amending the Agreement Relating to the Amendment of the Agreement of 10 May 1976 Relating to the Exploitation of the Frigg Field Reservoir and the Transmission of Gas therefrom to the United Kingdom

1965 Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Kingdom of Norway Relating to the Delimitation of the Continental Shelf between the two countries

1973 Agreement Relating to the Transmission of Petroleum by Pipeline from the Ekofisk Field and Neighbouring Areas to the United Kingdom

United Nations Treaty Collection accessed on 17/11/2023

The MS Word and PDF texts provided in this entry are based on the original 1976 agreement text, and do not consolidate the 1998 and 2001 amendments.