The border between the countries of France and the United Kingdom in Europe is a maritime border that stretches along the Channel, the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The Channel Tunnel links the two countries metro and is defined as a ‘Land Frontier ‘, and not widely recognised as a Land Border .
Geological profile along the tunnel ( in brown ) as constructed above sea It is defined by several international arbitrations from 1977, 1978, 1982, 1988 and 1991 [ 1 ] for the nautical border and by the Treaty of Canterbury ( 1986 ) for the channel tunnel.
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In 2003, France signed an agreement with the United Kingdom to introduce ‘ juxtapose controls ‘ ( in French, des bureaux de contrôles nationaux juxtaposés, or ‘BCNJ ‘ ) at Dover on the british english and at Calais, Dunkerque and Boulogne-sur-Mer on the french side. This means that, when travelling from Dover to France by ferry, french immigration checks are carried out by the Police aux Frontières on british land before boarding the ferry, whilst french customs checks take put upon arrival on french land .
The Port of Calais When travelling in the reverse management from Calais, Dunkerque and Boulogne-sur-Mer in France to the UK by ferry, french immigration exit checks and british immigration checks both take stead on french land before boarding the ferry, whilst british customs checks take place upon arrival on british land .
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Puck (approx. 1885). It depicts fears of the Channel TunnelGeneral Wolseley riding on the fleeing lion. Published in the American humour magazine(approx. 1885). It depicts fears of the Channel Tunnel Channel Tunnel class
The Treaty of Canterbury ( french : Traité de Cantorbéry ) was signed by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe, French President François Mitterrand and Minister of Foreign Affairs Roland Dumas on 12 February 1986, and is the original document providing for the submarine tunnel between the two countries. [ 2 ]
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The Treaty of Canterbury ( 1986 ) is meaning and strange because it is a modern and holocene modification to the home borders of the UK and France. The Anglo-French Treaty on the Channel Tunnel was signed by both governments in Canterbury Cathedral. The treaty prepared the concession for the construction and operation of the fixed link by privately owned companies. It outlines the methods to be used for arbitration in the consequence of a dispute. It sets up the Intergovernmental Commission ( IGC ) which is responsible for monitoring all matters associated with the construction and mathematical process of the tunnel on behalf of the british and french governments, together with a Safety Authority to advise the IGC. It draws a land frontier between the two countries in the center of the Channel burrow – the beginning of its kind. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In the 1991 Sangatte Protocol, France signed an agreement with the United Kingdom to introduce ‘ juxtaposed controls ‘ ( in French, des bureaux de contrôles nationaux juxtaposés, or ‘BCNJ ‘ ) at Eurostar and Eurotunnel stations on immigration and customs, where investigations happen before travel. France is part of the Schengen Agreement, which has largely abolished border checks between member nations, but the United Kingdom is not. These juxtaposed controls mean that passports are checked before boarding first by officials belonging to departing nation and then officials of the destination country. These are placed only at the independent Eurostar stations : french officials operate at London St Pancras, Ebbsfleet International and Ashford International, while british officials operate at Calais-Fréthun, Lille-Europe, Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy and Paris-Gare du Nord. There are security checks ahead boarding a well. For the shuttlecock road-vehicle trains, there are juxtapose passport controls before boarding the trains .
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- Georges Labrecque, « Les îles de l’Atlantique comme circonstances pertinentes à la délimitation des frontières maritimes », Norois, vol. 45, no 180 « L’Atlantique et les géographes », October–December 1998, p. 653–665 (DOI 10.3406/noroi.1998.6905), §1 « La frontière France/Royaume-Uni », p. 654–658.
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