OK. On one of these sites, a map showed a boundary in the middle of
the reservoir, so it might well be, as you say, a condominium of
ownership and not of sovereignty. Still interesting, though, and
somehow related to the Source of the Seine thing (also ownership and
no 'sovereignty' exclave of Paris, or so we suspect). The
international treaty would probably give more details about this
brpy 'property condo'.
--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Peter Hering" <hering@m...> wrote:
> Concerning ITAIPU - just a personal remark:
> this BRA-PAR condominium is one of the most
> impressive human made structures in the world!
> BUT: when we visited the actual dam and drove
> on it - the boundary line betw. BRA + PAR was
> visible - in the middle of the dam... and our guide
> informed us..."now we've crossed into Paraguay"-
> so inthis case maybe "condo" means common
> ownership and use of the Itaipu dam, but the
> boundary line hasn't been moved to the edge
> of the river...! My guess. (If you ever have a
> chance of going there...do it... Iguazu and Itaipu-
> two breathtaking sights in the middle of South-Am.!
> Regards
> Peter H.
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Peter Smaardijk
> Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 23:15:00
> To: BoundaryPoint@y...
> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Another river condominium?
>
> This looks like being a real condominium. See
> http://www.dams.org/submissions/sub_sp_filho_en.htm :
>
> "ITAIPU Binacional. This binational entity was formally constituted
> on May 17, 1974, and is co-owned by both countries, which
> participate, in equal proportions, in the capital of the enterprise
> through Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. ELETROBRÁS of Brazil
> and Administración Nacional de Electricidad - ANDE of Paraguay. On
> account of being one entity endowed by two governments with the
> powers to own, build, and operate, on their behalf, a hydroelectric
> power plant on a river owned in condominium by the two countries
> involved, Itaipu Binacional has a quite particular legal standing
> under international law."
>
> &
>
> "(...)the negotiations that took place between the Governments of
> Brazil and Paraguay and culminated in the signature, on March 16,
> 1973, of the Itaipu Treaty for the hydroelectric development of the
> stretch of the Paraná river belonging in condominium to both
> countries (...)"
>
> Peter S.
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Peter Smaardijk" <smaardijk@y...> wrote:
> > Acc. to
> > http://www.internationalwaterlaw.org/RegionalDocs/Parana2.htm
> >
> > Peter S.
>
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