By a letter of 26 May 1972, received in the Registry of the Court on
5 June 1972, the State Secretary of the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic
of Germany transmitted to the Registrar an Application instituting proceedings
against the Republic of Iceland in respect of a dispute concerning the
then proposed extension by the Government of Iceland of its fisheries jurisdiction.
In order to found the jurisdiction of the Court, the Application relied
on Article 36, paragraph 1, of the Statute of the Court, on an Exchange of
Notes between the Government of the Federal Republic and the Government
of Iceland dated 19 July 1961, and on a declaration, under the Security
Council resolution of 15 October 1946, made by the Federal Republic of
Germany on 29 October 1971 and deposited with the Registrar of the Court
on 22 November 197
Pursuant to Article 40, paragraph 2, of the Statute, the Application was
at once communicated to the Government of Iceland. In accordance with
paragraph 3 of that Article, al1 other States entitled to appear before the
Court were notified of the Application