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The North Sea Continental Shelf Cases decided by the International Court of Justice in 1969 established that the equidistance principle for delimiting continental shelves was not binding on Germany, as it had not crystallized into customary international law. The Court emphasized that both state practice and opinio juris are required to form customary law, and found that the equidistance method lacked widespread acceptance and uniformity among states. Ultimately, the Court ruled that Germany was not legally

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