Editing Treaty of Algeron (section)

==Arcticle 16==
The boundaries of The Romulan Star Empire in respect to the United Federation of Planets shall be determined as follows: 

===Section 1===
The Romulan Star Empire shall not undertake and colonization of any sector of space already under the sway of the United Federation of Planets. The mutual border between the Romulan Star Empire and the United Federation of Planets shall remain no less than 15 Light-years separated, and thereby maintaining the demilitarized buffer zone between them, designated herein as the Neutral Zone.  No colony of the Romulan Star Empire shall be established within this mutual zone of demilitarization, thus leading only to parallel expansion of the borders separating the Romulan Star Empire and the United Federation of Planets. 
===Section 2===
The creation of new colonies by the Romulan Star Empire shall be duly declared to the government of the United Federation of Planets through normal diplomatic channels.  Such new colonies shall not cohabitate within a star system previously claimed and filed through diplomatic channels by the United Federation of Planets. 
===Section 3===
The border shall not be solely defined by the colonization of planetary systems, but may include systems without planetary bodies. However all such claims on said solar systems or solar bodies must be duly filed with the United Federation of Planets and shall not be contested previously. 
===Section 4===
No outposts or artificial facilities shall be placed within the Neutral Zone by either party. 
===Section 5===
Any creation of a new colony by either party, along the axis of the defined Neutral Zone shall automatically extend the Neutral Zone, in accordance to the provisions outlined within this treaty.