SuatuUndang-Undang Umum Persidangan Berlin digubal hasil dari persidangan ini yang dapat dianggap sebagai suatu dokumen yang menghalalkanperebutan Afrika dengan mengakibatkan meningkatnya peluasan dan penjajahan ke atas banyak kuasa Eropah di Afrika, sementara wilayah Afrika yang masih ada kuasa memerintah sendiri semakin berkurang.
Portugal–United Kingdom: Pihak Portugis mengemukakan suatupeta yang menuntut penghubungan antara jajahan-jajahan Angola dan Mozambique mellaui pengilhakan kawasan ini (kiniZambia,Zimbabwe, andMalawi.); kesemua negara-negara ini menyokong usulan pihak tersebut All of the countries attending the conference, except for the United Kingdom, endorsed Portugal's ambitions. A little more than five years later, in 1890, the British government, in breach of theTreaty of Windsor (and of the Treaty of Berlin itself), issued anultimatum demanding that the Portugis withdraw from the disputed area.[perlu rujukan]
France–Britain: A line running fromSay inNiger toMaroua, on the north-east coast ofTasik Chad determined what part belonged to whom. France would own territory to the north of this line, and the United Kingdom would own territory to the south of it. TheNile Basin would be British, with the French taking the basin ofTasik Chad. Furthermore, between the11th and15th degreeslatitude, the border would pass betweenOuaddaï, which would be French, andDarfur inSudan, to be British. In reality, ano man's land 200 kilometres wide was put in place between the21st and23rd meridians.
France–Germany: The area to the north of a line formed by the intersection of the14th meridian andMiltou was designated French, that to the south being German, later calledGerman Cameroon.
Britain–German: The separation came in the form of a line passing throughYola, on theBenoué,Dikoa, going up to the extremity ofTasik Chad.
