OB SKLICEVANJU na to, da sta Skupnost in Tanzanija podpisnici Konvencije Združenih narodov o pomorskem pravu in da je Tanzanija v skladu s to konvencijo uredila izključno ekonomsko cono, ki se razteza 200 navtičnih milj od njene obale, v tem območju pa Tanzanija v skladu z načeli mednarodnega prava uveljavlja suverene pravice do ugotavljanja, izkoriščanja, ohranitve in upravljanja virov;
RECALLING that the Community and Tanzania are signatories to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and that, in accordance with that Convention, Tanzania has established an exclusive economic zone extending 200 nautical miles from its shores, within which it exercises its sovereign rights for the purpose of identifying, exploiting, conserving and managing the resources of the said zone, in accordance with the principles of international law;