Where there is a subregionally, regionally or globally agreed system of monitoring, control and surveillance in effect, States shall ensure that the measures they impose on vessels flying their flag are compatible with that system.
Kadar se izvaja podobmočno, območno ali globalno dogovorjeni sistem spremljanja, nadzora in opazovanja, države zagotovijo, da so ukrepi, ki jih nalagajo plovilom pod njihovo zastavo, skladni z navedenim sistemom.