PRIZNAVAJO, da bi države morale sprejeti učinkovito zakonodajo o okolju, tako da se bodo okoljski standardi, cilji upravljanja in prednostne naloge izražale v okolju in razvoju, na katere se nanašajo, ter da so standardi, ki se uporabljajo v nekaterih državah, morda neprimerni in so neupravičeni gospodarski in družbeni strošek za druge države, zlasti države v razvoju;
RECOGNIZING that States should enact effective environmental legislation, that environmental standards, management objectives and priorities should reflect the environmental and developmental context to which they apply, and that standards applied by some countries may be inappropriate and of unwarranted economic and social cost to other countries, in particular developing countries;