Sobesedilo: Whereas the Community and its Member States have competence in the areas covered by the Agreement; whereas it is therefore necessary for the Community and its Member States simultaneously to become Contracting Parties in order to carry out together the obligations laid down in the Agreement and exercise together the rights it confers in cases of shared competence in order to guarantee uniform application of the Agreement in the context of the common fisheries policy.

Sobesedilo: ker so Skupnost in njene države članice pristojne na področjih, ki jih zajema Sporazum; ker morajo zato Skupnost in njene države članice hkrati postati pogodbenice, da bi skupaj izpolnjevale obveznosti, določene v Sporazumu, in izvajale pravice, ki jih podeljuje v primerih deljene pristojnosti, da bi zagotovile enotno uporabo Sporazuma v okviru skupne ribiške politike

Sobesedilo: Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 5.1 and 14.1, if the parties expressly so authorize the tribunal in the course of the arbitration proceedings, it shall decide as amicable compositor or ex aequo et bono.

Sobesedilo: Ne glede na določbe členov 5.1 in 14.1, če za to stranki izrecno pooblastita razsodišče med potekom arbitražnih postopkov, razsodišče odloča kot posrednik za mirno rešitev ali ex aequo et bono.