Article 4 Relationship with international law and other international instruments
Nothing in this Agreement shall prejudice the rights, jurisdiction and duties of Parties under international law. In particular, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to affect:
the sovereignty of Parties over their internal, archipelagic and territorial waters or their sovereign rights over their continental shelf and in their exclusive economic zones;
the exercise by Parties of their sovereignty over ports in their territory in accordance with international law, including their right to deny entry thereto as well as to adopt more stringent port State measures than those provided for in this Agreement, including such measures adopted pursuant to a decision of a regional fisheries management organisation.
In applying this Agreement, a Party does not thereby become bound by measures or decisions of, or recognise, any regional fisheries management organisation of which it is not a member.
In no case is a Party obliged under this Agreement to give effect to measures or decisions of a regional fisheries management organisation if those measures or decisions have not been adopted in conformity with international law.
This Agreement shall be interpreted and applied in conformity with international law taking into account applicable international rules and standards, including those established through the International Maritime Organisation, as well as other international instruments.
Parties shall fulfil in good faith the obligations assumed pursuant to this Agreement and shall exercise the rights recognised herein in a manner that would not constitute an abuse of right.