“ Article 9
1.Nothing in this Agreement shall prejudice the rights, jurisdiction and duties of any State under international law as reflected in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, nor the present or future claims and legal views of any State concerning the law of the sea or the future development of international law regarding underwater cultural heritage.
2.If a general multilateral Convention on the protection of underwater cultural heritage enters into force for all Parties, they shall consult to discuss the relationship between this Agreement and that Convention. ”

“ III.Funding
9.Projects shall be designed to ensure adequate funding in advance to complete all stages of the project including the curation, conservation and documentation of any recovered artifacts, and the preparation and dissemination of the report.
10.The project design shall include contingency plans that will ensure conservation of recovered artifacts and supporting documentation in the event of any interruption of anticipated funding. ”