Lande, som har indgået aftaler med Unionen, der indebærer, at de har indført og anvender EU-retten, bør kunne deltage i myndighedens arbejde, og myndigheden bør kunne samarbejde med tredjelande, der anvender lovgivning, der er anerkendt som ækvivalent med Unionens.
Participation in the work of the Authority should be open to countries which have concluded agreements with the Union whereby they have adopted and are applying Union law, and the Authority should be able to cooperate with third countries which apply legislation that has been recognised as equivalent to that of the Union.