For a Union vessel to be eligible to obtain a fishing authorisation, neither the owner, the master nor the vessel itself must be prohibited from fishing in the Cook Islands' fishery waters.
Plovilo Unije se šteje za upravičeno do pridobitve dovoljenja za ribolov, če njegovemu lastniku, poveljniku ali plovilu samemu ni prepovedan ribolov v ribolovnih vodah Cookovih otokov.