An additional factor in the tension in the region is the fact that Turkey refuses to accept that an EU Member State can exercise its lawful sovereign rights as provided for in the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), which is part of the acquis communautaire.
Spriedzes papildu faktors reģionā ir fakts, ka Turcija atsakās pieņemt to, ka ES dalībvalsts var īstenot savas suverēnās tiesības, kā noteikts ANO Jūras tiesību konvencijā ( UNCLOS ), kas ir daļa no acquis communautaire .