Article 1 
1. The signing on behalf of the Union of the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part, is hereby authorised, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement. 2. The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
Article 2 
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Union.
Article 3 
1. Pending its entry into force, in accordance with Article 464 of the Agreement and subject to the notifications provided for therein, the following parts of the Agreement shall be applied provisionally between the Union and the Republic of Moldova, but only to the extent that they cover matters falling within the Union's competence, including matters falling withing the Union's competence to define and implement a common foreign and security policy: (a) Title I; (b) Title II: Articles 3, 4, 7 and 8; (c) Title III: Articles 12 and 15; (d) Title IV: Chapters 5, 9 and 12 (with the exception of point (h) of Article 68), Chapter 13 (with the exception of Article 71 to the extent that it concerns maritime governance and with the exception of points (b) and (e) of Article 73 and Article 74), Chapter 14 (with the exception of point (i) of Article 77), Chapter 15 (with the exception of points (a) and (e) of Article 81 and Article 82(2)), Chapter 16 (with the exception of Article 87, point (c) of Article 88 and points (a) and (b) of Article 89, to the extent that that point (b) concerns soil protection), Chapters 26 and 28, as well as Articles 30, 37, 46, 57, 97, 102 and 116; (e) Title V (with the exception of Article 278 to the extent that it concerns criminal enforcement of intellectual property rights, and with the exception of Articles 359 and 360 to the extent that they apply to administrative proceedings and review and appeal at Member State level); (f) Title VI; (g) Title VII (with the exception of Article 456(1), to the extent that the provisions of that Title are limited to the purpose of ensuring the provisional application of the Agreement as defined in this paragraph); (h) Annexes II to XIII, Annexes XV to XXXV, as well as Protocols I to IV. 2. The date from which the Agreement will be provisionally applied will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the Council.
Article 4 
For the purposes of Article 306 of the Agreement, modifications of the Agreement through decisions of the Geographical Indications Sub-Committee shall be approved by the Commission on behalf of the Union. Where interested parties cannot reach agreement following objections relating to a geographical indication, the Commission shall adopt a position on the basis of the procedure laid down in Article 57(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 2 ) .
Article 5 
1. A name protected under Sub-Section 3 ‘Geographical Indications’ of Chapter 9 of Title V of the Agreement may be used by any operator marketing agricultural products, foodstuffs, wines, aromatised wines or spirits conforming to the corresponding specification. 2. In accordance with Article 301 of the Agreement, the Member States and the institutions of the Union shall enforce the protection provided for in Articles 297 to 300 of the Agreement, including at the request of an interested party.
Article 6 
The Agreement shall not be construed as conferring rights or imposing obligations which can be directly invoked before Union or Member State courts and tribunals.
Article 7 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its adoption.