Article 1 
The Agreement between the European Community and the United States of America on trade in wine (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’) is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. 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 in order to bind the Community.
Article 3 
For the purposes of applying Article 5(4), Article 7(2), Article 8(2), Article 9(5), Article 11(5) and (6), Article 13(1) and Article 14 of the Agreement, the Commission is hereby authorised to adopt, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 75(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999, the measures necessary to implement the Agreement and to modify its Annexes, the Protocol and its Appendices.
Article 4 
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union .