Article 1 
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the Community, the Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, subject to its possible conclusion at a later stage.
Article 2 
Pending its entry into force, the Protocol shall be applied on a provisional basis from 1 August 2007. The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.