Article 1 
The Mutual Assistance Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the first month following the date of adoption of this Decision between Bulgaria, Romania and the Member States for which the Convention is in force at that date. It shall enter into force between Bulgaria or Romania and each of the other Member States on the day the Mutual Assistance Convention enters into force for the other Member State concerned. The Mutual Assistance Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the first month following the date of adoption of this Decision between Bulgaria, Romania and the Member States for which the Protocol is in force at that date. It shall enter into force between Bulgaria or Romania and each of the other Member States on the day the Mutual Assistance Protocol enters into force for the other Member State concerned.
Article 2 
The text of the Mutual Assistance Convention and the Mutual Assistance Protocol, drawn up in the Bulgarian and Romanian languages ( 4 ) , shall be authentic under the same conditions as the other texts of the Mutual Assistance Convention and the Mutual Assistance Protocol.
Article 3 
This Decision shall take effect on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .