Article 1 
1. The position to be taken on behalf of the Union at the 231st session of the ICAO Council, or at one of the subsequent sessions, shall be to support the proposed amendment to Annex 13 – Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation – to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (the ‘Chicago Convention’) in its entirety. 2. The position to be taken on behalf of the Union, provided the ICAO Council adopts without any substantial change the amendment referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, shall be to not register any disapproval and to notify compliance with the adopted measure in reply to the respective ICAO State Letter. In the event that Union legislation differs from the standards set out in Annex 13 to the Chicago Convention after the envisaged date of application of those standards, necessitating the notification to ICAO of a difference from those particular standards, in accordance with Article 38 of the Chicago Convention, the Commission shall, in due time and at least two months before any deadline set by the ICAO for the notification of differences, submit to the Council, for discussion and approval, a preparatory document setting out the Union position on the detailed differences to be notified to the ICAO on the Union’s behalf by the Member States.
Article 2 
The position referred to in Article 1(1) shall be expressed by the Member States that are members of the ICAO Council, acting jointly in the interest of the Union. The position referred to in Article 1(2) shall be expressed by all the Member States, acting jointly in the interest of the Union.
Article 3 
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.