Article 1 
The Commission is hereby authorised to open negotiations for an agreement establishing a basis for the exchange of information on persons benefitting from temporary protection with the Swiss Confederation.
Article 2 
The Commission shall negotiate the provisions of the agreement in consultation with the Council’s Working Party on Asylum and in accordance with the negotiating directives set out in the addendum to this Decision, subject to any further such directives which the Council may subsequently issue to the Commission.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the Commission.