Article 1 
1. The Member States that have not yet done so are hereby authorised to accept the accession of the Russian Federation to the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (‘the 1980 Hague Convention’) in the interest of the Union. 3. Each Member State shall inform the Council and the Commission of the deposit of its declaration of acceptance of the accession of the Russian Federation and communicate to the Commission the text of the declaration within two months of its deposit.
Article 2 
Those Member States which deposited their declarations of acceptance of the accession of the Russian Federation to the 1980 Hague Convention prior to the date of adoption of this Decision, shall not deposit new declarations.
Article 3 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to all Member States with the exception of the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Republic of Estonia, Ireland, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Lithuania, Romania, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic and the Republic of Finland.