Article 1 
The Agreement between the European Union, the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on the Swiss Confederation's association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis , and the related documents consisting of the Final Act, the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters on the Committees that assist the Commission in the exercise of its executive powers, and the Joint Declaration on joint meetings of Mixed Committees are hereby approved on behalf of the European Union. The text of the Agreement, the Final Act, the Exchange of Letters, and the Joint Declaration are attached to this Decision.
Article 2 
This Decision applies to the fields covered by the provisions listed in Annexes A and B of the Agreement and to their development to the extent that such provisions have, or, in accordance with Decision 1999/436/EC ( 5 ) , have been determined to have, a legal base within the Treaty on European Union.
Article 3 
The provisions of Articles 1 to 4 of Council Decision 1999/437/EC shall apply, in the same way, to the association of Switzerland with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis , which falls under Title VI of the Treaty on European Union.
Article 4 
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person empowered to deposit on behalf of the European Union the Instrument of approval provided for in Article 14 of the Agreement, in order to express the consent of the European Union to be bound.
Article 5 
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union .