Article 1 
The Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other part, to combat fraud and any other illegal activity to the detriment of their financial interests (hereinafter the Agreement) and the accompanying Final Act are hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Agreement and the Final Act are attached to this Decision ( 2 ) .
Article 2 
In respect of matters falling within its competence, the Community shall be represented on the Joint Committee set up under Article 39 of the Agreement by the Commission. The position to be taken by the Community in the course of the implementation of the Agreement as regards decisions or recommendations of the Joint Committee shall be laid down by the Council, acting by qualified majority, on a proposal from the Commission. The Council shall act unanimously when the position covers a field for which unanimity is required for the adoption of internal rules.
Article 3 
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the European Community, give the notification provided for in Article 44(2) of the Agreement ( 3 ) . The President of the Council shall notify a declaration of the European Community according to which, until the entry into force of the Agreement, the Community shall consider itself bound by the Agreement, within the limits of its competence, in its relations with any other Contracting Party having made the same declaration, in accordance with Article 44(3) of the Agreement ( 4 ) .
Article 4 
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union .