Article 1 
The Convention, the Protocol of 27 September 1996, the Protocol of 29 November 1996 and the Second Protocol of 19 June 1997 shall enter into force for Croatia on the first day of the first month following the date of publication of this Decision.
Article 2 
The Croatian-language versions of the Convention ( 6 ) , the Protocol of 27 September 1996 ( 7 ) , the Protocol of 29 November 1996 ( 8 ) and the Second Protocol of 19 June 1997 ( 9 ) shall be authentic under the same conditions as the other language versions of the Convention and of those Protocols.
Article 3 
This Decision shall take effect on the date following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .