Article 1 
1. The Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between the European Community and the International Civil Aviation Organisation regarding security audits/inspections and related matters is hereby approved on behalf of the Union. 2. The text of the MoC is attached to this Decision ( 2 ) .
Article 2 
The President of the Council is authorised to designate the person empowered to make the notification provided in paragraph 6(3) of the MoC and to make the following notification: ‘As a consequence of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009, the European Union has replaced and succeeded the European Community and from that date exercises all rights and assumes all obligations of the European Community. Therefore, references to “the European Community” in the text of the MoC are, where appropriate, to be read as “the European Union”.’.