Article 1 
Council of Europe Convention No 180 on information and legal cooperation on information society services is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Convention is annexed to this Decision(3). Article 2 The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Convention in order to bind the Community. Article 3 This Decision will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Done at Brussels, 17 November 2003. For the Council The President G. Alemanno (1) Opinion of the Court of 15 November 1994, [1994] ECR, p. I-5267. (2) OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37. Directive as amended by Directive 98/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 217, 5.8.1998, p. 18). (3) The text of the Convention as concluded, exists in English and French, both texts being equally authentic.
Article 2 
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Convention in order to bind the Community. Article 3 This Decision will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Done at Brussels, 17 November 2003. For the Council The President G. Alemanno (1) Opinion of the Court of 15 November 1994, [1994] ECR, p. I-5267. (2) OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37. Directive as amended by Directive 98/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 217, 5.8.1998, p. 18). (3) The text of the Convention as concluded, exists in English and French, both texts being equally authentic.
Article 3 
This Decision will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Done at Brussels, 17 November 2003. For the Council The President G. Alemanno (1) Opinion of the Court of 15 November 1994, [1994] ECR, p. I-5267. (2) OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37. Directive as amended by Directive 98/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 217, 5.8.1998, p. 18). (3) The text of the Convention as concluded, exists in English and French, both texts being equally authentic.