Article 1 
1. Austria, Cyprus, Croatia, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania and the United Kingdom are hereby authorised to accept the accession of the Dominican Republic to the 1980 Hague Convention in the interest of the Union. 3. Member States referred to in paragraph 1 shall inform the Council and the Commission of the deposit of their declarations of acceptance of the accession of the Dominican Republic to the 1980 Hague Convention and shall communicate the text of those declarations within two months of their deposit to the Commission.
Article 2 
This Decision shall take effect on the date of its notification.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to Austria, Cyprus, Croatia, Luxembourg, Portugal, Romania and the United Kingdom.