Article 1 
The signing of the Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation between the European Community and the State of Israel and the Joint Declaration attached to the Agreement is hereby approved on behalf of the Community, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement. The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
Article 2 
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Community subject to its conclusion.
Article 3 
The Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation between the European Community and the State of Israel shall be applied provisionally.
Article 4 
1. The Commission shall adopt the position of the Community to be taken in the EC/Israel Research Committee established by Article 4 of the Agreement with regard to Decisions according to Section I.1 of Annex I of the Agreement on the applicability in Israel of the rules for the establishment of the legal structures created under Articles 169 and 171 of the EC Treaty. 2. The Commission shall adopt the position of the Community to be taken in the EC/Israel Research Committee established by Article 4 of the Agreement with regard to Decisions according to Article 4(2) of the Agreement identifying regions of Israel that may be eligible regions benefiting from research actions under the Work Programme ‘Research Potential’ under the specific ‘Capacities’ programme.
Article 5 
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union .