Article 1 
The Protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially women and children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against transnational organised crime, as set out in Annex I, is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community. The Community's instrument of formal confirmation shall comprise a declaration of competence according to Article 16(3) of the Protocol as set out in Annex II.
Article 2 
This Decision shall apply in so far as the provisions of the Protocol fall within the scope of Articles 179 and 181a of the Treaty.
Article 3 
The President of the Council is authorised to designate the person empowered to deposit the instrument of formal confirmation in order to bind the Community. This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union .