Article 1 
The position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the EPA Committee set up by the stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Côte d'Ivoire, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, as regards the adoption of a Decision of the EPA Committee, during its annual meeting, concerning the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the Union, shall be based on the draft Decision of the EPA Committee attached to this Decision.
Article 2 
After its adoption, the Decision of the EPA Committee shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union .