Article 1 
1. The accession of the Kingdom of Tonga to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part (the ‘Interim Partnership Agreement’), is hereby approved on behalf of the Union, subject to the Kingdom of Tonga’s deposit of the act of accession pursuant to Article 80(2) thereof. 2. The Commission shall, on behalf of the Union, notify the other Contracting Parties to the Interim Partnership Agreement and the Kingdom of Tonga of the approval, by the Union, of the accession of the Kingdom of Tonga to the Interim Partnership Agreement. 3. The text of the market access offer of the Kingdom of Tonga is attached to this Decision.
Article 2 
1. For the purposes of provisionally applying the Interim Partnership Agreement between the Union and the Kingdom of Tonga, the Commission shall, on behalf of the Union, give the notification referred to in Article 76(3) of the Interim Partnership Agreement. 2. The Union and the Kingdom of Tonga shall provisionally apply the Interim Partnership Agreement 10 days after they have notified each other in writing of the completion of the procedures necessary for that purpose in accordance with paragraph 1.
Article 3 
The approval of the accession of the Kingdom of Tonga to the Interim Partnership Agreement shall not be construed as conferring rights or imposing obligations which can be directly invoked before Union or Member State courts or tribunals.
Article 4 
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.