Article 1 
The Amending Protocol to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation providing for measures equivalent to those laid down in Council Directive 2003/48/EC on taxation of savings income in the form of interest payments is hereby approved on behalf of the Union. The text of the Amending Protocol is attached to this Decision.
Article 2 
1. The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union, give the notification provided for in Article 2(1) of the Amending Protocol ( 2 ) . 2. The Commission shall inform the Swiss Confederation and the Member States of the notifications given in accordance with point (d) of Article 1(1) of the Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the automatic exchange of financial account information to improve international tax compliance as resulting from the Amending Protocol.
Article 3 
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .