Article 1 
1. The position to be taken on the Union's behalf in the framework of the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the North-East Atlantic Fisheries shall be to approve the application for accession of the United Kingdom to the NEAFC Convention. 2. The Commission shall be authorised to notify the Depositary of the NEAFC Convention of the Union's position only if the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union takes place without a withdrawal agreement by the expiry of the notification period referred to in Article 20(4) of the NEAFC Convention.
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.