Article 1 
The Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (hereinafter ‘the Agreement’) is hereby approved on behalf of the Union. The text of the Agreement and the Declaration concerning the competence of the Union are attached to this Decision.
Article 2 
The President of the Council shall designate the person(s) empowered to proceed, on behalf of the Union, to deposit the instrument of approval with the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations acting in his capacity as Depositary of the Agreement in accordance with Article 26 of the Agreement, together with the Declaration concerning the competence of the Union.
Article 3 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.