Article 1 
The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union, of the one part, and the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of the other part, providing further liberalisation of agricultural products, processed agricultural products and fish and fishery products and amending the Euro-Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on trade and cooperation between the European Community, of the one part, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for the benefit of the Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of the other part (‘the Agreement’), is hereby approved on behalf of the Union. The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
Article 2 
Where the Union needs to take a safeguard measure concerning agricultural products and fish and fishery products, as provided for in the Article 23 of the Interim Association Agreement, that measure shall be adopted in accordance with the procedures provided for in Article 159(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation) ( 5 ) , or by Article 30 of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products ( 6 ) . For processed agricultural products, such safeguard measures shall be adopted in accordance with the procedures provided for, as appropriate, in Article 7(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 614/2009 of 7 July 2009 on the common system of trade for ovalbumin and lactalbumin ( 7 ) , or in Article 11(4) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1216/2009 of 30 November 2009 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products ( 8 ) .
Article 3 
The President of the Council shall designate the person empowered to proceed, on behalf of the Union, with the deposit of the instrument of approval provided in the Agreement, in order to express the consent of the Union to be bound by it ( 9 ) .
Article 4 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.