Article 1 
The Protocol amending the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization (‘the Protocol’) is hereby approved on behalf of the Union ( 2 ) .
Article 2 
The President of the Council shall designate the person(s) empowered to deposit, on behalf of the Union, the instrument of acceptance as provided for in paragraph 5 of the Protocol ( 3 ) .
Article 3 
The Protocol shall not be construed as conferring rights or imposing obligations which can be directly invoked in courts of the Union or Member States.
Article 4 
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.