Article 1 
The Protocol on the implementation of the 1991 Alpine Convention in the field of Mountain Farming (Mountain Farming Protocol) is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Protocol and of the related declarations is attached to this Decision.
Article 2 
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person or persons empowered to deposit, on behalf of the European Community, the instrument of approval in accordance with Article 24 of the Protocol and to deposit the attached declarations.
Article 3 
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union .