Article 1 
The Protocol to the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Azerbaijan, of the other part, on a Framework Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Azerbaijan on the general principles for the participation of the Republic of Azerbaijan in Union programmes (‘the Protocol’) is hereby approved on behalf of the Union ( 2 ) .
Article 2 
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union, give the notification provided for in Article 10 of the Protocol ( 3 ) .
Article 3 
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.