Article 1 
The signing of the Arrangement between the European Community and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway on the modalities of the participation by those States in the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union and the Joint Declaration is hereby approved on behalf of the Community, subject to the conclusion of the Arrangement. The text of the Arrangement and the Joint Declaration is attached to this Decision.
Article 2 
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Arrangement on behalf of the Community, subject to its conclusion.
Article 3 
Pending the completion of the procedures for its formal conclusion, the Arrangement shall be applied on a provisional basis in accordance with Article 9(2) thereof ( 4 ). ( 1 ) OJ L 349, 25.11.2004, p. 1. ( 2 ) OJ L 131, 1.6.2000, p. 43. ( 3 ) OJ L 64, 7.3.2002, p. 20. ( 4 ) The date of signature of the Arrangement will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the Council.