Article 1 
1. The Convention on international interests in mobile equipment (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Cape Town Convention’) and the Protocol on matters specific to aircraft equipment (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Aircraft Protocol’), adopted jointly in Cape Town on 16 November 2001, are hereby approved on behalf of the European Community. The texts of the Cape Town Convention and of the Aircraft Protocol are attached to this Decision. 2. In this Decision, ‘Member State’ shall mean all the Member States with the exception of Denmark.
Article 2 
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to deposit, on behalf of the Community, the instruments referred to in Article 47(4) of the Cape Town Convention and in Article XXVI(4) of the Aircraft Protocol.
Article 3 
1. At the time of accession to the Cape Town Convention, the Community shall make the declarations set out in points I of Annexes I and II. 2. At the time of accession to the Aircraft Protocol, the Community shall make the declarations set out in points II of Annexes I and II.