Article 1 
The signing of the following agreements and protocols is hereby approved on behalf of the Union, subject to their conclusion: — Agreement between the European Union, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway on an EEA Financial Mechanism 2009-2014 and the Annex thereto, — Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway on a Norwegian Financial Mechanism for the period 2009-2014, — Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland and the Annex thereto, — Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway and the Annex thereto. The texts of the Agreements and Additional Protocols and the Annexes thereto are attached to this Decision.
Article 2 
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign these Agreements and Protocols on behalf of the Union, subject to their conclusion.
Article 3 
Pending the completion of the procedures for their conclusion, the Agreements and Protocols referred to in Article 1, shall be applied on a provisional basis as from the following dates: — the Agreement between the European Union, Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein and the Kingdom of Norway on an EEA Financial Mechanism 2009-2014 and the Annex thereto, as from the first day of the first month following the deposit of the last notification to this effect, — the Agreement between the European Union and the Kingdom of Norway on a Norwegian Financial Mechanism for the period 2009-2014, as from the first day of the first month following the deposit of the last notification to this effect, — the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Iceland and the Annex thereto, as from the first day of the third month following the deposit of the last notification to this effect, — the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Kingdom of Norway and the Annex thereto, as from the first day of the third month following the deposit of the last notification to this effect.
Article 4 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.