Article 1 
The Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, with the exception of its provisions falling within the scope of Title V of Part Three of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in particular Articles 14, 16, 26, 29 and 30, is hereby approved on behalf of the Union. The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.
Article 2 
The President of the Council shall designate the person(s) empowered to deposit, on behalf of the Union: (a) the instrument provided for in Article 44(1) of the Protocol; (b) the declaration of competences set out in the Annex to this Decision, in accordance with Article 44(3) of the Protocol.
Article 3 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .