Article 1 
The signing of the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, subject to the conclusion of the said Protocol. The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.
Article 2 
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Protocol on behalf of the European Community and its Member States subject to its conclusion.
Article 3 
Subject to reciprocity, the Protocol shall be applied on a provisional basis as from 1 January 2007, pending the completion of the procedures for its formal conclusion.