Article 1 
The Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, is hereby approved on behalf of the Union and its Member States ( 4 ) .
Article 2 
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union and its Member States, give the notification provided for in Article 8(1) of the Protocol, in order to express the consent of the Union and its Member States to be bound by the Protocol ( 5 ) .
Article 3 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.