Article 1 
The signing on behalf of the Union and its Member States of the Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union is hereby authorised, 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 Union and its Member States.
Article 3 
The Protocol shall be applied on a provisional basis, in accordance with Article 8(2) thereof, as from the first day of the second month following the date of its signature ( 2 ) , pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its conclusion.
Article 4 
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.