Article 1 
The Additional Protocol to the Agreement on Trade, Development and Cooperation between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of South Africa, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union, is hereby approved on behalf of the Community and its Member States. The text of the Additional Protocol ( 3 ) is attached to this Decision.
Article 2 
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Community and its Member States, give the notification provided for in Article 9(2) of the Additional Protocol.