Article 1 
1. The signing on behalf of the Union of the Strategic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Canada, of the other part, is hereby authorised, subject to the conclusion of the said Agreement. 2. The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
Article 2 
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign the Agreement on behalf of the Union.
Article 3 
1. Pending its entry into force, in accordance with Article 30 of the Agreement and subject to the notifications provided for therein, the following parts of the Agreement shall be applied provisionally between the Union and Canada, but only to the extent that they cover matters falling within the Union's competence, including matters falling within the Union's competence to define and implement a common foreign and security policy: (a) Title I: Article 1; (b) Title II: Article 2; (c) Title III: Article 4(1), Article 5 and Article 7(b); (d) Title IV: — Article 9, Articles 10(2), 10(3), 12(4), 12(5) and 12(10), and Articles 14, 15, 16 and 17, — Articles 12(6), 12(7), 12(8), 12(9) and Article 13, to the extent that these provisions are limited to matters for which the Union has already exercised its competences internally; (e) Title V: Article 23(2); (f) Title VI: Articles 26, 27 and 28; (g) Title VII: Articles 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 and 34, to the extent that these provisions are limited to the purpose of ensuring provisional application of the Agreement. 2. The date from which the Agreement will be provisionally applied will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by the General Secretariat of the Council.
Article 4 
This Decision shall enter into force on the date following that of its adoption.