Article 1 
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, the Second Additional Protocol to the Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the United Mexican States, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union. The text of the Second Additional Protocol is attached to this Decision.
Article 2 
The European Community and its Member States shall apply provisionally the terms of the Second Additional Protocol as from the date of its signature, subject to its conclusion at a later date.