Article 1 
The Council hereby authorises the Kingdom of Belgium and the Republic of Poland, respectively, to ratify, and the Republic of Austria to accede to the Budapest Convention on the Contract for the Carriage of Goods by Inland Waterways (CMNI). The text of the Convention is attached to this Decision.
Article 2 
The Republic of Austria and the Republic of Poland shall make the appropriate declarations allowed under the provisions of the Budapest Convention.
Article 3 
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Article 4 
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Austria and the Republic of Poland.