Legal provisions of COM(2008)895 - Conclusion of behalf of the EC, of the Protocol on the Implementation of the Alpine Convention in the field of Transport (Transport Protocol)

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dossier COM(2008)895 - Conclusion of behalf of the EC, of the Protocol on the Implementation of the Alpine Convention in the field of Transport ...
document COM(2008)895 EN
date June 10, 2013

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Article 1

The Protocol on the implementation of the 1991 Alpine Convention in the field of transport (Transport protocol) is hereby approved on behalf of the European Union (4).

Article 2

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to deposit, on behalf of the Union, the instrument of approval with the Republic of Austria in accordance with Article 24 of the Transport protocol, and make the following declaration:

"As a consequence of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009, the European Union has replaced and succeeded the European Community and from that date exercises all rights and assumes all obligations of the European Community. Therefore, references to ‧the European Community‧ or to ‧the Community‧ in the text of the Protocol are, where appropriate, to be read as to ‧the European Union‧ or to ‧the Union‧.".

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.