Legal provisions of COM(2009)255-2 - Signing of the Arrangement between the EC and Switzerland and Liechtenstein on the modalities of the participation by those States in the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the EU

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dossier COM(2009)255-2 - Signing of the Arrangement between the EC and Switzerland and Liechtenstein on the modalities of the participation by ...
document COM(2009)255 EN
date July 26, 2010

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Article 1

The Arrangement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation and the Principality of Liechtenstein, of the other part, on the modalities of the participation by those States in the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (4) (‘the Arrangement’) is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.

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 provided for in Article 9(4) of the Arrangement in order to express the consent of the Union to be bound and make the following notification:

‘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 “European Community” in the text of the Arrangement are, where appropriate, to be read as “European Union”.’

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Article 4

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.