Legal provisions of COM(2009)644 - Signing and provisional application of the Cooperation Agreement with Liechtenstein to combat fraud and any other illegal activity to the detriment of their financial interests and to ensure exchange of information on tax matters

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Article 1

Subject to its conclusion at a later date, the President of the Council is hereby authorized to designate the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the European Union, the Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Principality of Liechtenstein, of the other part, to combat fraud and any other illegal activity to the detriment of their financial interests and to ensure exchange of information on tax matters, thereafter “the Cooperation Agreement”.

The text of the Cooperation Agreement to be signed is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

Titles I, II and IV of the Cooperation Agreement shall be provisonally applied to the extent provided for in Article 41(4) of the Agreement, from the first day of the month following the notification to the Secretariat General of the Council by the Principality of Liechtenstein of its instrument of ratification.