Legal provisions of COM(2023)773 - Signing of the Protocol amending the Agreement with Japan for an Economic Partnership regarding free flow of data

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Article 1

The signing of the Protocol amending the Agreement between the European Union and Japan for an Economic Partnership regarding free flow of data ('the Protocol') is hereby approved on behalf of the Union, subject to the conclusion of the Protocol.

The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.

Article 2

The Council Secretariat General shall establish the instrument of full powers to sign the Protocol on behalf of the Union, subject to its conclusion, for the person(s) indicated by the negotiator of the Protocol.

Article 3


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