The Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Union, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, amending the Annexes to Protocols 1 and 2 of the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the State of Israel, of the other part, is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person empowered to proceed, on behalf of the Union, with the deposit of the instrument of approval provided for in the Agreement, in order to express the consent of the Union to be bound by the Agreement(1).
This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 29 November 2012.
For the Council
The President
N. Sylikiotis