Article 1
The United Nations Convention against transnational organised crime is hereby approved on behalf of the Community. The text of the Convention is set out in Annex I.
2004/579/EC: Council Decision of 29 April 2004 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime
2004/579/EC: Council Decision of 29 April 2004 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime
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Article 2
The President of the Council is authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to deposit the Community's instrument of formal confirmation in order to bind the Community. The instrument of formal confirmation shall comprise a declaration of competence according to Article 36(3) of the Convention, as set out in Annex II. It shall also contain a Statement as set out in Annex III.
Article 3
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. Done at Luxembourg, 29 April 2004 . For the Council The President M. Mc Dowell (1) Opinion delivered on 13 January 2004 (not yet published in the Official Journal). (2) OJ L 30, 1.2.2001, p. 44.
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