Article 1
1. The position to be taken on behalf of the Union in the 238th session of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), or in any subsequent session, shall be to support the proposed Amendment 19 to Annex 17 – Aviation Security – to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (‘Amendment 19’). 2. The position to be taken on behalf of the Union, provided that the ICAO Council adopts without any substantial change Amendment 19, shall be to not register any disapproval and to notify compliance with the adopted measure in reply to the relevant ICAO State Letter. In the event that Union law differs from the newly adopted SARPs set out in Annex 17 to the Chicago Convention after the envisaged date of application of those SARPs, any difference between Union law and those SARPS is to be notified to ICAO, in accordance with Article 38 of the Chicago Convention. In such a case, for the purpose of establishing the position of the Union with regard to any difference between Union law and those particular SARPs, the Commission shall, in due time and at least two months before any deadline set by the ICAO for the notification of differences, submit to the Council, for discussion and approval, a preparatory document setting out the position of the Union on the detailed differences to be notified to the ICAO on behalf of the Union by the Member States.