Article 3
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union, give the notification provided for in Article 13(1) of the Agreement and make the following notification to the Government of Japan: ‘As a consequence of the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009, the European Union has replaced and succeeded the European Community and from that date exercises all rights and assumes all obligations of the European Community. Therefore, references to “the European Community” in the text of the Agreement are, where appropriate, to be read as “the European Union”.’