The accession of Samoa to the Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Pacific States, of the other part (the ‘Interim Partnership Agreement’), is hereby approved on behalf of the Union, subject to Samoa's deposit of the act of accession pursuant to Article 80(2) thereof.

The President of the Council shall notify the other Contracting Parties of the Interim Partnership Agreement and Samoa of the approval, by the Union, of the accession of Samoa to the Interim Partnership Agreement, on behalf of the Union.

The text of the market access offer of Samoa is attached to this Decision.