Article 1 1. 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.
2. 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.
3. The text of the market access offer of Samoa is attached to this Decision.
Article 2 1. For the purposes of applying the Interim Partnership Agreement provisionally between the Union and Samoa, the President of the Council shall give the notification referred to in Article 76(3) of the Interim Partnership Agreement on behalf of the Union.
2. The Union and Samoa shall provisionally apply the Interim Partnership Agreement 10 days after they have notified each other in writing of the completion of the procedures necessary for this purpose in accordance with paragraph 1.
Article 3 The approval of the accession of Samoa to the Interim Partnership Agreement shall not be construed as conferring rights or imposing obligations which can directly be invoked before Union or Member State courts or tribunals.
Article 4 This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 6 December 2018.
For the Council
The President
H. Kickl