
Article 1 
The positions to be adopted on behalf of the Union at the 48th session of the PSCC of the Paris MOU when that body is called upon to adopt decisions having legal effects are set out in the Annex.
Article 2 
The positions to be adopted on behalf of the Union as referred to in Article 1 shall be expressed by the Member States, which are bound by the Paris MOU, acting jointly in the interest of the Union.
Article 3 
Formal and minor changes to the positions referred to in Article 1 may be agreed without requiring those positions to be amended.
Article 4 
Member States are hereby authorised to give their consent to be bound, in the interest of the Union, by the decisions referred to in Article 1.
Article 5 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 18 May 2015.
For the Council
The President
M. SEILE
ANNEX

The positions to be adopted, on behalf of the Union, at the 48th session of the Port State Control Committee of the Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control shall be to:

((a)) endorse the actions proposed in document PSCC48/3.3 A, paragraph 9.1;
((b)) endorse the actions proposed in document PSCC48/4.2.2B, paragraph 5.1;
((c)) endorse the actions proposed in document PSCC48/4.2.2C, paragraph 6.1; and
((d)) oppose the proposed amendment in point 2.6 of the amended guideline in document PSCC48/4.3.8.
