
Article 1 
The Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Partnership and Cooperation between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, of the other part, is hereby approved on behalf of the Union.
The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision.
Article 2 
The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy shall chair the Joint Committee provided for in Article 52 of the Agreement.
The Union or, as the case may be, the Union and the Member States, shall be represented in the Joint Committee depending on the subject matter.
Article 3 
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the Union, give the notification provided for in Article 63(1) of the Agreement.
Article 4 
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 29 September 2016.
For the Council
The President
P. ŽIGA