
Article 1 
The Agreement on extradition between the European Union and the United States of America and the Agreement on mutual legal assistance between the European Union and the United States of America are hereby approved on behalf of the European Union.
Article 2 
The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person empowered, on behalf of the European Union, to exchange the instruments of approval provided for in Article 22 of the Agreement on extradition between the European Union and the United States of America and in Article 18 of the Agreement on mutual legal assistance between the European Union and the United States of America, in order to express the consent of the European Union to be bound.
Article 3 
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Luxembourg, 23 October 2009.
For the Council
The President
T. BILLSTRÖM