
Article 1 
The position to be taken on behalf of the European Union, represented by the Commission, within the International Jute Study Group shall be to vote against the opening of negotiations for the renewal of the Terms of Reference beyond 2014.
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 20 November 2012.
For the Council
The President
A. D. MAVROYIANNIS