
Article 1 
France is hereby authorised to conclude an agreement with Switzerland concerning Basel-Mulhouse Airport that provides, by way of derogation from Directive 2006/112/EC, that the Swiss customs sector in the Airport, established pursuant to Article 8 of the French-Swiss Convention of 4 July 1949 regarding the construction and operation of Basel-Mulhouse Airport, in Blotzheim, is not to be treated as forming part of the territory of a Member State within the meaning of Article 5 of that Directive.
Article 2 
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Done at Brussels, 21 February 2017.
For the Council
The President
E. SCICLUNA