Article 4 Conclusion of agreements

1.   Upon signature of an agreement, the Member State concerned shall notify the Commission of the outcome of the negotiations together with any relevant documentation.

2.   Where the negotiations have resulted in an agreement which incorporates the relevant standard clauses referred to in Article 1(1), the Member State shall be authorised to conclude the agreement.

3.   Where the negotiations have resulted in an agreement which does not incorporate the relevant standard clauses referred to in Article 1(1), the Member State shall be authorised, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 7(2), to conclude the agreement, provided that this does not harm the object and purpose of the Community common transport policy. The Member State may provisionally apply the agreement pending the outcome of this procedure.

4.   Notwithstanding paragraphs 2 and 3, if the Commission is actively negotiating with the same third country on the basis of a country-specific mandate or on the basis of Council Decision 2004/.../EC of... authorising the Commission to open negotiations with third countries on the replacement of certain provisions in existing bilateral agreements with a Community agreement (4), the Member State concerned may be authorised, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 7(2), to apply provisionally and/or conclude the agreement.