Article 4

Pending the completion of the procedures necessary for its entry into force, in accordance with Article 47 of the Agreement and subject to the notifications provided for therein, the following parts of the Agreement shall be applied provisionally between the Union and Japan^f1:

1. (a)

   Articles 11, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 25, 28, 40 and 41;

2. (b)

   Articles 13, 15 (with the exception of point (b) of paragraph 2), 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31 and 37, Article 38(1) and Article 39 to the extent that they cover matters for which the Union has already exercised its competence internally;

3. (c)

   Articles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5(1) to the extent that they cover matters falling within the Union's competence to define and implement a common foreign and security policy;

4. (d)

   Article 42 (with the exception of point (c) of paragraph 2), Articles 43 - 47, Article 48(3) and Articles 49, 50 and 51 to the extent that these provisions are limited to the purpose of ensuring the provisional application of the Agreement.