Article 3

Notwithstanding Article 2, the application of Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 with regard to Bosnia and Herzegovina shall not be suspended if, before 1 January 2016, the Union and Bosnia and Herzegovina sign and apply provisionally an agreement on the adaptation of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement and the Interim Agreement to take into account the accession of Croatia to the European Union.

In the event that the agreement on an adaptation referred to in paragraph 1 is signed and applied provisionally only on or after 1 January 2016, Regulation (EC) No 1215/2009 shall be applicable again with regard to Bosnia and Herzegovina from the date on which such agreement is signed and applied provisionally.

The Commission shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union as soon as the agreement on an adaptation referred to in paragraph 1 has been signed.