4. The Trade Committee shall examine, sufficiently in advance of the date of accession of a third country to the Union, any effects which that accession may have on this Agreement. The Parties may, by decision of the Trade Committee, put in place any necessary adjustments of this Agreement or transitional arrangements.
Article 17.24. Territorial Application
1. This Agreement applies:
(a) with respect to the Union, to the territories in which the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union are applied and under the conditions laid down in those Treaties; and
(b) with respect to Viet Nam, to its territory.
References to "territory" in this Agreement shall be understood in accordance with subparagraphs (a) and (b), except as otherwise expressly provided for.
2. As regards the provisions concerning the tariff treatment of goods, this Agreement also applies to those areas of the Union customs territory not covered by subparagraph 1 (a).
Article 17.25. Authentic Texts
This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish and Vietnamese languages, each text being equally authentic.
Conclusion
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, duly authorised to this effect, have signed this Agreement
Done at Hanoi on the thirtieth day of June in the year two thousand and nineteen.
For the European Union
For the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam