# Council Decision (EU) 2015/1891Show full title

Council Decision (EU) 2015/1891 of 1 October 2015 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States,            of the Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of            the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic            of Croatia to the European Union         

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# Council Decision (EU) 2015/1891                     

# of 1 October 2015

# on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union and its Member States, of the Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association                        Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,                        of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union                     

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 217, in conjunction with point                           (a)(i) of the second subparagraph of Article 218(6) and the second subparagraph of Article 218(8) thereof,                        

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Croatia, and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 6(2) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Having regard to the consent of the European Parliament,

Whereas:

(1)In accordance with Council Decision 2014/665/EU(1), the Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of                              the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic                              of Croatia to the European Union (‘the Protocol’), has been signed, subject to its conclusion.

(2)The conclusion of the Protocol is subject to a separate procedure as regards matters falling within the competence of the                              European Atomic Energy Community.

(3)The Protocol should be approved,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

# Article 1U.K.

The Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the                     one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Republic                     of Croatia to the European Union is hereby approved on behalf of the Union and its Member States(2).                  

# Article 2U.K.

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to deposit, on behalf of the Union                     and its Member States, the instruments of approval provided for in Article 12(2) of the Protocol.                  

# Article 3U.K.

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Done at Luxembourg, 1 October 2015.

*For the Council*                            

*The President*                            

É. SCHNEIDER                            

1

OJ L 276, 18.9.2014, p. 1.                           

2

The text of the Protocol has been published together with the decision on its signature.