Ill COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0M(93) 402 final 
Brussels, 28 July 1993 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
amend i ng 
Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89 
with a view to extending economic assistance 
to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
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Explanatory Memorandum 
The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) was recognized by the 
United Nations under this provisional name on 8 April. 
It is important to help stabilize the new state and strengthen its 
democratic system, and to support the introduction of economic reforms, 
whose success could be a factor for stability in the Balkan region as a 
whole. 
The aid agreed at the European Council meeting in Edinburgh should 
therefore be granted under the PHARE programme, since it will be needed 
to support the FYROM's transition to a market economy. 
It is therefore proposed that Council Regulation (EEC) No 3906/891 be 
amended by inserting the FYROM in the list of eligible countries, with 
the proviso that its inclusion does not prejudge the issue of the 
Republic's name or its recognition by the Community. This should be 
stipulated in a statement in the framework of political cooperation, to 
be adopted by the Community and its Member States on the same day as 
the Régulât ion. 
1 OJ No L 375, 23.12.1989, p.11 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
amend i ng 
Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89 
with a view to extending economic assistance 
to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 
Community, and in particular Article 235 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, 
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3906/891, as last amended by 
Regulation (EEC) No 1764/932, provides for economic aid to support the 
process of economic and social reform in a number of Central and 
Eastern European countries; 
Whereas the countries qualifying for such aid are listed in the Annex 
to the said Regulation; 
Whereas at present, these are: Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, 
Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, the Slovak 
Republic, Slovenia and Yugoslavia-, 
Whereas the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia was recognized by the 
Assembly General of the United Nations under that provisional name on 
8 ApriI 1993; 
Whereas it is important to help stabilize that country and to support 
moves towards economic reform and greater democracy; 
Whereas the new state should therefore be formally included in the list 
of eligible countries under Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89, 
1 OJ No L 375, 23.12.89, p.11. 
2 OJ No L No 162, 30.06.1993, p.1 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
The following country is hereby added to the Annex to Regulation (EEC) 
No 3906/89: 
the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly 
applicable in all Member Slates-
Done at Brussels, 
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