OVEREENKOMST IN DE VORM VAN EEN BRIEFWISSELING
inzake de sluiting van de stabilisatie- en associatieovereenkomst tussen de Europese Gemeen-
schappen en hun lidstaten, enerzijds, en de Voormalige Joegoslavische Republiek Macedonië,
anderzijds,
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
AND THEIR MEMBER STATES
Luxembourg, 9 April 2001
The Prime Minister of the Government of the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Dear Sir,
We have the honour to propose that, if it is acceptable to your Government, this letter and your confirma-
tion hereof shall together take the place of the signature of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement
with Annexes and Protocols, initialled by your Government and the European Commission on 24
November 2000.
We furthermore propose that, if it is acceptable to your Government, this letter and your confirmation
hereof shall together take the place of the procedure whereby Declarations by the Conctracting Parties
would be adopted in a Final Act on the signing of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, noting thatthe Declarations shall be subjected, in the same manner as this Agreement, to any procedures that may benecessary to ensure their validity.
The text of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Annexes and Protocols, as well as the Joint
Declarations adopted by the Parties, are annexed to this Exchange of Letters.
Also annexed to this Exchange of Letters are 2 Unilateral Declarations by the European Community taken
note of by your side.
The Exchange of Letters should be considered as the equivalent of signature.
The texts of the Agreement and the Declarations which are the object of this Exchange of Letters, shall be
subject to approval by the European Communities and their Member States.
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of our highest consideration.
For the European Communities
20.3.2004 L 84/3 Publicatieblad van de Europese Unie NL
For the Republic of Austria
For the Portuguese Republic
For the Republic of Finland
For the Kingdom of Sweden
For the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
For the French Republic
20.3.2004 L 84/4 Publicatieblad van de Europese Unie NL
For Ireland
For the Italian Republic
For the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
For the Kingdom of the Netherlands
For the Kingdom of Belgium
20.3.2004 L 84/5 Publicatieblad van de Europese Unie NL
Cette signature engage également la Communauté française, la Communauté flamande, la Communauté
germanophone, la Région wallonne, la Région flamande et la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.
Deze handtekening verbindt eveneens de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, de Franse Gemeenschap, de Duitstalige
Gemeenschap, het Vlaamse Gewest, het Waalse Gewest en het Brusselse Hoofdstedelijke Gewest.
Diese Unterschrift bindet zugleich die Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft, die Flämische Gemeinschaft, die
Französische Gemeinschaft, die Wallonische Region, die Flämische Region und die Region Brüssel-Haupt-
stadt.
For the Kingdom of Denmark
For the Federal Republic of Germany
For the Hellenic Republic
For the Kingdom of Spain
20.3.2004 L 84/6 Publicatieblad van de Europese Unie NL
GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA
The President
Courtesy translation
Luxembourg, 9 April, 2001
Dear Sir,I have the honour to confirm the receipt of Your letter regarding the signature of the Stabilisation and
Association Agreement between the Republic of Macedonia and the European Communities and theirMember States with Annexes and Protocols, initialled by my Government and the European Commissionon 24 November 2000. I confirm the acceptance of my Government that this letter together with yourletter shall take place of the signature of the Agreement.
Furthermore, my Government agrees that this letter together with your letter take place of the procedure
whereby Declarations by the Contracting Parties would be adopted in a Final Act on the signing of the
Stabilisation and Association Agreement, noting that the Declarations shall be subjected, in the same
manner as this Agreement, to any procedures that may be necessary to ensure their validity.
I confirm that to this Exchange of Letters are annexed the text of the Stabilisation and Association Agree-
ment with Annexes and Protocols, as well as the Joint Declarations adopted by the Parties and the 2 Unila-teral Declarations by the European Community for which my Government took note.
I consider this Exchange of Letters as the equivalent of signature.The texts of the Agreement and the Declarations which are the object of this Exchange of Letters, shall be
subject to approval by the Republic of Macedonia and the European Communities and their Member
States.
However, I declare that the Republic of Macedonia does not accept the denomination used for my country
in the above-mentioned documents having in view that the constitutional name of my country is the Repu-blic of Macedonia.
Ljubco GEORGIEVSKI
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
AND THEIR MEMBER STATES20.3.2004 L 84/7 Publicatieblad van de Europese Unie NL
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THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
AND THEIR MEMBER STATES
Luxembourg, 9 April 2001
The Prime Minister of the Government of the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Dear Sir,
We have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 9 April 2001.The European Communities and their Member States note that the Exchange of Letters between the pleni-
potentiaries of the European Communities and their Member States and the Prime Minister of the Govern-ment of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, which takes the place of the signature of the Stabilisa-tion and Association Agreement with Annexes and Protocols, and of the procedure whereby Declarationsby the Contracting Parties would be adopted in a Final Act on the signing of the Agreement has been
accomplished, and that this cannot be interpreted as acceptance or recognition by the European Communi-
ties and their Member States in whatever form or content of a denomination other than the „former Yugo-slav Republic of Macedonia”.
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of our highest consideration.
For the European Communities
For the Republic of Austria
For the Portuguese Republic
20.3.2004 L 84/9 Publicatieblad van de Europese Unie NL
For the Republic of Finland
For the Kingdom of Sweden
For the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
For the French Republic
For Ireland
For the Italian Republic
20.3.2004 L 84/10 Publicatieblad van de Europese Unie NL
For the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
For the Kingdom of the Netherlands
For the Kingdom of Belgium
Cette signature engage également la Communauté française, la Communauté flamande, la Communauté
germanophone, la Région wallonne, la Région flamande et la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale.
Deze handtekening verbindt eveneens de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, de Franse Gemeenschap, de Duitstalige
Gemeenschap, het Vlaamse Gewest, het Waalse Gewest en het Brusselse Hoofdstedelijke Gewest.
Diese Unterschrift bindet zugleich die Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft, die Flämische Gemeinschaft, die
Französische Gemeinschaft, die Wallonische Region, die Flämische Region und die Region Brüssel-Haupt-stadt.
For the Kingdom of Denmark
20.3.2004 L 84/11 Publicatieblad van de Europese Unie NL
For the Federal Republic of Germany
For the Hellenic Republic
For the Kingdom of Spain
20.3.2004 L 84/12 Publicatieblad van de Europese Unie NL