Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 3906/89 with a view to extending economic assistance to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Date: 1993-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, North Macedonia, democratisation, economic aid, economic reform

Ill COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

C0M(93) 402 final 

Brussels, 28 July  1993 

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 

(presented by  the Commission) 

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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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