Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters concerning the conclusion of 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
Date: 2001-04-09
Institutions: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, European Atomic Energy Community, European Coal and Steel Community, European Community, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
Subjects: North Macedonia, association agreement (EU), cooperation policy, economic development, economic stabilisation, peacekeeping, trade agreement (EU)

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AGREEMENT IN THE FORM OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS

concerning the conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Mace-
donia, of the other part

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
AND THEIR MEMBER STATES

The Prime Minister of the Government of the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Dear Sir,

Luxembourg, 9 April 2001

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
initialled by your Government and the European Commission on 24
with Annexes and Protocols,
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 that
the Declarations shall be subjected, in the same manner as this Agreement, to any procedures that may be
necessary 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

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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

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For Ireland

For the Italian Republic

For the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

For the Kingdom of the Netherlands

For the Kingdom of Belgium

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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

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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 their
Member States with Annexes and Protocols, initialled by my Government and the European Commission
on 24 November 2000. I confirm the acceptance of my Government that this letter together with your
letter 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 Unilat-
eral 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
Republic of Macedonia.

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

THE
AND THEIR MEMBER STATES

Ljubco GEORGIEVSKI

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THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
AND THEIR MEMBER STATES

The Prime Minister of the Government of the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Dear Sir,

Luxembourg, 9 April 2001

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 Declarations
by 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 Commu-
nities and their Member States in whatever form or content of a denomination other than the ‘former
Yugoslav 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

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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

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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

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For the Federal Republic of Germany

For the Hellenic Republic

For the Kingdom of Spain