CELEX: 51993PC0402
Language: en
Date: 1993-07-28
Title: 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

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
                                      (presented by the Commission)
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 ---pagebreak---                          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 3906/89 1 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
 ---pagebreak--- 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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