Considerations on COM(2007)623-2 - Conclusion of the Protocol to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Macedonia to take account of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the EU

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table>(1)The Protocol to 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, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, has been signed on behalf of the European Community and the Member States on 18 February 2008 in accordance with Council Decision 2008/273/EC (2).
(2)Pending its entry into force the Protocol has been applied on a provisional basis as from the date of accession.

(3)The Protocol should be concluded,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Protocol to 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, to take account of the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community, the European Atomic Energy Community and the Member States.

The text of the Protocol is annexed to this Decision (3).

Article 2

The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, deposit the instruments of approval provided for in Article 11 of the Protocol. The President of the Commission shall simultaneously deposit the instrument of approval on behalf of the European Atomic Energy Community.

Done at Brussels, 14 May 2008.

For the Council

The President

A. BAJUK

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO



(1) Assent of 23 April 2008 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(2) OJ L 99, 10.4.2008, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 99, 10.4.2008, p. 2.