PURPOSE: to present a Council and Commission Decision on 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 (FYROM), of the other part.
CONTENT: This decision approves the Annexes and Protocols attached to the Final Act of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States and the FYROM. Furthermore, the position to be taken by the Community within the Stabilisation and Association Council and within the Stabilisation and Association Committee when the latter is empowered to act by the Stabilisation and Association Council shall be determined by the Council, on a proposal by the Commission or, where appropriate, each in accordance with the corresponding provisions of the Treaties. The President of the Council shall preside over the Stabilisaiton and Association Council and a representative of the Commission shall preside over the Stabilisation and Association Committee. Finally, the decision to publish the decisions of the Stabilisation and Association Council and the Stabilisation and Association Committee in the Official Journal of the European Communities shall be taken on a case-by-case basis by the Council and the Commission respectively.�