The current agreement, dating from 1985, between the European Community and the Yemen Arab Republic, that is, one of the two republics which five years later joined forces, already functions on a de facto basis for the whole country.
El acuerdo existente, celebrado en 1985 entre las Comunidades Europeas y la República Arabe del Yemen, o sea, uno de las dos repúblicas que se unificaron cinco años más tarde, se aplica ya de facto a todo el país.