Acordo sob forma de troca de cartasrelativo à celebração do Acordo de Estabilização e de Associação entre as Comunidades Europeias e os seus Estados-Membros, por um lado, e a antiga República jugoslava da Macedónia, por outroTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND THEIR MEMBER STATESLuxembourg, 9 April 2001The Prime Minister of the Government of the former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaDear Sir,We have the honour to propose that, if it is acceptable to your Government, this letter and your confirmation hereof shall together take the place of the signature of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Annexes and Protocols, initialled by your Government and the European Commission on 24 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>PIC FILE= "L_2004084PT.000302.TIF">>PIC FILE= "L_2004084PT.000303.TIF">For the Republic of Austria>PIC FILE= "L_2004084PT.000401.TIF">For the Portuguese Republic>PIC FILE= "L_2004084PT.000402.TIF">For the Republic of Finland>PIC FILE= "L_2004084PT.000403.TIF">For the Kingdom of Sweden>PIC FILE= "L_2004084PT.000404.TIF">For the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland>PIC FILE= "L_2004084PT.000405.TIF">For the French Republic>PIC FILE= "L_2004084PT.000406.TIF">For Ireland>PIC FILE= "L_2004084PT.000501.TIF">For the Italian Republic>PIC FILE= "L_2004084PT.000502.TIF">For the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg>PIC FILE= "L_2004084PT.000503.TIF">For the Kingdom of the Netherlands>PIC FILE= "L_2004084PT.000504.TIF">For the Kingdom of Belgium>PIC FILE= "L_2004084PT.000505.TIF">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-Hauptstadt.For the Kingdom of Denmark>PIC FILE= "L_2004084PT.000601.TIF">For the Federal Republic of Germany>PIC FILE= "L_2004084PT.000602.TIF">For the Hellenic Republic>PIC FILE= "L_2004084PT.000603.TIF">For the Kingdom of Spain>PIC FILE= "L_2004084PT.000604.TIF">GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIAThe PresidentCourtesy translationLuxembourg, 9