No L 233/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 25.8.97 I (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 24 July 1997 on the provisional application of the Agreement on trade in textile products between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia {97/566/EC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 in conjunction with the first sentence of Article 228 (2) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas the Commission has negotiated, on behalf of the European Community, an Agreement on trade in tektile products with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Whereas tlfs Agreement should be applied on a provisional basis from 1 January 1997, pending tion of the procedures for its conclusion, subject to reciprocal provisional application by the fgrmer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, T HAS f)/ECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Sole Article T/e Agreement on trade in textile products between the European Community and the former Yngoslav Republic of Macedonia shall be applied on a provisional basis from 1 January 1997, fyznding the completion of the procedures for its conclusion, subject to reciprocal provisional pplication by the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. /The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision. i Done at Brussels, 24 July 1997. For the Council The President M. FISCHBACH