European Parliament and Committee on Foreign Affairs 17 February 2000, European Parliament resolution on the Commission recommendation for a Council Decision authorising the Commission to negotiate a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (SEC(1999)1279 — C5-0166/1999 — 1999/2121(COS))

25. Takes note of the concerns expressed by the Assembly about the threat hanging over certain pro- duction areas such as cocoa, rum, sugar and bananas, whose importance to the economies of some ACP countries is considerable, and undertakes to take these legitimate concerns into consideration and to promote the protection of the systems of preferences from which the ACP countries benefit in their