Legislative resolution embodying Parliament's opinion on the proposal for a Council Decision granting a Community guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under loans for projects in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and amending Council Decision 97/256/EC of 14 April 1997 granting a Community guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under loans for projects outside the Community (Central and Eastern European countries, Mediterranean countries, Latin American and Asian countries and South Africa) (COM(98)0002 C4-0163/98 98/0006 (CNS))(Consultation procedure).