North Macedonia and the Netherlands at a glance
- Stamp
- Apostille, Hague Convention in force for North Macedonia since 17 November 1991
- Issued by
- Notarised documents are apostilled by the basic court (основен суд) of the district where the notary works
- Language
- Macedonian, sworn translation
- Register
- Central Registry (Централен регистар) (online)
- Tax treaty
- Signed 1998, in force 1999 (Rijksoverheid, 1 October 2026)
- EU trade
- Stabilisation and Association Agreement, 2004
- Moving here
- Residence permit needed
Documents from North Macedonia
Passport copy, certified by a notary in North Macedonia.
Proof of address in North Macedonia, at most three months old.
Power of attorney. Sign the power of attorney before a North Macedonian notary. The basic court apostilles the notary’s signature.
Ownership statement, one page from us.
The apostille. Notarised documents are apostilled by the basic court (основен суд) of the district where the notary works. Criminal-record documents and some court documents are apostilled by the Ministry of Justice. In total, this usually takes one to three weeks.
Good to know. Send notarial documents to the court and court records to the Ministry of Justice. If you send a notarial power of attorney to the ministry, you lose time.
If a company from North Macedonia becomes a shareholder
Register extract, at most three months old: Central Registry (Централен регистар). Order a current status extract (тековна состојба) showing the manager and founders. Plus articles, signing authority and ownership chart.
Trade between North Macedonia and the EU
Trade in goods between the European Union (EU) and North Macedonia reached €12.9 billion in 2025: EU imports of €6.5 billion and exports of €6.4 billion. The EU is the country's main trading partner, with 59.9% of its trade in goods and 75.3% of its exports in 2024.
Machinery and transport equipment at 32.3% and chemicals at 29.2% led EU imports from North Macedonia in 2025. Machinery and transport equipment also led EU exports, at 29.2%.
The Stabilisation and Association Agreement, the first in the region, has been in force since April 2004, with duty-free access both ways for most goods. Total foreign direct investment from the EU reached €328 million in 2023.
North Macedonia applied for EU membership in March 2004 and became a candidate country in December 2005. The intergovernmental conference on accession negotiations took place in July 2022, and screening was completed in December 2023.
Import duties: Access2Markets.
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