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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-428/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2013/428",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 9 August 2013 extending the validity of Decision 2012/96/EU (2013/428/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-428",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 9 August 2013\nextending the validity of Decision 2012/96/EU\n(2013/428/EU)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to the Partnership Agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June 2000 (hereinafter the ‘ACP-EC Partnership Agreement’), as last revised in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 22 June 2010, and in particular Article 96 thereof,\nHaving regard to the Internal Agreement between the representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on measures to be taken and procedures to be followed for the implementation of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement, and in particular Article 3 thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nBy Decision 2002/148/EC, consultations with the Republic of Zimbabwe under Article 96(2)(c) of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement were concluded and appropriate measures limiting cooperation with Zimbabwe under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership (hereinafter the ‘appropriate measures’), as specified in the Annex to that Decision, were taken. Those measures have since been adapted and their period of application extended each year.\n(2)\nIn order to demonstrate the Union’s continued commitment to the political process under the Global Political Agreement, the Council, on 7 August 2012, decided, by means of Decision 2012/470/EU, to extend the validity of Decision 2012/96/EU, and to suspend the application of the appropriate measures for a period of 12 months.\n(3)\nThe Council should review those appropriate measures after the holding of peaceful, transparent, and credible elections in Zimbabwe in accordance with the Global Political Agreement. The validity of Decision 2012/96/EU should therefore be extended, while the suspension of the appropriate measures should be maintained.\n(4)\nThe European Union can decide to review this Decision at any time,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 287, 4.11.2010, p. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 376."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Council Decision 2002/148/EC of 18 February 2002 concluding consultations with Zimbabwe under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (OJ L 50, 21.2.2002, p. 64)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Council Decision 2012/470/EU of 7 August 2012 extending the validity of Decision 2012/96/EU and suspending the application of the appropriate measures set out in Decision 2002/148/EC (OJ L 213, 10.8.2012, p. 13)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Council Decision 2012/96/EU of 17 February 2012 adapting and extending the period of application of the appropriate measures first established by Decision 2002/148/EC concluding consultations with Zimbabwe under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (OJ L 47, 18.2.2012, p. 47)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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