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dossier	COM(2014)145 - Repeal of Decision 2010/371/EU concerning the conclusion of consultations with Madagascar under Article 96 of the ACP-EU ...
document	COM(2014)145
date	May 19, 2014

table>(1)Council Decision 2010/371/EU (5) was adopted in order to implement appropriate measures in response to the violation of the essential elements referred to in Article 9 of the Agreement.

(2)

Those measures were extended until 6 December 2011 by Council Decision 2011/324/EU (6), and were amended and extended until 5 December 2012 by Council Decision 2011/808/EU (7). On 3 December 2012, those measures were extended by Council Decision 2012/749/EU (8)until the Council decides, on the basis of a proposal made by the Commission, that credible elections have taken place and that constitutional order has returned to Madagascar.

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Presidential and general elections were held in Madagascar on 25 October and 20 December 2013, respectively, and the results were officially announced on 17 January and 6 February 2014, respectively, and the newly elected institutions have been inaugurated, confirming Madagascar's return to constitutional rule. On 7 February 2014, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy welcomed, and expressed satisfaction with, the conduct of the elections.

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The conditions set out in the Annex to Decision 2011/808/EU, including the holding of credible parliamentary and presidential elections, the proclamation of the official results and the inauguration of the newly elected institutions, confirming Madagascar's return to constitutional order, have been met. Decision 2010/371/EU should therefore be repealed,