Proposal for a Council Decision extending the validity of Decision 2012/96/EU

Council Decision 2012/470/EU of 7 August 2012 extended the validity of Council Decision 2012/96/EU until 20 August 2013 and suspended the application of appropriate measures set out in Decision 2002/148/EC, limiting cooperation with Zimbabwe.

On 9 August 2013, by Decision 2013/428/EU, the Council decided to further extend the validity of Decision 2012/96/EU to 20 February 2014, while maintaining the suspension of the appropriate measures.

Given the EU’s wish to continue incentivising full implementation of key provisions in the new constitution and the remaining recommendations by international and domestic observers on electoral reforms following the last elections, it is proposed that the Council extend the validity of Council Decision 2012/96/EU until 1 November 2014.

EUR-Lex: COM(2014)73: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2014:073:FIN

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