L 257/12 Official Journal of the European Union 28.9.2013 DECISIONS COUNCIL DECISION of 26 September 2013 amending Decision 2007/641/EC, concerning the Republic of Fiji and extending the period of application thereof (2013/476[EU) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 217 thereof, Having 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 (1), as revised in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on 22 June 2010 () (the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement’), and in particular Article 96 thereof, Having regard to the Internal Agreement between the represen- tatives 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 Part- nership Agreement (%), and in particular Article 3 thereof, Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation (¥) (the ‘Development Cooperation Instrument’), and in particular Article 37 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, () O] L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3. () O] L 287, 4.11.2010, p. 3. () O] L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 376. (4 O] L 378, 27.12.2006, p. 41. Whereas: (1) Council Decision 2007/641/EC (°) was adopted to take appropriate measures following the violation of the essential elements referred to in Article 9 of the ACP- EU Partnership Agreement, and of the values referred to in Article 3 of the Development Cooperation Instrument. (2)  Those measures have been extended by Council Decision 2009/735[EC (%), and subsequently by Council Decisions 2010/208/EU (),  2010/589/EU (%), 2011/219/EU (%), 2011/637[EU (%) and 2012/523(EU ('), since not only (’) Council Decision 2007/641/EC of 1 October 2007 on the conclusion of consultations with the Republic of the Fiji Islands under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement and Article 37 of the Development Cooperation Instrument (OJ L 260, 5.10.2007, p. 15). (°) Council Decision 2009/735/EC of 24 September 2009 extending the period of application of the measures in Decision 2007/641[EC concluding consultations with the Republic of the Fiji Islands under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement and Article 37 of the Development Cooperation Instrument (O] L 262, 6.10.2009, p. 43). (7) Council Decision 2010/208/EU of 29 March 2010 amending and extending Decision 2007/641/EC on the conclusion of consul- tations with the Republic of the Fiji Islands under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement and Article 37 of the Devel- opment Cooperation Instrument (O] L 89, 9.4.2010, p. 7). (®) Council Decision 2010/589/EU of 27 September 2010 amending and extending the period of application of Decision 2007/641/EC concluding consultations with the Republic of the Fiji Islands under Article 96 of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement and Article 37 of the Development Cooperation Instrument (O] L 260, 2.10.2010, . 10). ) }éouncil Decision 2011/219/EU of 31 March 2011 amending and extending the period of application of Decision 2007/641/EC on the conclusion of consultations with the Republic of Fiji pursuant to Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement and Article 37 of the Development Cooperation Instrument (O] L 93, 7.4.2011, p- 2). Council Decision 2011/637[EU of 26 September 2011 amending and extending the period of application of Decision 2007/641/EC on the conclusion of consultations with the Republic of the Fiji Islands under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement and Article 37 of the Development Cooperation Instrument (O] L 252, 28.9.2011, p. 1). Council Decision 2012/523EU of 24 September 2012 amending and extending the period of application of Decision 2007/641/EC on the conclusion of consultations with the Republic of the Fiji Islands under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement and Article 37 of the Development Cooperation Instrument (O] L 263, 28.9.2012, p. 2). (10 (11