7.12.2011 Official Journal of the European Union L 324/1 II (Non-legislative acts) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS COUNCIL DECISION of 5 December 2011 amending and extending the application period of Decision 2010/371/EU concerning the conclusion of consultations with the Republic of Madagascar under Article 96 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (2011/808/EU) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Madagascar under Article 96 of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement (*) was adopted in order to implement appro- priate measures in response to the violation of the essential elements referred to in Article 9 of the said ACP-EU Partnership Agreement. These extended until Having regard to the Partnership Agreement between the (2) appropriate measures were members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of 6 December 2011 by Decision 2011/324/EU (°) since, States, of the one part, and the European Community and its after twelve months, no road map for a consensus- Member States, of the other part, signed in Cotonou on 23 June based transition had been signed by the Malagasy 2000 (') and amended in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, on parties or endorsed by the Southern African Devel- 22 June 2010 (%), hereinafter referred to as "the ACP-EC Part- opment Community (SADC), the African Union or the nership Agreement", and in particular Article 96 thereof, international community. Having regard to the Internal Agreement between the represen- tatives of the governments of the Member States, meeting (3 Thanks to major efforts by all Malagasy political parties within the Council, on measures to be taken and procedures and the mediation of the SADC, a "roadmap" to end the to be followed for the implementation of the ACP-EC Part- crisis in Madagas.cz.lr was signed by a clear majority of nership Agreement (*), and in particular Article 3 thereof, Madagascar's political stakeholders on 16 September 2011. This roadmap outlines the commitments entered into by the signatories with a view to a neutral, inclusive and consensus-based transition process leading to the Having regard to the proposal from the European Commissiony holdmg Of transparent, free and Credible elections and the return to constitutional order. Implementation has already begun with the appointment of a consensus Prime Minister on 28 October 2011. In agreement with the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, (4)  Accordingly, the appropriate measures should be Whereas: (1) Decision 2010/371/EU of 7 June 2010 concerning the conclusion of consultations with the Republic of 0J L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3. () O] L 287, 4.11.2010, p. 3. 0J L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 376. ( ( Y ’) amended so that the European Union can support the transition process, on condition that the Malagasy side fulfils its commitments in terms of the key transition milestones of the roadmap or of those that may emerge by agreement in the course of any political dialogue between the Malagasy government and the Union. 69, 3.7.2010, p. 13. oJL1 0] L 146, 1.6.2011, p. 2.