Article 1
Decision 2009/472/EC is hereby repealed.
Article 2
Political dialogue with the Islamic Republic of Mauritania under Article 8 of the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement shall be conducted in the form set out in the letter annexed to this Decision.
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.
It shall expire on 25 January 2012. If necessary, it may be re-examined on the basis of European Union follow-up missions.
Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 25 January 2010.
For the Council
The President
C. Ashton