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6 Amendments of Wolf KLINZ related to 2010/0276(CNS)

Amendment 148 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Recital 12
(12) In assessing the case for an exceptional extension of the deadline for correcting the excessive deficit, special consideration should be given to severe economic downturns of a general nature.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 173 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 2 – point b
Regulation (EC) No 1467/97
Article 2– paragraph 1a
1a. When it exceeds the reference value, the ratio of the government debt to gross domestic product (GDP) is to be considered sufficiently diminishing and approaching the reference value at a satisfactory pace in accordance with Article 126 (2) (b) of the Treaty if the differential with respect to the reference value has reduced over the previous threewo years at a rate of the order of one-twentieth per year. For a period of 32 years from [date of entering into force of this Regulation - to be inserted], account shall be taken of the backward-looking nature of this indicator in its application.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 3 – point c
Regulation (EC) No 1467/97
Article 3 – paragraph 4
4. The Council recommendation made in accordance with Article 126(7) of the Treaty shall establish a deadline of six months at most for effective action to be taken by the Member State concerned. The Council recommendation shall also establish a deadline for the correction of the excessive deficit, which should be completed in the year following its identification unless there are special circumstances. In the recommendation, the Council shall request that the Member State achieves annual budgetary targets which, on the basis of the forecast underpinning the recommendation, are consistent with a minimum annual improvement of at least 0,5 1% of GDP as a benchmark, in its cyclically adjusted balance net of one-off and temporary measures, in order to ensure the correction of the excessive deficit within the deadline set in the recommendation.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 5 – point a
Regulation (EC) No 1467/97
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Any Council decision to give notice to the participating Member State concerned to take measures for the deficit reduction in accordance with Article 126(9) of the Treaty shall be taken within two months of the Council decision establishing that no effective action has been taken in accordance with Article 126(8). In the notice, the Council shall request that the Member State achieve annual budgetary targets which, on the basis of the forecast underpinning the notice, are consistent with a minimum annual improvement of at least 0,5 1% of GDP as a benchmark, in its cyclically adjusted balance net of one-off and temporary measures, in order to ensure the correction of the excessive deficit within the deadline set in the notice. The Council shall also indicate measures conducive to the achievement of these targets.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 291 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
Regulation (EC) No 1467/97
Article 12 – paragraph 1
1. The amount of the fine shall comprise a fixed component equal to 0,24 % of GDP, and a variable component. The variable component shall amount to one tenth of the difference between the deficit as a percentage of GDP in the preceding year and either the reference value for government deficit or, if non compliance with budgetary discipline includes the debt criterion, the general government balance as a percentage of GDP that should have been achieved in the same year according to the notice issued under Article 126(9) of the Treaty.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON
Amendment 300 #
Proposal for a regulation – amending act
Article 1 – point 12
3. Any single fine referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not exceed the upper limit of 0,51 % of GDP.
2011/02/15
Committee: ECON