The legal nature of Country Specific Recommendations

The Country Specific Recommendations (CSRs) that are proposed each year by the European Commission (COM) within the framework of the European Semester provide integrated guidance on macro-fiscal and macro-structural measures to EU Member States. These recommendations are based on the COM assessment of Member States' medium-term budgetary plans and economic reform programmes in light of broad policy priorities outlined in the Annual Growth Survey. The COM also addresses policy recommendations to the euro area as a whole in accordance with Article 136 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

ESO: Background information: Communication from the Commission. 2017 European Semester: Country-specific recommendations (COM (2017) 500 final) http://www.europeansources.info/record/communication-2017-european-semester-country-specific-recommendations/

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