Recommendation for a Council Recommendation on Denmark’s 2013 national reform programme and delivering a Council opinion on Denmark’s convergence programme for 2012-2016

On 28 November 2012, the Commission adopted the Annual Growth Survey, marking the start of the 2013 European Semester for economic policy coordination. Also on 28 November 2012, the Commission, on the basis of Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011, adopted the Alert Mechanism Report, in which it identified Denmark as one of the Member States for which an in-depth review would be carried out.

On 10 April 2013, the Commission published the results of its in-depth review for Denmark, under Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011 on the prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances. The Commission’s analysis leads it to conclude that Denmark is experiencing macroeconomic imbalances, although these are not excessive.

On 30 April 2013, Denmark submitted its 2013 convergence programme covering the period 2012-2016 and its 2013 national reform programme. In order to take account of their interlinkages, the two programmes have been assessed at the same time.

• Primary Source

EUR-Lex: COM(2013)354: Follow the progress of this recommendation through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2013:354:FIN

EUR-Lex: SWD(2013)354: Assessment of the 2013 national reform programme and convergence programme for Denmark http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2013:354:FIN

ESO: Background Information: Website: Stability and covergence programmes submitted by member states 2006- http://www.europeansources.info/record/website-stability-and-convergence-programmes-1998/

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