Recommendation for a Council Recommendation on Latvia’s 2013 national reform programme and delivering a Council opinion on Latvia’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 of 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 did not identify Latvia as one of the Member States for which an in-depth review would be carried out.

On 29 April 2013, Latvia submitted its 2013 convergence programme covering the period 2012-2016 and, on 2 May 2013, its 2013 national reform programme. In order to take account of their interlinkages, the two programmes have been assessed at the same time.

EUR-Lex: COM(2013)364: Follow the progress of this recommendation through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2013:364:FIN

EUR-Lex: SWD(2013)364: Assessment of the 2013 national reform programme and convergence programme for Latvia http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2013:364: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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