Recommendation for a Council Recommendation on the Netherlands’ 2013 national reform programme and delivering a Council opinion on the Netherlands’ stability programme for 2012-2017

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 on the prevention and correction of macroeconomic imbalances, adopted the Alert Mechanism Report, in which it identified the Netherlands 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 the Netherlands, under Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011. The Commission’s analysis leads it to conclude that the Netherlands is experiencing macroeconomic imbalances, although these are not excessive.

On 29 April 2013, the Netherlands submitted its 2013 stability programme covering the period 2012-2017 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)369: Follow the progress of this recommendation through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2013:369:FIN

EUR-Lex: SWD(2013)369: Assessment of the 2013 national reform programme and stability programme for the Netherlands http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2013:369: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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