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Council Recommendation of 12 July 2016 on the 2016 National Reform Programme of Malta and delivering a Council opinion on the 2016 Stability Programme of Malta| Legal instrument | Recommendation |
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| Original proposal | COM(2016)338  |
| CELEX number i | 32016H0818(25) |
| Document | 12-07-2016; Date of adoption |
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| Publication in Official Journal | 18-08-2016; OJ C 299 p. 105-108 |
18.8.2016 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 299/105 |
COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION
of 12 July 2016
on the 2016 National Reform Programme of Malta and delivering a Council opinion on the 2016 Stability Programme of Malta
(2016/C 299/25)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Articles 121(2) and 148(4) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 of 7 July 1997 on the strengthening of the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic policies (1), and in particular Article 5(2) thereof,
Having regard to the recommendation of the European Commission,
Having regard to the resolutions of the European Parliament,
Having regard to the conclusions of the European Council,
Having regard to the opinion of the Employment Committee,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Financial Committee,
Having regard to the opinion of the Social Protection Committee,
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic Policy Committee,
Whereas:
(1) |
On 26 November 2015, the Commission adopted the Annual Growth Survey, marking the start of the 2016 European Semester for economic policy coordination. The priorities of the Annual Growth Survey were endorsed by the European Council on 17-18 March 2016. On 26 November 2015, on the basis of Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2), the Commission adopted the Alert Mechanism Report, in which it did not identify Malta as one of the Member States for which an in-depth review would be carried out. On the same day, the Commission also adopted a recommendation for a Council Recommendation on the economic policy of the euro area. This Recommendation was endorsed by the European Council on 18-19 February 2016 and adopted by the Council on 8 March 2016 (3). As a country whose currency is the euro and in view of the close interlinkages between the economies in the economic and monetary union, Malta should ensure the full and timely implementation of the Recommendation. |
(2) |
The 2016 country report for Malta was published on 26 February 2016. It assessed Malta's progress in addressing the country-specific recommendations adopted by the Council on 14 July 2015 and Malta's progress towards its national Europe 2020 targets. |
(3) |
On 15 April 2016, Malta submitted its 2016 National Reform Programme and its 2016 Stability Programme. In order to take account of their interlinkages, the two programmes have been assessed at the same time. |
(4) |
Relevant country-specific recommendations have been addressed in the programming of the European Structural and Investment Funds for the 2014-2020 period. As foreseen in Article 23 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), where it is necessary to support the implementation of relevant Council recommendations, the Commission may request a Member State to review and propose amendments to its Partnership Agreement and relevant programmes. The Commission has provided further details on how it would make use of this provision in guidelines on the application of the measures linking effectiveness of the European Structural and Investment Funds to sound economic governance. |
(5) |
Malta is currently in the preventive arm of the Stability and Growth Pact and subject to the debt rule. In its 2016 Stability Programme, the Government plans the headline balance to improve to a surplus of 0,1 % of GDP by 2019. The structural balance will gradually improve so that Malta's medium-term budgetary objective — a balanced budgetary position in structural terms — is reached by 2019. According to the Stability Programme, the general government debt-to-GDP ratio is expected to fall to 62,6 % in 2016 and decrease further to 55... |
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