2010/183/: Council Decision of 16 March 2010 amending Decision 2009/459/EC providing Community medium-term financial assistance for Romania

Decision 2009/459/EC is hereby amended as follows: 1. in Article 3(5), point (a) shall be replaced by the following: ‘(a) implementing a clearly set medium-term fiscal programme so as to bring the general government deficit below the Treaty reference value of 3 % of GDP with a time-frame and a consolidation path which are consistent with the Council recommendations to Romania adopted under the excessive deficit procedure.’; 2. in Article 3(5), point (b) shall be replaced by the following: ‘(b) adopting and implementing annual budgets for 2010 and beyond, consistent with the consolidation path set out in the Supplemental Memorandum of Understanding.’.

This Decision shall take effect on the day of its notification.

This Decision is addressed to Romania.

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.