Recommendation for a Council Recommendation on Lithuania’s 2014 national reform programme and delivering a Council opinion on Lithuania’s 2014 convergence programme

On 9 July 2013, the Council adopted a recommendation on Lithuania’s national reform programme for 2013 and delivered its opinion on Lithuania’s updated convergence programme for 2012-2016.

On 13 November 2013, the Commission adopted the Annual Growth Survey, marking the start of the 2014 European Semester of economic policy coordination. On the same day on the basis of Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011, the Commission adopted the Alert Mechanism Report, in which it did not identify Lithuania as one of the Member States for which an in-depth review would be carried out.

On 1 April 2014, Lithuania submitted its 2014 national reform programme and on 22 April 2014 its 2014 convergence programme. In order to take account of their interlinkages, the two programmes have been assessed at the same time.

EUR-Lex: SWD(2014)416: Assessment of the 2014 national reform programme and convergence programme for Lithuania http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2014:416:FIN

EUR-Lex: COM(2014)416: Follow the progress of this recommendation through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2014:416: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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