The criterion on price stability referred to in the first indent of Article 140(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union shall mean that a Member State has a price performance that is sustainable and an average rate of inflation, observed over a period of one year before the examination, that does not exceed by more than 1 ½ percentage points that of, at most, the three best performing Member States in terms of price stability.
Ciallóidh an critéar um chobhsaíocht phraghsanna dá dtagraítear sa chéad fhleasc d'Airteagal 140(1) den Chonradh ar Fheidhmiú an Aontais Eorpaigh go mbeidh ag Ballstát feidhmiú praghsanna atá inbhuanaithe agus meánráta boilscithe, arna bhreathnú thar thréimhse bliana roimh an scrúdú, nach dtéann níos mó ná 1.5 pointe céatadáin os cionn ráta boilscithe na dtrí Bhallstát, ar a mhéad, is feidhmiúla maidir le cobhsaíocht phraghsanna.