If a Member State persists in failing to put the Council's recommendations into practice, the Council may adopt a European decision giving notice to the Member State to take, within a specified time-limit, measures for the deficit reduction which the Council judges necessary to remedy the situation.
Má leanann Ballstát de bheith ag mainneachtain na moltaí ón gComhairle a chur i ngníomh, féadfaidh an Chomhairle cinneadh Eorpach a ghlacadh lena dtabharfar foláireamh don Bhallstát i dtrácht bearta a ghlacadh laistigh de thréimhse shonraithe chun an laghdú easnaimh a bhaint amach a mheasann an Chomhairle a bheith riachtanach chun an staid a leigheas.