This should be the case when a Member State, including a Member State with a deficit below the 3 % of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) reference value, deviates significantly from the medium-term budgetary objective or the appropriate adjustment path towards that objective and fails to correct the deviation.
Ba cheart déanamh amhlaidh i gcás ina n-imíonn Ballstát go suntasach ón gcuspóir buiséadach meántéarmach nó ó chonair iomchuí an choigeartaithe i dtreo an chuspóra sin, lena n-áirítear Ballstát ar lú a easnamh ná 3 % de luach tagartha na hOlltáirgeachta Intíre (OTI), agus ina mainníonn sé an diall a cheartú.