Reference value : Protocol No. 5 of the Treaty on the excessive deficit procedure sets explicit reference values for the deficit ratio ( 3 % of GDP ) and the debt ratio ( 60 % of GDP ) , whereas Protocol No. 6 on the convergence criteria specifies the methodology for the computation of the reference values relevant for the examination of price and long-term interest rate convergence . Stability and Growth Pact : consists of two European Council Regulations on the strengthening of the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and co-ordination of economic policies and on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure and of a European Council Resolution on the Stability and Growth Pact adopted at the Amsterdam summit on 17 June 1997 .
Óýìöùíï Óôáèåñüôçôáò êáé ÁíÜðôõîçò : áðïôåëåßôáé áðü äýï Êáíïíéóìïýò ôïõ Åõñùðáúêïý Óõìâïõëßïõ ãéá ôçí  åíßó ÷ õóç ôçò åðßâëåøçò ôùí äçìüóéùí ïéêïíïìéêþí êáé ôçí åðßâëåøç êáé ôï óõíôïíéóìü ôùí ïéêïíïìéêþí ðïëéôéêþí  êáé ãéá ôçí  åðßóðåõóç êáé áðïóáöÞíéóç ôçò åöáñìïãÞò ôçò äéáäéêáóßáò ôïõ õðåñâïëéêïý åëëåßììáôïò  êáé áðü Áðüöáóç ôïõ Åõñùðáúêïý Óõìâïõëßïõ ó ÷ åôéêÜ ìå ôï Óýìöùíï Óôáèåñüôçôáò êáé ÁíÜðôõîçò ðïõ õéïèåôÞèçêå óôç Óýíïäï ÊïñõöÞò ôïõ ´ Áìóôåñíôáì óôéò 17 Éïõíßïõ 1997 . Óêïðüò ôïõ åßíáé íá áðïôåëÝóåé ìÝóï äéáöýëáîçò ôçò óôáèåñüôçôáò ôùí äçìüóéùí ïéêïíïìéêþí êáôÜ ôï Ôñßôï ÓôÜäéï ôçò ÏÍÅ , ðñïêåéìÝíïõ íá åíéó ÷ õèïýí ïé óõíèÞêåò ãéá óôáèåñüôçôá ôéìþí êáé ãéá õøçëïýò ñõèìïýò äéáôçñÞóéìçò áíÜðôõîçò ðïõ èá óõíôåëåß óôç äçìéïõñãßá èÝóåùí åñãáóßáò .