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Regulation (EU) No 1174/2011 Article 2

Regulation (EU) No 1174/2011 Article 2

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Article 2

For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions set out in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 1176/2011 shall apply. In addition, the following definition shall apply: ‘exceptional economic circumstances’ means circumstances where an excess of a government deficit over the reference value is considered exceptional within the meaning of the second indent of point (a) of Article 126(2) TFEU and as specified in Council Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 of 7 July 1997 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure  ( 7 ) .

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