Submission of the national medium-term fiscal-structural plans
Article 11
1. Each Member State shall submit to the Council and to the Commission a national medium-term fiscal-structural plan by 30 April of the last year of the plan in force. A Member State and the Commission may, where necessary, agree to extend that deadline by a reasonable period. 2. A Member State may ask the relevant independent fiscal institution to issue an opinion on the macroeconomic forecast and the macroeconomic assumptions underpinning the net expenditure path, providing sufficient time for the independent fiscal institution to prepare its opinion. As of 1 May 2032, the relevant independent fiscal institutions shall issue those opinions, provided that they have built up sufficient capacity. Failure by an independent fiscal institution to issue its opinion within a reasonable timeframe shall not prevent a Member State from submitting its national medium-term fiscal-structural plan. Where available, the opinion of the independent fiscal institution shall be attached to the national medium-term fiscal-structural plan submitted to the Commission. 3. Prior to the submission of its national medium-term fiscal-structural plan, each Member State shall conduct, in accordance with its national legal framework, a consultation of civil society, social partners, regional authorities and other relevant stakeholders. 4. Prior to the submission of its national medium-term fiscal-structural plan, each Member State may debate its draft national medium-term fiscal-structural plan with its national parliament, in accordance with its national legal framework. 5. Each Member State shall make its national medium-term fiscal-structural plan public upon its submission to the Council and the Commission.