Assessment of national medium-term fiscal-structural plans by the Commission
Article 16
1. The Commission shall assess each national medium-term fiscal-structural plan within six weeks of its submission. The Member State concerned and the Commission may agree to extend that period, if necessary, as a rule, for up to two weeks. 2. When assessing a national medium-term fiscal-structural plan, the Commission shall examine for each Member State whether the net expenditure path complies with the requirements to put or keep general government debt on a plausibly downward path by the end of the adjustment period or it remains at prudent levels below 60 % of GDP, and it brings and maintains the government deficit below 3 % of GDP over the medium term. 3. When assessing the national medium-term fiscal-structural plan the Commission shall examine for the Member States that have received a reference trajectory whether their net expenditure paths comply with the requirements set out in Articles 6, 7 and 8. 4. The Commission shall examine for all Member States whether their national medium-term fiscal-structural plans comply with the requirements set out in Article 13. 5. The Commission shall examine whether, in respect of the Member State concerned, the set of reforms and investments underpinning an extension of the adjustment period complies with Article 14.