Transitional provisions
Article 36
1. For the first national medium-term fiscal-structural plans, the following provisions shall apply: (a) by way of derogation from Article 9(1), the Commission shall transmit prior guidance to the Member States concerned by 21 June 2024 based on the latest Commission forecast, and Member States shall submit their national medium-term fiscal-structural plans by 20 September 2024, in accordance with Article 11, unless the Member State and the Commission agree to extend that deadline by a reasonable period; (b) by way of derogation from Article 9(2), Member States may request a technical exchange with the Commission during the month before 21 June 2024; (c) by way of derogation from Article 11(3), Member States may conduct a public consultation of social partners, regional authorities, civil society organisations and other relevant national stakeholders along the principles set out in Article 11, with appropriate deadlines; (d) during the period of operation of the Recovery and Resilience Facility, commitments included in the approved recovery and resilience plan of the Member State concerned shall be taken into account for an extension of the adjustment period in accordance with Article 14, provided that the recovery and resilience plan contains significant reforms and investments aimed at improving fiscal sustainability and enhancing the growth potential of the economy, and that the Member State concerned commits to continue the reform effort over the remainder of the period covered by the national medium-term fiscal-structural plan, as well as to maintain the nationally financed investment levels realised on average over the period covered by the recovery and resilience plan; (e) where a Member State requests an exception to the no-backloading safeguard referred to in Article 6, point (c), projects supported by loans from the Recovery and Resilience Facility as well as national co-financing of programmes funded by the Union in 2025 and 2026 shall be taken into account, provided that such exception does not endanger fiscal sustainability over the medium term; (f) acknowledging the exceptional impact of recent economic shocks and current uncertainty on estimates of potential growth, Member States may use more stable series than the ones resulting from the commonly agreed methodology, provided that such use is duly justified by economic arguments and that the cumulated growth over the projection horizon remains broadly in line with the results of that methodology. 2. By 31 December 2028, the Commission shall communicate to the European Parliament and to the Council its preliminary findings on the application of this Regulation.