{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2011-85/article-6",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2011/85",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 2011/85/EU of 8 November 2011 on requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2011-85",
  "path": "article/6",
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  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Without prejudice to the provisions of the TFEU concerning the budgetary surveillance framework of the Union, country-specific numerical fiscal rules shall contain specifications as to the following elements:\n(a) the target definition and scope of the rules;\n(b) the effective and timely monitoring of compliance with the rules, based on reliable and independent analysis carried out by independent bodies or bodies endowed with functional autonomy vis-à-vis the fiscal authorities of the Member States;\n(c) the consequences in the event of non-compliance.\n2. If numerical fiscal rules contain escape clauses, such clauses shall set out a limited number of specific circumstances consistent with the Member States’ obligations deriving from the TFEU in the area of budgetary policy, and stringent procedures in which temporary non-compliance with the rule is permitted.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2011/85/article/6",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}