Section 2 SPEEDING UP THE EXCESSIVE DEFICIT PROCEDURE United Kingdom Original text. Later amendments are not shown. 3Article 3 4Article 4 5Article 5 6Article 6 7Article 7 8Article 8 Notes on the whole EU Regulation Textual amendments F1 Substituted by Council Regulation (EU) No 1177/2011 of 8 November 2011 amending Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure. F2 Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1056/2005 of 27 June 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure. ← Article 2a Section 2 Article 3 →