Excessive deficit procedure/Definition

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Excessive deficit procedure [r]: The procedure to be adopted by those member governments of the European Union that fail to comply with the limit on their budget deficit of 3 per cent of GDP or the limit on their national debt of 60 per cent of GDP that are stipulated in the growth and stability pact for the purpose of achieving compliance with those limits.