1, litra d), betyder, at den pågældende medlemsstat over en periode på et år før undersøgelsen har haft en gennemsnitlig langfristet nominel rentesats, som ikke overstiger den tilsvarende rentesats i de højst tre medlemsstater, der har nået de bedste resultater med hensyn til prisstabilitet, med mere end 2 procentpoint.  
The criterion on the convergence of interest rates referred to in Article III-198(1)(d) of the Constitution shall mean that, observed over a period of one year before the examination, the Member State concerned has had an average nominal long-term interest rate that does not exceed by more than 2 percentage points that of, at most, the three best performing Member States in terms of price stability.  