Undlader en medlemsstat fortsat at efterkomme Rådets henstillinger, kan Rådet vedtage en europæisk afgørelse, der pålægger medlemsstaten inden for en bestemt frist at træffe foranstaltninger til den nedbringelse af underskuddet, som Rådet skønner nødvendig for at rette op på situationen.  
If a Member State persists in failing to put the Council's recommendations into practice, the Council may adopt a European decision giving notice to the Member State to take, within a specified time-limit, measures for the deficit reduction which the Council judges necessary to remedy the situation.  