This facility is provided for in the Treaty (Article 119), whereby the EU can grant mutual assistance to a Member State "in difficulties or seriously threatened with difficulties as regards its balance of payments either as a result of an overall disequilibrium in its balance of payments or as a result of the type of currency at its disposal", provided this Member State does not belong to the euro area.
Ar 590 balsīm par, 23 pret, un 46 atturoties, pieņemtajā ziņojumā deputāti aicina Eiropas Komisiju līdz nākamā gada beigām izstrādāt likumdošanas priekšlikumu, kas palīdzēs nevienlīdzības novērst, veicot izmaiņas pašreizējos noteikumos.