# Official Journal C 261/9 Au

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| Official Journal
  of the European Union | C 261 |
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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 609 August 2017 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 261

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 609 August 2017

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions |
| | RECOMMENDATIONS |
| | Council |
| 2017/C 261/01 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Belgium and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Belgium | 1 |
| 2017/C 261/02 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Bulgaria and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Convergence Programme of Bulgaria | 7 |
| 2017/C 261/03 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of the Czech Republic and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Convergence Programme of the Czech Republic | 12 |
| 2017/C 261/04 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Denmark and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Convergence Programme of Denmark | 16 |
| 2017/C 261/05 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Germany and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Germany | 18 |
| 2017/C 261/06 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Estonia and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Estonia | 23 |
| 2017/C 261/07 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Ireland and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Ireland | 26 |
| 2017/C 261/08 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Spain and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Spain | 31 |
| 2017/C 261/09 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of France and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of France | 36 |
| 2017/C 261/10 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Croatia and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Convergence Programme of Croatia | 41 |
| 2017/C 261/11 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Italy and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Italy | 46 |
| 2017/C 261/12 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Cyprus and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Cyprus | 53 |
| 2017/C 261/13 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Latvia and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Latvia | 58 |
| 2017/C 261/14 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Lithuania and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Lithuania | 62 |
| 2017/C 261/15 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Luxembourg and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Luxembourg | 67 |
| 2017/C 261/16 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Hungary and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Convergence Programme of Hungary | 71 |
| 2017/C 261/17 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Malta and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Malta | 75 |
| 2017/C 261/18 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of the Netherlands and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of the Netherlands | 79 |
| 2017/C 261/19 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Austria and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Austria | 83 |
| 2017/C 261/20 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Poland and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Convergence Programme of Poland | 88 |
| 2017/C 261/21 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Portugal and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Portugal | 92 |
| 2017/C 261/22 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Romania and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Convergence Programme of Romania | 98 |
| 2017/C 261/23 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Slovenia and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Slovenia | 105 |
| 2017/C 261/24 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Slovakia and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Slovakia | 110 |
| 2017/C 261/25 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Finland and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Finland | 114 |
| 2017/C 261/26 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Sweden and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Convergence Programme of Sweden | 119 |
| 2017/C 261/27 | Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of the United Kingdom and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Convergence Programme of the United Kingdom | 122 |

Notice No

Contents

page

I   Resolutions, recommendations and opinions

RECOMMENDATIONS

Council

2017/C 261/01

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Belgium and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Belgium

1

2017/C 261/02

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Bulgaria and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Convergence Programme of Bulgaria

7

2017/C 261/03

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of the Czech Republic and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Convergence Programme of the Czech Republic

12

2017/C 261/04

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Denmark and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Convergence Programme of Denmark

16

2017/C 261/05

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Germany and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Germany

18

2017/C 261/06

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Estonia and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Estonia

23

2017/C 261/07

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Ireland and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Ireland

26

2017/C 261/08

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Spain and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Spain

31

2017/C 261/09

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of France and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of France

36

2017/C 261/10

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Croatia and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Convergence Programme of Croatia

41

2017/C 261/11

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Italy and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Italy

46

2017/C 261/12

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Cyprus and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Cyprus

53

2017/C 261/13

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Latvia and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Latvia

58

2017/C 261/14

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Lithuania and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Lithuania

62

2017/C 261/15

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Luxembourg and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Luxembourg

67

2017/C 261/16

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Hungary and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Convergence Programme of Hungary

71

2017/C 261/17

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Malta and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Malta

75

2017/C 261/18

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of the Netherlands and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of the Netherlands

79

2017/C 261/19

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Austria and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Austria

83

2017/C 261/20

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Poland and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Convergence Programme of Poland

88

2017/C 261/21

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Portugal and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Portugal

92

2017/C 261/22

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Romania and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Convergence Programme of Romania

98

2017/C 261/23

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Slovenia and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Slovenia

105

2017/C 261/24

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Slovakia and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Slovakia

110

2017/C 261/25

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Finland and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Stability Programme of Finland

114

2017/C 261/26

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of Sweden and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Convergence Programme of Sweden

119

2017/C 261/27

Council Recommendation of 11 July 2017 on the 2017 National Reform Programme of the United Kingdom and delivering a Council opinion on the 2017 Convergence Programme of the United Kingdom

122

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