ker Pakt za stabilnost in rast sestavljajo pričujoča uredba, katere namen je doseči okrepljen nadzor nad proračunskim stanjem ter nadzor in uskladitev gospodarskih politik, Uredba Sveta (ES) št. 1467/97[3], katere namen je pospešiti in pojasniti izvajanje postopkov pri prekomernem primanjkljaju, in Resolucija Evropskega sveta z dne 17. junija 1997 o Paktu za stabilnost in rast[4], v kateri so v skladu s členom D Pogodbe o ustanovitvi Evropske Unije določene čvrste politične smernice za natančno in pravočasno izvajanje Pakta za stabilnost in rast, še posebej glede na srednjeročni cilj, doseči čim bolj uravnoteženo proračunsko stanje ali proračunski presežek, za katerega so se obvezale vse države članice, ter za sprejetje ustreznih popravljalnih proračunskih ukrepov, ki so po njihovem mnenju potrebni za izpolnitev ciljev iz njihovih programov za stabilnost in konvergenco, vsakokrat ko obstajajo informacije o dejanskem ali pričakovanem odmiku od srednjeročnega proračunskega cilja;
Whereas the Stability and Growth Pact consists of this Regulation which aims to strengthen the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic policies, of Council Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 (3) which aims to speed up and to clarify the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure and of the Resolution of the European Council of 17 June 1997 on the Stability and Growth Pact (4), in which, in accordance with Article D of the Treaty on European Union, firm political guidelines are issued in order to implement the Stability and Growth Pact in a strict and timely manner and in particular to adhere to the medium term objective of budgetary positions of close to balance or in surplus, to which all Member States are committed, and to take the corrective budgetary action they deem necessary to meet the objectives of their stability and convergence programmes, whenever they have information indicating actual or expected significant divergence from the medium-term budgetary objective;