examine the adjustment efforts of that Member State.
10. The right to bring actions provided for in Articles 169 and 170 may
not be exercised within the framework of paragraphs 1 to 9 of this
Article.
11. As long as a Member State fails to comply with a decision taken in
accordance with paragraph 9, the Council may decide to apply the
following measures:
- to require the Member State concerned to publish additional
information, to be specified by the Council, before issuing bonds and
securities;
- to invite the European Investment Bank to reconsider its lending
policy towards the Member State concerned;
- to require the Member State concerned to make a non-interest-
bearing deposit of an appropriate size with the Community until the
excessive deficit has, in the view of the Council, been corrected;
- to impose fines of an appropriate size.
The President of the Council shall inform the European Parliament of
the decisions taken.
12. The Council shall abrogate some or all of its decisions referred to
in paragraphs 6 to 9 and 11 to the extent that the excessive deficit in
the Member State concerned has, in the view
of the Council, been corrected. If the Council has previously made
public recommendations, it shall, as soon as the decision under
paragraph 8 has been abrogated, make a public statement that an
excessive deficit in the Member State concerned no longer exists.
13. When taking the decisions referred to in paragraphs 7 to 9, 11 and
12, the Council shall act on a recommendation from the Commission
by a majority of two thirds of the votes of its members weighted in
accordance with Article 148(2), excluding the votes of the
representative of the Member State concerned.