Slovak Republic: Community macro-financial assistance

Parliament approved the Commission proposal subject to four amendments. These amendments aimed to: - amend the legal basis by replacing Article 235 with Articles 130u, 130w and 189c of the Treaty; The Commission did not accept this amendment. - include consultation of the European Parliament among the conditions required for releasing the second instalment of the loan; The Commission did not give its opinion on this amendment. - stipulate that the Commission should ensure that, in accordance with the Regulation on the setting up of the Guarantee Fund, provisioning of the Fund was carried out in accordance with the amounts disbursed; The Commission would accept this amendment with a new wording. - classify the expenditure as non-compulsory; The Commission would accept this amendment if it was included in the form of a recital. �