European Central Bank 3 April 2008, Opinion of the European Central Bank of 3 April 2008 at the request of the Council of the European Union on a proposal for a Council Regulation on the application of the Protocol on the excessive deficit procedure annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community (CON/2008/15)

9.4.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 88/1 OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK of 3 April 2008 at the request of the Council of the European Union on a proposal for a Council Regulation on the application of the Protocol on the excessive deficit procedure annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community (CON/2008/15) (2008/C 88/01) Introduction and legal basis On 19 March