6  Council Regulation (EC) No 1055/2005 of 27 July 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 1466/97 on the strengthening of the surveillance of budgetary positions and the surveillance and coordination of economic policies, OJ L 174, 7 July 2005, p 1; Council Regulation (EC) No 1056/2005 of 27 June 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure, OJ L 174, 7 July 2005, p 5.
7  Even the member state in question is allowed to take part in the Council vote deciding whether an excessive deficit exists. Only in the further stages of the procedure laid down in Article 104 paragraphs 7 to 9, 11 and 12 of the EC Treaty is the representative of the member state in question not eligible to vote.