The characteristics of those instruments are that they generate a contingent liability for the Union and imply the provisioning of funds to make available a liquidity cushion that allows the budget to respond in an orderly manner to the payment obligations that might arise from those contingent liabilities.
Is iad saintréithe na n-ionstraimí sin go gcruthaíonn siad dliteanas teagmhasach don Aontas agus tugtar le tuiscint go soláthrófar cistí chun cúlchiste leachtach a chur ar fáil, cúlchiste a chuirfidh ar chumas an bhuiséid freagairt go hordúil d’oibleagáidí íocaíochta a fhéadfaidh teacht chun cinn i ngeall ar na dliteanais theagmhasacha sin.