It was published on 31 December 2013 that, during a jointly held session on 30 October 2013, the third and fourth permanent economic Constitutional commissions from both the Chamber of Representatives and the Senate approved, on first debate, bill 112/2013 Chamber of Representatives, 120/2013 Senate, which would postpone a scheduled reduction of the levy on financial transactions. If approved, the levy rate would remain at 0.4% for FY 2014 and decrease to 0.2% in 2015.