§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Trade what aid is given to exporters to other EEC countries by each member State of the EEC in the form of (a) credit guarantees, (b) direct Government grants and (c) tax incentives.
§ Mr. ParkinsonBecause aid can distort competition, aid in the forms specified is not permitted under article 92 of the Treaty of Rome in so far as it affects trade between the member States. I am not aware of any aid to exporters given in member States which could be held to infringe the treaty. If the hon. Member
Crude Balance (£ million) Change in Balance (percentage) SITC Division Surplus Deficit Surplus Deficit Increase of surplus Decrease of deficit Decrease of surplus Increase of deficit 1978 1979 (+) (-) 01 … … 856 983 15 02 … … 289 307 7 04 … … 312 400 28 05 … … 913 1,027 13 07 … … 465 523 12 11 … … 445 376 16 24 … … 589 729 24 28 … … 442 584 32 33 … … 2,294 1,072 53 51 … … 122 221 81 52 … … 129 229 78 54 … … 454 406 11 58 … … 18 52 385 59 … … 271 264 2 64 … … 664 806 21 65 … … 218 352 62 66 … … 364 330 9 67 … … 50 61 24 68 … … 311 424 37 69 … … 529 418 21 71 … … 957 936 2 72 … … 1,086 1,039 4 74 … … 652 610 6 75 … … 187 167 11 76 … … 124 64 152 77 … … 187 46 75 78 … … 274 786 386 79 … … 78 409 623 84 … … 251 443 77 87 … … 135 150 11 88 … … 128 172 34 89 … … 141 25 118