Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing for each year, or if more convenient for each financial year, since the United Kingdom joined the EEC, the sums paid by each member State to EEC funds, and for the same periods the sums received from the EEC by each member State in grants and in loans, and indicate the range of interest charges paid on the loans received in each year, and also showing the total cost of running the EEC in Brussels and Strasbourg for those years, or as much of this information as is available to him.
§ Mr. Joel Barnett,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 19th July 1978; Vol. 954, c. 274], gave the following information:
Total payments to the European Communities by each member State were as follows:
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EIB CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS Million European units of account (meua) … 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 Belgium … … 1.0 1.0 — 2.2 2.2 Denmark … … 7.4 7.4 3.7 1.1 1.1 Germany … … 7.5 7.5 — 8.4 8.4 France … … 7.5 7.5 — 8.4 8.4 Ireland … … … 1.8 1.8 0.9 0.3 0.3 Italy … … … 6.0 6.0 — 6.7 6.7 Luxembourg … … 0.1 0.1 — 0.1 0.1 Netherlands … … 2.9 2.9 — 2.2 2.2 United Kingdom … 55.2 55.2 27.6 8.4 8.4 Total … … 89.4 89.4 32.2 37.8 37.8
ECSC CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND PRODUCTION LEVY 1973 (mua) 1974 (mua) 1975 (mua) 1976 (mua) Belgium … … … 5.5 6.2 5.6 7.0 Denmark … … … 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 Germany … … … 22.0 24.6 23.9 31.5 France … … … 9.5 11.3 11.2 14.7 Ireland … … … — — — — Italy … … … 7.4 9.7 10.2 13.1 Luxembourg … … … 1.8 2.2 2.0 2.5 Netherlands … … … 2.0 2.0 2.3 3.0 United Kingdom … … 33.5 29.0 28.3 20.4 Total … … … 82.1 85.4 83.9 92.6 Only limited information confined to particular sectors is available in respect of receipts from the Community Budget by other member States. The totals for receipts by Community financial years (a) from the European Guidance and
Million European units of account (meua) 1973 1974 1975 1976 Belgium … … … 221.4 194.6 227.4 417.9 Denmark … … … 299.3 291.7 328.4 454.4 Germany … … … 827.3 725.0 772.7 1,083.6 France … … … … 1,201.9 837.2 1,386.2 1,589.0 Ireland … … … … 90.2 154.8 256.5 259.9 Italy … … … … 680.9 611.7 1,087.7 1,373.6 Luxembourg … … … 6.0 2.6 8.4 10.5 Netherlands … … … 573.4 507.7 542.0 845.3 United Kingdom … … 192.0 322.7 931.0 725.9 Total … … … 4,092.4 3,648.0 5,540.3 6,760.1 Receipts by member States from the Social Fund have been excluded as the only information available relates to commitments to member States rather than
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Million European units of account (meua) 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 Belgium … … — 16.1 10.8 17.9 — Denmark … … 6.8 19.6 17.7 9.1 32.7 Germany … … 204.5 96.1 — 110.8 28.4 France … … … 170.6 193.7 158.0 60.1 296.5 Ireland … … … 22.6 46.4 37.7 57.4 79.7 Italy … … … 181.9 278.0 358.8 382.6 425.7 Luxembourg … … — — — — — Netherlands … … — 31.9 — 30.4 — United Kingdom … 67.1 149.5 334.5 417.6 489.5 Total … … 653.5 831.3 917.5 1,085.9 1,352.5 Guarantee Fund, (b) for the supply of food aid, (c) from the European Regional Development Fund, since 1975, when the fund was set up, and (d) for the 10 per cent. reimbursement for the cost of collection of own resources, are as follows:
actual payments.
Loans from the European Investment Bank are as follows:
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1973 (mua) 1974 (mua) 1975 (mua) 1976 (mua) Belgium … … … 1.3 10.3 39.9 37.3 Denmark … … … 7.6 0.3 20.7 — Germany … … … 154.3 157.7 140.8 186.8 France … … … … 103.9 91.8 104.4 133.2 Ireland … … … … — — 0.2 0.7 Italy … … … … 2.0 73.3 153.3 147.8 Luxembourg … … … — 0.4 1.1 0.1 Netherlands … … … 3.5 1.8 28.7 38.6 United Kingdom … … — 72.5 230.0 519.3 Total … … … 272.6 408.1 719.1 1,063.8 Information on the range of interest charges paid on loans is not available. According to the Commission its expenditure on administration and the total ex-
Million European units of account (mua) 1973 1974 1975 1976 Commission administration … 191.0 231.9 272.1 325.9 Other Institutions … … … 56.6 75.2 93.5 107.4 Except for the European Investment Bank, comparable information for 1977 is not yet available.