§ Mr. Kenneth Clarkeasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what agreement has been reached in the European Council of Ministers about the future of levy abatement arrangements for imports of beef from Botswana.
§ Mr. BishopThe Council of Ministers agreed, in December 1978, to extend the levy abatement arrangements for the import of beef from Botswana until the expiry of the Lomé Convention in March
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§ Mr. John SilkinThe United Kingdom contributes to the Budget of the European Communities as a whole rather than to its individual parts. The costs to that Budget of the measures in question since accession are given in the table below which should be read in conjunction with the notes. Figures for export refunds for "milk and milk products" have been given, since figures for milk powder and butter are not separately available.
1980. This will enable the import into the Community in 1979 of 17,360 tonnes of boneless beef from Botswana, free of duty and with 90 per cent. abatement of the variable import levy. Import of a further 2,895 tonnes of boneless beef from Botswana will be possible on the same terms in the first two months of 1980.