§ Mr. Marlowasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will tabulate the figures for the years 1978–79 and 1979–80 and those projected for 1980–81 by European Economic Community country of (a) net contribution to the European Economic Community, (b) gross contribution, (c) gross receipts, (d) receipts through the common agricultural policy, (e) gross receipts less common agricultural policy receipts, (f) common agricultural policy receipts as a percentage of gross contribution, (g) what each country's reduced gross contribution would be, or would have been, if the overall common agricultural policy cost were deducted on a pro rata basis rated against each country's gross national product and (h) what each country's net contribution would be or would have been in similar circumstances if there were no common agricultural policy receipts, monetary compensation amounts to be treated as a payment to the originating country.
§ Mr. Lawson[pursuant to his reply, 5 February 1980, c. 134–5]: The information in the table below is based on figures from Commission sources, which are only available on a calendar year basis. The figures in lines (g) and (h) respectively in the table do not truly represent what gross and net contributions by member States would be if the costs and benefits from the common agricultural policy were excluded from the EEC budget because these contributions depend on the flow of levies and duties which are independent of the components of the EEC budget.
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£million§ 1978 Belgium/Luxembourg Denmark Germany France Ireland Italy Netherlands United Kingdom (a) Net budget transfer*† … -253 -412 +281 +55 -356 +500 -146 +626 (b) Gross contributions† … 524 182 2,482 1,537 46 1,152 822 1,224 (c) Receipts … 777 594 2,201 1,482 402 652 968 598 (d) CAP receipts‡ … 428 549 1,759 1,205 378 517 859 321 (e) Other receipts … 349 45 442 277 24 135 109 277 (f) CAP receipts as a percentage of gross contribution 81.7 … 301.6 70.9 78.4 821.7 44.9 104.5 26.2 (g) Gross contribution less GNP share of CAP expenditure … 218 13 543 101 9 360 423 287 (h) Gross contribution less GNP share of CAP expenditure less other receipts … -131 -32 +101 -176 -15 +225 +314 +10
£million§ 1979 Belgium Luxembourg Denmark Germany France Ireland Italy Netherlands United Kingdom (a) Net budget transfer*† … -368 -279 +737 +120 -362 -265 -114 +845 (b) Gross contribution† … 583 214 2,616 1,708 64 1,034 820 1,502 (c) Receipts … 951 493 1,879 1,588 426 1,299 934 657 (d) CAP receipts† … 378 320 1,564 1,326 210 931 729 340 (e) Other receipts … 573 173 315 262 216 368 205 317 (f) CAP receipts as a percentage of gross contribution … 64.8 149.5 59.8 77.6 328.7 90.0 88.9 22.6 (g) Gross contribution less GNP share of CAP expenditure … 276 37 680 214 22 136 422 448 (h) Gross contribution less GNP share of CAP expenditure less other receipts … -297 -136 +365 -48 -194 -232 +217 +131 442W
£million§ 1980 Belgium/Luxembourg Denmark Germany France Ireland Italy Netherlands United Kingdom (a) Net budget transfer* … -542 -240 +833 +96 -342 -448 -250 +1,310 (b) Gross contributions … 676 264 3,283 2,179 98 1,256 911 2,233 (c) Receipts … 1,218 504 2,450 2,083 440 1,704 1,161 923 (d) CAP receipts‡ … 508 408 2,055 1,737 273 1,200 946 439 (e) Other receipts … 710 96 395 346 167 504 215 484 (f) CAP receipts as a percentage of gross contribution … 75.1 154.5 62.6 79.7 278.6 95.5 103.8 19.7 (g) Gross contribution less GNP share of CAP expenditure … 294 41 858 268 46 162 412 975 (h) Gross contribution less GNP share of CAP expenditure less other receipts … -416 -55 +463 -78 -121 -342 +197 +491 * + Net contribution; - net receipt. † After refunds under Article 131 of the Treaty of Accession. ‡ Receipts from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund. § Converted from EUA using the following exchange rates: 1978 £1=1.5062 EUA 1979 £1=1.5875 EUA. 1980 £1=1.4813 EUA.