HC Deb 03 March 1981 vol 1000 c104W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether any mechanism exists for calculating the monetary compensatory amounts charged on imports from non-EEC countries, having regard to the fact that the sums will be refundable by the EEC under the agreement made at the Council of Ministers on 30 May.

Mr. Buchanan-Smith

No accurate mechanism on these lines exists, nor is one necessary in relation to the 30 May 1980 agreement, because both import levies and monetary compensatory amounts charged on imports from non-EEC countries are treated in the same way for the purposes of that agreement.