§ Mr. Spearingasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will tabulate in the Official Report for the years 1980, 1981, and the estimates for 1982 for each member of the European Economic Community its net contributions arising from (a) the common Community tariff, (b) value added tax, (c) levies, (d) other contributions and (e) total contributions together with receipts arising out of (i) the common agricultural policy (ii) the regional fund, (iii) the social fund, (iv) other receipts, (v) total receipts and (vi) set receipts of contributions.
§ Mr. Ridley[pursuant to his reply, 8 June 1982]: The information cannot be provided in the precise form requested by the hon. Member, since the Commission does not publish data on member States' total receipts from the Community budget. However, as explained in my reply yesterday to my hon. Friend, the Member for West Flint (Sir Anthony Meyer), the Commission does provide estimates of gross and net receipts from the allocated budget. The latest such estimates for the 1980 and 1981 budgets are reproduced in tables 1 and 3 below. Refunds paid to the United Kingdom under the budget agreement of 30 May 1980 form part of the unallocated budget and thus are excluded from these calculations. Comparable estimates for the 1982 budget have not been made available. Tables 2, 4 and 5 below contain the latest break downs available of member States' total gross own resources contributions to the 1980–1982 Budgets.
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Table 2: Gross own resources contributions to the 1980 Budget million ecus Common Customs Tariff duties Agricultural levies* Value Added Tax/;Financial contributions Total Belgium 393 220 338 951 Denmark 130 27 189 346 Germany 1,799 354 2,457 4,610 France 900 250 1,842 2,992 Ireland 67 8 64 139 Italy 637 434 859 1,929 Luxembourg 4 0 15 20 Netherlands 536 275 462 1,273 United Kingdom 1,440 434 1,294 3,168 * Including sugar levies
Table 3: Estimated Net Contributions to the 1981 Allocated Budget million ecus* Receipts Payments Net EAGGF† Guarantee Guidance Regional Development Fund Social Fund Others Total Belgium 495 17 9 11 635 1167 869 298 Denmark 515 20 11 17 22 585 300 285 Germany 2057 120 37 55 298 2567 4317 -1750 Greece 148 — 123 6 105 382 215 167 France 3056 113 63 120 178 3530 2933 597 Ireland 444 59 80 57 84 724 138 586 Italy 2122 70 212 173 363 2940 2162 778 Luxembourg 4 2 1 0 286 293 23 270 Netherlands 1174 20 5 10 110 1319 1128 191 United Kingdom 1096 109 258 170 316 1949 3371 -1422 * European Currency Units; 1981 average exchange rate: 1 ecu=£0.553110. † Excluding fisheries
Table 4: Gross own resources contributions to the 1981 Budget* million ecus Common Customs Tariff duties Agricultural levies† Value Added Tax/Financial contributions Total Belgium 407 211 375 993 Denmark 132 30 190 352 Germany 1910 293 2801 5004 Greece 82 23 151 256 France 1050 287 2254 3592 Ireland 76 7 68 151 Italy 650 298 1587 2535 Luxembourg 4 0 24 28 Netherlands 570 218 500 1287 United Kingdom 1485 407 1937 3829 * As estimated in 1981 Supplementary Budget No. 2 † Including sugar levies.
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Table 5: Gross own resources contributions to the 1982 Budget† Common Customs Tariff duties Agricul-tural levies* Value Added Tax/Financial contributions Million ecus Total Belgium 415 246 472 1,133 Denmark 140 35 245 420 Germany 1,890 455 3,339 5,684 Greece 110 87 198 395 France 1,150 398 2,913 4,461 Ireland 90 15 92 197 Italy 725 530 1,595 2,850
Common Customs Tariff duties Agricul-tural levies* Value Added Tax/Financial contributions Million ecus Total Luxembourg 4 0 22 26 Netherlands 615 302 628 1,555 United Kingdom 1,800 617 2,682 5,099 * Including sugar levies. † As estimated in 1982 Budget.