HC Deb 06 February 1985 vol 72 cc580-1W
Mr. Deakins

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs why the recent EEC Foreign Affairs Council discussed the text of the new own resources decision; and what are the outstanding points still to be agreed.

Mr. Luce:

This item was on the agenda as part of the process of implementing the Fontainebleau conclusions and so that the Council could discuss how to cover the financing requirements already established in the 1985 budget. The outstanding points relate to the mechanisms to be used to meet the Community's inescapable financial obligations, and to the timing of the entry into force of the new own resources decision.

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