§ Mr. Colvinasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will publish in tabular form figures showing the average cost per acre of cereals of intervention expenditure in each of the member states of the European Economic Community.
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§ Mr. MacGregorThe cost of public intervention to the Community in 1983 is given in the following table. This is the latest year for which a breakdown of costs by member states is available.
Member State Cost to FEOGA of public intervention (MECU) 1983 Harvest Area (M. Acres) Cost per acre of public intervention (ECU) Belgium 0.060 0.929 0.065 Denmark 40.023 4.243 9.433 Germany 235.457 12.459 18.899 Greece 1.241 3.814 0.325 France 187.342 23.033 8.134 Ireland −8.307* 0.924 −8.990 Italy −39.323* 12.197 −3.224 Luxembourg −0.005* 0.079 −0.063 Netherlands 6.554 0.506 12.953 United Kingdom 53.642 9.771 5.490 EC10 476.684 67.955 7.015 * Net profits on sales from intervention.