§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what sums were paid to the EC by each of the member states for each of the last six financial years; what is the projection for the current financial year; and what sums were received by each state from the EC for the same years.
§ Mr. MaudeTotal contributions to the EC budget by each member state for the years 1986–1990, together with an estimate of contributions for 1991 and 1992 are in the table. Outturn information on member states' contributions in 1991 will be given in the 1991 Court of Auditors' report due for publication in December 1992.
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mecu 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Belgium 1,448 1,703 1,835 1,806 1,764 2,207 2,513 Denmark 791 845 956 871 775 1,012 1,153 Germany 8,730 9,385 11,535 11,110 10,358 15,402 17,580 Greece 632 340 430 566 564 790 878 Spain 2,321 1,709 3,119 3,135 3,671 4,314 5,381 France 6,885 7,330 9,096 8,623 8,090 10,819 11,903 Ireland 344 338 328 371 368 494 493 Italy 4,718 5,192 6,626 6,406 6,098 8,431 9,297 Luxembourg 66 74 82 73 74 102 116 Netherlands 2,232 2,366 2,796 2,701 2,615 3,289 3,619 Portugal 279 342 400 458 502 717 851 United Kingdom 4,825 5,728 5,324 6,568 6,534 5,077 7,658 Source: 1986–1990; Court of Auditors Report, 1991; Supplementary and Amending Budget No. 3, 1992; Adopted Budget.
Complete information on receipts by each member state from the EC budget is not available. However partial
mecu 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Belgium 1,164 985 838 683 990 Denmark 1,212 1,144 1,286 1,045 1,198 Germany 4,988 4,542 5,428 4,580 4,807 Greece 1,905 1,877 1,922 2,597 3,034 Spain 2,416 1,985 4,012 4,951 5,383 France 6,324 6,744 7,315 5,676 6,285 Ireland 1,574 1,438 1,488 1,712 2,261 Italy 4,523 5,256 5,551 6,177 5,681 Luxembourg 6 12 14 8 14 Netherlands 2,450 2,890 3,946 3,830 2,984 Portugal 498 731 915 1,114 1,103 United Kingdom 3,387 3,122 3,254 3,214 3,147 Source: Court of Auditors' Report.