Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-04-03-Speech-2-059"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-04-03"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Determination of Member States’ payments to the VAT-based own resource2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010403.4.2-059"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-04-03-Speech-2-0602
lpv:speaker	lp:Kyösti Virrankoski2
lpv:spokenAs	unknown; Suomen Keskusta (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Bulgaria Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; CONT (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Estonia Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-09-29--2002-01-14)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Mrs Haug’s report, which is being discussed, concerns a technical alteration that would provide a more accurate basis for collecting VAT-based contributions. I would like to thank the rapporteur for her excellent work. The collection system for contributions is a complicated political game that results in Member States attempting to maximise their own benefits and minimise what they pay out. Although the size of EU contributions is determined as a share of GNP the structure of the contribution is very different from one country to the next. In Member States where there are large ports revenue from customs duty is considerable and, for that reason, the amount of duty paid in contributions is substantial. In Berlin there was a lengthy dispute regarding contributions. As a result, EU financing is becoming more dependent on fourth resources, i.e., direct transfers of funds out of national parliaments’ budgets. The increase in portage from 10% to 25% was a clear concession to the countries with large ports. The resulting gap in the EU budget is to be bridged by increasing the GNP share. The other change is the progressive reduction in VAT-based contributions, which will also increase the GNP share. This is leading to a situation where EU contributions are becoming tied more than ever to budget transfers from individual Member States and gross national earnings, which must now probably be considered only fair. Only the question of the reduction in contributions made by the United Kingdom will remain open in the future. In the future enlargement will wreak havoc on the EU budget. There are a hundred million inhabitants in the new Member States, representing only 4% of GNP, however. As a result, the contributions from the old Member States will clearly increase from what they are now, and may even double. In any future decisions taken we must ensure that a rise in contributions does not jeopardise development in the old Member States, especially in the matter of increased regional and social inequality."@en1

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