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GNI-based own resource
The GNI-based contribution equals approximately 0,6% of a member state's Gross National Income (GNI). The rate is calculated for each year to cover the difference between the budgeted expenditures and expected income from all other resources. GNI is the well known Gross Domestic Product (GDP) minus money made by foreigners in the coutry, plus money made by coutry's residents abroad. (Therefore, countries with a high proportion of foreign workers have their GNI much lower than the GDP - e.g. Luxembourg.) For the period 2007-2013, two countries have rebates from this contribution: the Netherlands' contribution shall be reduced by EUR 605 million and Sweden's by EUR 150 million expressed in 2004 prices.
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-1,399.50
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-0.64
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-257.86
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VAT-based own resource
The VAT-based own resource is a member state's contribution calculated as the rate of 0.3% multiplied by the base, which equals 50% of the member state's Gross National Income (GNI). GNI is the well known Gross Domestic Product (GDP) minus money made by foreigners in the coutry, plus money made by the coutry's residents abroad. (Therefore, countries with a high proportion of foreign workers have their GNI much lower than their GDP - e.g. Luxembourg.) For the period 2007-2013 four countries have a rebate from the rate: instead of the standard rate of 0.3%, Austria pays 0.225%, Germany pays 0.15% and Netherlands and Sweden pay 0.1%.
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-301.60
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-0.14
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-55.57
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Customs and Agriculture duties paid by taxpayers
The EU sets and collects import duties (reported as customs duties and agriculture duties). Currently consumers in the EU pay more than EUR 20 billion on these levies. As these levies are indirect taxes, the importers who pay them to the EU are not those who bear the burden. Therefore, we multiply the sum of these taxes collected from all EU taxpayers by each member state's share in imports to the EU, in order to calculate how much the taxpayers of this country have contributed on these indirect taxes.
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-277.70
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-0.13
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-51.17
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UK correction (= the "rebate")
The UK correction (the "British rebate") is a compensation negotiated by UK's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at a Council summit in 1984. In principle, the remaining member states give Britain each year 66% of the difference between its VAT-based and GNI-based contributions to the EU budget on the one hand, and the EU subsidies received by Britain on the other. The individual contributions are based on the countries' share in the European GNI (minus Britain). Four countries - Netherlands, Germany, Sweden and Austria - have a rebate from the rebate, paying only 25 % of their share in the GNI. The remaining states finance these rebates from the British rebate according to their shares in the GNI. That is why for example the Czech Republic pays more than Sweden or Austria.
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-168.70
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-0.08
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-31.08
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Sugar levies
Within its Common Agriculture Policy, the EU sets quotas for the volume of sugar that can be produced in its member states. The governments of the member states then have to distribute the quotas to individual sugar producers. The sugar producers pay the EU fees for these quotas. In 2007 the figure is positive for some countries, since the EU has paid compensation payments to some sugar processors for closing down their factories.
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-5.80
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0.00
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-1.07
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European Central Bank - Capital
The member states are obliged to pay capital contributions to the European Central Bank (ECB). The central banks of the countries which don't share the common currency, euro, shall pay up 7% of their subscribed capital to the ECB. After becoming a euro zone country, its central bank has to pay the remaining 93% of the subscribed capital. The national central banks' capital shares are derived from countries' population sizes and GDP volumes. In some years some countries can recieve minor amounts back from the ECB, if their capital shares diminish as a consequence of relative decrease in their GDP.
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0.00
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0.00
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0.00
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Structural actions
The EU's seccond biggest expenditure - after agriculture subsidies - is regional subsidies from so called Structural funds. In general, these subsidies are available for applicants from regions where GDP per head is below 75% of the EU average, or from countries where GDP per head is below 90 % of the EU average. But there are exemptions allowing people and organisations from rich regions to apply as well.
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124.90
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0.06
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23.01
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Internal policies
This category includes grants for university students that spend a semester at a university in another member state(the "Erasmus" programme). If for instance a Czech student recieves a grant and spends it in Spain, for the purposes of calculating the net financial balance of a member state with the EU the amount is regarded as revenue for the Czech Republic.
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163.80
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0.07
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30.18
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Agriculture
Agriculture subsidies are the biggest part of EU's budget. The EU pays direct payments to farmers based on the volume of their livestock or area of their land. Part of this category is also used for interventions in the food market, i.e. EU organized purchases of milk, butter, wheat etc., in order to keep the prices of these commodities high, and to cover the costs of storing them.
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1,164.80
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0.53
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214.61
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