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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
C0MC85) 325 fin a l 
B russels, 14 June 1985
COMMUNICATION F R O M  TH E COMMISSION T O  TH E COUNCIL A N D  THE EU R O PE AN  PARLIAMENT
K E Y FIGURES F O R  TH E 1986 BU D G ET
s
COMC85) 325 fin a l

-1-
KEY FIGURES F O R  TH E 1986 BUDGET
F o llo w in g  the re q u e s t·o f the C o u n cil, the Commission hcls e s ta b lis h e d
the cu rre n t document. I t  contains the fo llo w in g  :
•J·. Revenue, and e stim ates o f revenue fo r 1984, 1985, 1986 w ith  a 
1%  VAT ra te  and a 1.4% VAT ra te  ( fo r  1986).
2. A c a lc u la tio n  g iv in g  the maximum amount o f e xpenditure fo r  EAGGF 
guarantee fo r  1986 in  lin e  w itli the fin a n c ia l .g u id e lin e s .
3. Figures showing non-com pulsory expe n ditu re  (NCF.) g iv in g  :
(a) The maximum ra te  of increase fo r M C E  fo r 1986.
(b) The b a s is  o f M C E  expenditure in  the Budget fo r 19b5 adopted 
by P arliam ent on 13 'June 1985.
(c) The e s tim a tio n  o f "co st o f the past" fo r 1986, th a t is  to  say the 
payrrsent a p p ro p ria tio n  needs fo r the 1936 budget necessary to  honour 
commitments made p r io r  to  31 december 1985.

- 2 -.  v - .v
1. Re sc'J  f ees 1954-198 5^ wit h in  t^e ce il·» -  o f_ U '  V£7 /*·*■ VAT _ ( f o r i  9 :5 ;
Table 1  below gives d e ta ils  o f revenue fo r the years 1954-1985-19S6 :
— fo r  1984 the fig u re s  denote re a l revenue
-  fo r  1955 the fig u re s  denote the amounts fo r revenue entered in  the budget 
adopted by P a rlia m e n t on 13 June 1955 
- f o r  1986 :
-  fo r t r a d itio n a l own re so u rce s, the fig u re s  are those agreed by the 
C o n s u lta tiv e  Committee on Own Resources on 25th A p r il 1985. As fa r  as 
a g r ic u ltu r a l le v ie s  are concerned, these are lia b le  to’ s lig h t m o d ific a tic n  
as a re s u lt o f the d e c is io n s  to  be taken by the C ouncil on 1985/86 
ce re a l p ric e s .
-  fo r the 1  /! VAT base (EUR 10) the amount o f 16,307.1 KioECU was agreed on 
24th bay 1985 by the C o n s u lta tiv e  Committee on Own Resources.
TABLE 1
REVENUE AND ESTIf·' ATE [ >  REVENUE 1984- 1985-1986
1 i  #  »
Chap. 1 Headings 19£ 4 19851
1f r . ·  rP v  V
X V A Tn 1
1.43  8 6 
Î C  V A T
, 1 1 1£ :0c ;/! : s ij? 1 2 T  t  P  1C 1 1,- :
(!) (?)1 \ ; \\ 'J '  x  J  ; * l  i · i  6 ) | Th■  ·  ■
10 !  
13 r i c  u  !  t ^  r  a  1 
levies1.260.0 1.081,6
•1252,1 332,8 1.584.5 1.252,1 332,8 j 1. 
!V  C <  -
■■ 1
iSjgar
Crntri tuti ons1.176,4 1.025,0 104 6,5 67,2 1.113,8 1.046,6 b 7,2 j  1. 
Ii  ]
12 •Custom s duties 7.960,8 8.690,1 B952,5 708,0 9.700.5 6.992,5 708,0 1  9.
IV “  :
13 V A T 14.372,3 15.221,6 .5307,1 1.509,0 17.816,1•
22.629,5 2.1  !  2,6 J  24 .Ç. '  ;
20 Contributions 222,5 239,9 - - 150,7 150,7 — 2)1.01 21;
30 c
3 1Surpluses
available. 196,3  
1  . 273 , C1 5. . .p . o .— p . r . p . E  ,1
i1r.ii
to
50 t0
1v  ari 0tit 
reve nu c22.269,0 1257,7 9,0 266,6 257,61
9.0 1  
121:
1  101 A t'  
126.460,7 28.433,2 71.855,0 2.77 5,71
30.622,5»
34.378,7—  - - - - - - - - - - - - - , —
3.
440,6(37
!V  *
1) Mere of reirlursable .advances fror, Berber States :  1  001,6 ni Hi o r .  tCU.
2) Whereof non reiol-urfablr advances fror, r c . b tr States : 1  96Î,C million ECU.
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2 *  CALCULATION O F  THg .M AXIM U M  AM O UNT O F  EAGGF-GUARANTEE EXPENDITURE F O R  1986 ACCORDING T O  THE FINANCIAL GUIDELINES  * . j  , '
M illio n  E C UTABLE 2
a, BASIC DATA
O W N  R ESO UR C ES EAGGF-GUARANTEE-EXP E N D  I TU R E *
1984 1935 1 1986 1984 1985
Annual
accountsBudget 
adopted 
13. Junemost recent 
e va lu a tio nR e a liz a tio nBudget
13.6.85
-  A g r ic u ltu ra l le vie s
-  Sugar le vie s
-  Custom duti'es1.260,0
1.176,4
7.960,81.081,6
1.025.0
8.596.11.252,1 
1.046,6 ■  
8.992,5
VAT (1,4 % ) 20.441,6 21.646,1 22.829,9
-  O w n resources 
w ith in  1,4 %  VAT 30.838,8 32.348,8 34.121,1Expenditures (CMO 
w ith ou t fis h in g ) 18.330,8 19.955,0
To deduct : To deduct :
-  Sugar le vie s -1 .1 7 6 ,4 -1 .02 5 ,0 -1 .0 4 6 ,6  ; -  ACP sugar refunds 
·- Sugar le vie s
-  Food a id  refunds-  455,0 
-1 .1 7 6 ,4
-  232,1-  520,0 
-1 .02 5 ,0
-  264,0
Total to  deduct > -1 .1 7 6 ,4 -1 .0 2 5 ,0 -1 .0 4 6 ,6 T o tal to  deduct · -1 .8 6 3 ,5 -1 .8 0 9 ,0
Corrected own resources 29.662,4 31.323,8 33.074,5 Corrected expenditure 16.467,3 18.146,0
AVERAGE
I —30.493,1 AVERAG E 17.306,7^
b. CALCULATION O F  TH E MAXIMUM AM O U N T O F  EAG G F-G UARANTEE F O R  1986
Rate o f increase own resources : 5 j. 074,5
30.493,11,085 17.306,7 x 1,085
To add (fo r 1986)
-  ACP sugar refunds
-  Sugar le vie s
-  Food a id refunds471
1.046,6
324-
Maximum amount of EAGGF-GUARANTEE 
expenditures fo r 1936 :20.61918.777,8
1.841,6
20.619,4

3. Mon-compulsory e xp e n d itu re  (MCE)
' a) Maximum ra te  o f in c re ase o f M C E  in  1986 ( A r t. 203 S  9 of the EEC T re a ty)
The maximum rate a p p lic a b le  in  1986 is  th e  a rith m e tic  average in  1984 (n -2 ) 
o f the tre n d : ,
-  in  term s o f value o f the gross dom estic product o f the Community;
-  o f the budgets o f the Member S ta te s .
- I  .
A f t e r ' c o n s u l t a t i o n  o f the Economic P o lic ie s  Committee by w r itte n  
procedure completed on March 28, 1985, th e  maximum ra te  was doutareo by 
the Commission to  be at the le v e l of 7.1%. This ra te  was communicated 
o f f i c i a l l y  to  the o th e r in s t it u t io n s  on A p r il 22, 1935.
.  The b asic d a ta , by Member S ta te , is  g iv e n  in -T a b le  3 below .
TABLE 3
G D P AN D  PUBLIC EXPENDITURE INDICATORS
FO R  THE FIXING O F THE "MAXIMUM RATE",
Chancier 1984/1983 in  %
G D P
in
volumeG D P
def la to r-GDP
in  valueC e n tra l government 
budget o u ttu rn  
(c u rre n t p ric e s )R e la tiv e  shares 
f o r  19S3 in G D P  
fo r  the c a lc u la tio n  
o f the Community 
average
(1) (2) (3) (4) j (5)
B 1  .7 5.4 7.1 4 .8 3.5
D K 4 .3 5 .7 10.3 1.1 2.5
D 2 .6 1.9 4.5 2 .5 28.4
G O 2.4 19.1 2 2 .0 26.3 1.5
F 2 .0 6 .9  ' 9 .0 8.5 22.5
IRL. 3.7 6 .6 10.5 9.2 0 .8
I 2 .8 10.5 13.6 1 0 .6 15.3
L 2.4 5.9 8.4 -2 .8 0 .2
NL 2 .2 : 3 .2 5.4 5 .0 5.7
U K 2.3 4.1 6.6 5.2 19.6
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: Column 5: Figures Ivif-vd upon c u rre n t p ric e s  and exch ange ra te s .