17/05/2016 (Agence Europe) - Adoption of own resources directive. On Tuesday 17 May, the Council of the EU adopted, without debate, the regulation on arrangements and procedure for making available traditional own resources, own resources based on VAT and own resources based on GNI (gross national income) and measures to address Treasury requirements (see EUROPE 11551). Own resources make up the revenue of the EU budget and there are three types: traditional own resources (mainly customs...