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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8306

27 September 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/budget
United Kingdom receives more than it paid in 2001 - Spain main beneficiary country and Italy looses more than EUR two billion

Brussels, 26/09/2002 (Agence Europe) - The most recent European Commission report on the sharing out of EU operational costs between Member States shows that for the first time since 1994, the United Kingdom in 2001 became a slight net beneficiary from the Community budget (+ EUR 707 million - 0.5% of its GDP) compared to the year before (2000). Spain is back in first place taking over from France as the largest beneficiary of Community funds and Italy is the country that has lost the most...

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