<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> From October 2017 the European Union envisages the abolition of the so-called sugar quotas and minimum prices for buying sugar beet. As a consequence of these changes the sugar levies paid by the sugar factories of the Member States will cease to apply. The article identifies the fiscal effects of the abolition of these levies. The European Union and the Member States will lose some of their budget revenues. The structure of Member States’ burdens for GNI payments will also change as well as their operating balance relative to the EU budget. Through the change Poland will gain, whereas some large net contributors will lose, i.e. the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom.</p></abstract>

From October 2017 the European Union envisages the abolition of the so-called sugar quotas and minimum prices for buying sugar beet. As a consequence of these changes the sugar levies paid by the sugar factories of the Member States will cease to apply. The article identifies the fiscal effects of the abolition of these levies. The European Union and the Member States will lose some of their budget revenues. The structure of Member States’ burdens for GNI payments will also change as well as their operating balance relative to the EU budget. Through the change Poland will gain, whereas some large net contributors will lose, i.e. the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Fiscal consequences of the abolition of sugar levies

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From October 2017 the European Union envisages the abolition of the so-called sugar quotas and minimum prices for buying sugar beet. As a consequence of these...

Fiscal consequences of the abolition of sugar levies

Publicado en línea: 22 nov 2018

Páginas: 83 - 96

Recibido: 12 abr 2018

Aceptado: 24 sept 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18559/ebr.2018.4.5

Palabras clave
sugar levies, sugar market, EU budget, net contributors and beneficiaries

© 2018 Maciej Cieślukowski, Mihai Mutascu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Fiscal consequences of the abolition of sugar levies

Publicado en línea: 22 nov 2018

Páginas: 83 - 96

Recibido: 12 abr 2018

Aceptado: 24 sept 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18559/ebr.2018.4.5

Palabras clavesugar levies, sugar market, EU budget, net contributors and beneficiaries

© 2018 Maciej Cieślukowski, Mihai Mutascu, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
sugar levies, sugar market, EU budget, net contributors and beneficiaries