sugar levy

The estimated £520m raised by the sugar levy will be put towards boosting primary school sports.

- Surely the aim should be to have nil revenue from the sugar levy?

However, implementing procedures and structures for the collection and control of sugar levies do not yet exist.

The remainder of own resources represent customs duties and agricultural and sugar levies.

The OBR says that the new sugar levy will raise £500 million a year over the last three years of the forecast.

Concerning the Court's follow-up on sugar levies, the Council notes with satisfaction that the system was operating in a satisfactory manner.

Hence customs duties and agricultural and sugar levies were transferred to the EC.

Sugar levies are paid by sugar producers to finance the export refunds for sugar.

Traditional own resources (customs duties, agricultural duties and sugar levies) account for 12.64 % of the financing of the budget for 2005.

Image copyright Getty Images A sugar levy was announced by the chancellor that may change the sugar content of fizzy drinks.

For sugar levies, DG AGRI provided detailed forecasts by Member State.

The forecasts of agricultural duties and sugar levies have been calculated by the Commission (DG AGRI).

They comprise customs duties, agricultural duties, sugar levies, the VAT-based resource and the GNI-based resource.

A sugar levy is being introduced for public health reasons - giving the soft drinks industry a lead time of two years in which to lower sugar content, or pay a £500m annual price.

Regarding traditional own resources (agricultural duties, sugar levies, customs duties) the amounts indicated must be net amounts, i.e. gross amounts after deduction of 25 % of collection costs.

These consist of: customs duties, agricultural duties and sugar levies; the value-added tax (VAT)based resource; and the gross national income (GNI)-based resource.

In recent months, the Howard government has demonstrated by arbitrary and discriminatory measures, such as the new sugar levy or the non-tariff protection of Australian ethanol production, that it cares little about cultivating economic freedom.

Thus the basis for the Union's own resources has traditionally been Customs duties; Agricultural levies sugar levies and VAT supplemented since 1988 by a resource based on GNI.

(3) As for the calculation of the UK correction, traditional own resources (TOR, i.e. customs duties, agricultural duties and sugar levies) are not included in the calculation of net balances.

The new directive (2001/44/EC) improves the current arrangements for the recovery of VAT, agricultural levies and similar debts, and extends them to direct taxes, sugar levies, and insurance premium taxes.

Traditional own resources (customs duties, agricultural duties and sugar levies) Traditional own resources (TOR) are levied on economic operators and collected by Member States on behalf of the EU.

Traditional own resources Agricultural duties and sugar levies The forecast amount of total EU agricultural duties to be collected in 2008 is estimated to € 1 683,2 million (after deduction of 25 %, by Member States retained as collection costs).

• Agricultural duties and sugar levies: these consist mainly of the customs duties on imports from non-Community countries of agricultural produce subject to common organisation of the market and levies on sugar, isoglucose and inulin syrup.

These resources are made up mainly from contributions from Member States based on traditional own resources from customs and agricultural duties and sugar levies, a resource based on value-added tax, and a resource based on the level of gross national income.

Only the breakdown of this total forecast between Member States has been updated, using the latest information available on collected 2004 net agricultural duties. The total forecast of 2005 net sugar levies is nearly unchanged at EUR 793.8 million (after deduction of 25 % in collection costs).