APPENDIX 12
Letter from HM Treasury to the Clerk of
the Committee
Thank you for your letter of 24 June.
I enclose updated versions of the tables provided
by Customs and Excise in their paper of 18 February[3].
You also asked for information on the extent
to which differentials in fuel prices between other Member States
distort competition in the fuel market in the way in which they
apparently do in Northern Ireland. I regret that we do not have
any information on this.
5 July 1999
1.1 National borders—duty differentials
SECTION 1
(Source: Excise Duty Rate Tables (April 99)
produced by the European Commission, DirectorateGeneral XXI).
|
| A | B | Duty differentials
|
|
| Member State | EU land boundary
| Petrol (ECU per 1000 litres) | Diesel (ECU per 1000 litres)
|
|
| Austria | Germany |
+ 93.22 | + 34.26 |
| Italy | +120.80
| +103.7 |
| Belgium | Germany | (ne 10%)
| (ne 10%) |
| France | + 92.26
| + 77.04 |
| Netherlands | + 76.08
| + 37.81 |
| Luxembourg | -145.94
| - 37.10 |
| Germany | France |
+ 84.64 | + 50.05 |
| Denmark | (ne 10%)
| (ne 10%) |
| Luxembourg | -153.56
| - 64.09 |
| Austria | - 93.22
| - 34.26 |
| Netherlands | + 68.46
| + 10.82 |
| Belgium | (ne 10%)
| (ne 10%) |
| Denmark | Germany |
(ne 10%) | (ne 10%) |
| Greece | |
| |
| Spain | Portugal |
+117.72 | (ne 10%) |
| France | +213.37
| + 96.81 |
| Finland | Sweden | (ne 10%)
| (ne 10%) |
| France | Belgium |
- 92.26 | - 77.04 |
| Germany | - 84.64
| - 50.05 |
| Spain | -213.37
| - 96.81 |
| Italy | - 57.06
| (ne 10%) |
| Luxembourg | -238.20
| -114.14 |
| United Kingdom | Republic of Ireland
| -284.00 | -378.29 |
| Ireland | United Kingdom
| +284.00 | +378.29 |
| Italy | France | + 57.06
| (ne 10%) |
| Austria | -120.80
| -103.7 |
| Luxembourg | Belgium
| +145.94 | + 37.10 |
| France | +238.20
| +114.14 |
| Germany | +153.56
| + 64.09 |
| Netherlands | Belgium
| - 76.08 | - 37.81 |
| Germany | - 68.46
| (ne 10%) |
| Portugal | Spain |
-117.72 | - 18.44 |
| Sweden | Finland | (ne 10%)
| (ne 10%) |
|
NOTES
The Member States in bold in column B have a duty differential
of 10 per cent on at least one mineral oil product compared to
column A. 10 per cent is assumed to represent a material difference
for the purposes of this paper.
A plus figure means that the duty rate for the country in column
B is greater than that for the country in column A.
A minus figure means that the duty rate for the country in column
B is less than that for the country in column A.
1.2 European road fuel prices
as at 14 June 1999 (all prices converted to pence per
litre):
(Source: Department of Trade and Industry, Energy Policy
and Analysis Unit).
|
| Current prices
| | Price differential
|
|
| Member State | Unleaded
| Diesel | EU land boundary
| Unleaded | Diesel
|
|
| Austria | 51.04 | 38.95
| Germany
Italy | + 4.10 +10.44
| + 1.23 + 9.16 |
| Belgium | 57.20 | 39.17
| Germany
France
Netherlands
Luxembourg
| - 2.06 + 3.14 + 6.83 -12.91 |
+ 1.01 + 3.83 + 3.83 - 4.99 |
| Germany | 55.14 | 40.18
| France
Denmark
Luxembourg
Austria
Netherlands
Belgium
| + 5.20 + 5.32 -10.85 - 4.10 + 8.89 + 2.06
| + 3.18 + 3.03 - 6.00 - 1.23 + 3.18 + 1.01
|
| Denmark | 60.46 | 43.21
| Germany | - 5.32 | - 3.03
|
| Greece | 42.14 | 32.37
| | | |
| Spain | 44.72 | 35.31
| Portugal
France | + 7.26 +15.62
| - 0.21 + 7.69 |
| Finland | 64.03 | 43.14
| Sweden | - 3.34 | + 3.65
|
| France | 60.34 | 43.00
| Belgium
Germany
Spain
Italy
Luxembourg
| - 3.14 - 5.20 -15.62 + 1.14 -16.05
| - 3.83 - 3.18 - 7.69 + 5.11 - 8.82
|
| United Kingdom | 69.79 | 72.80
| Republic of Ireland | -21.63
| -27.60 |
| Ireland | 48.16 | 45.20
| United Kingdom | +21.63 |
+27.60 |
| Italy | 61.48 | 48.11
| France
Austria | - 1.14 -10.44
| - 5.11 - 9.16 |
| Luxembourg | 44.29 | 34.18
| Belgium
France
Germany | +12.91 +16.05 +10.85
| + 4.99 + 8.82 + 6.00 |
| Netherlands | 64.03 | 43.00
| Belgium
Germany | - 6.83 - 8.89
| - 3.83 - 3.18 |
| Portugal | 51.98 | 35.52
| Spain | - 7.26 | + 0.21
|
| Sweden | 60.69 | 46.79
| Finland | + 3.34 | - 3.65
|
|
|
| thousand tonnes
|
|
| 1994 | 1995
| 1996 | 1997 |
1998 |
|
| Petrol | 555 | 523
| 508 | 466 | 417
|
| Diesel | 377 | 350
| 374 | 338 | 274
|
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