UK money transfer to the EU under the Withdrawal Agreement

Priority question for written answer  P-001300/2024
to the Commission
Rule 138
Peter Lundgren (ECR)

Under the Withdrawal Agreement[1], the UK makes financial payments to the EU as part of a settlement related to its former EU membership and various commitments.

• 1.Are these UK contributions ring fenced or transferred to any particular spending or budget lines?
• 2.Are these UK contributions used, for example, for certain projects, programmes, or certain costs relating UK officials’ pensions etc?
• 3.Alternatively, is it the case the money is not ring fenced for certain use and is added to the general EU pot and used however the EU wishes?

Submitted:25.4.2024

• [1] Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, OJ L 29, 31.1.2020, p. 7.