Vi får forklaret, at det er tvingende nødvendigt at opretholde loftet for fællesskabsopkrævninger på 1, 27% af BNP for at undgå at skade staternes bestræbelser på at leve op til konvergenskriterierne.
We are told that it is absolutely imperative to preserve the 1.27% of GDP ceiling for Community contributions, in order not to compromise the efforts of the states to satisfy the convergence criteria.