I praksis har anvendelsen af denne sats vist sig yderst kompliceret, og som følge af den hurtige udvikling af fællesskabsudgifterne står bud getmyndigheden - EP og Rådet - ofte over for et budget, der går langt ud over de almindelige betingel ser for anvendelse af maksimalsatsen, og som nødvendiggør en fælles afgørelse af EP og Rådet.
In practice, the application of this rate has proved to be extremely complicated and, very often, because of the rapid increase in Community expenditure, the budgetary authority - the EP and the Council - is very often faced with a budget well above the ceiling obtained by the application of this rate, so that the EP and the Council have to agree on a new rate.