However, the new own resources system should be based on a tax already in existence in the Member States, the idea being that a certain percentage of an existing tax would be fed directly into the EU budget as a genuine own resource, thus establishing a direct link between the Union and the European taxpayer.
Tomēr jebkurā gadījumā tāds nodoklis būtu balstīts tikai uz dalībvalstīs spēkā esošu, nevis jaunu ES nodokli.