In 2005 the European Council agreed a raft of special measures that gave differing treatment on different issues to net contributors to the budget such as the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden and those who receive money such as Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania.
Pateicoties šai atlaidei, Lielbritānija turpmāko gadu laikā spēja ietaupīt 4 - 5 miljardus eiro gadā.