In other words, two groups of Member States wou
ld emerge, i.e. net receivers (i.e. those where the amount of intra-Community acquisitions exceeds the intra-Community supplies) and net contributors (i.e. those in which the total amount of intra-Community supplies exceeds the total amount of intra-Community acquisitions). As it is shown in the annex, and depending on their respective bilateral trade balance, 16 Mem
ber States, under a system of taxed intra-Community supplies would be "net receivers", whereas the rest would be "net contri
...[+++]butors".