When the EAP programme had started, the cost was supposed to be equally shared by government and industry, but the West German and Italian governments wavered on the agreement and the three main industrial partners had to provide £100 million to keep the programme from ending.
Cando o programa EAP comezara, supostamente o custo sería repartido a partes iguais entre o goberno e a industria, pero os gobernos italiano e alemán vacilaron e os tres principais socios industriais tiveron que investir 100 millóns de libras para manter o programa ata o final.