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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983 COM(83) 68l final.
SECTION III - COMMISSION - PART B
__________  _______ Brussels, 11 November 19 03.
I.
 TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 27/83 
(Compulsory expenditure)
From Chapter 100 to Chapter 45: commitment appropriations: 10 000 000 ECU
payment appropriations :  10 000 000 ECU
(Adjustment and redeployment of capacity in the fisheries sector)
ta- ...... y
II. TRANSFER OF^PROPRÌ aHonS No 28/83 
(Nofftpompulsory expenditure)
From Chapter 100 to Chapter 46: commitment appropriations: 11 999 999 ECU
(Measures to improve fisheries structures)
III. TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 29/83 
(Compulsory expenditure)
From Chapter 100 to Chapter 96: commitment appropriations:
(Cooperation with Mediterranean countries)
COM(83) 681 final.13 170 000 ECU

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GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983 
SECTION III - COMMISSION - PART B
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 27/83 
(Compulsory expenditure)
FROM CHAPTER 100 - PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
Commitment appropriations: 10 000 000
Payment appropriations: 10 000 000
TO CHAPTER 45 - MEASURES TO IMPROVE FISHERIES STRUCTURES - ADJUSTMENT 
AND REDEPLOYMENT OF CAPACITY
Article 450 - Adjustment of capacity in the fisheries sector
Commitment appropriations: 5 500 000 ECU 
Payment appropriations :  5 500 000 ECU
Article 451 - Redeployment of capacity in the fisheries sector
Commitment appropriations: 4 500 000 ECU 
Payment appropriations :  4 500 000 ECU
The Financial Controller approved this proposal on 27 October 1983 in 
accordance with Article 21(4) of the Financial Regulation and certified 
that the appropriations are available.

Grounds
For some years the fishing industry has been forced to adapt in 
order to keep pace with changing conditions such as the extension 
of fishing zones to 200 miles, the imposition of fishing restrictions 
in order to conserve stocks and the harmonization of social, welfare 
legislation in the Member States.
On 21 October 1977 the Commission sent the Council a proposal for 
a Directive on certain immediate measures to adjust capacity in 
the fisheries sector.^ Appropriations were accordingly entered 
in Chapter 100 and earmarked for the budget heading covering these 
measures, which carried a token entry. The same heading was also 
included in subsequent budgets after the Commission had sent the 
Council an amended proposal for a Directive concerning certain ^
measures to adjust capacity in the fisheries sector on 2 December 1980.
On 18 July 1980 the Commission sent the Council a proposal for 
a Regulation on measures to encourage exploratory fishing and cooperation 
through joint ventures in the fishing sector^ and a new heading 
was introduced in the 1982 budget, with appropriations being entered 
in Chapter 100.
However, because no legal basis existed, it was never possible 
to transfer the appropriations earmarked for these two headings 
from Chapter 100 and consequently no Community action could be 
financed - despite Parliament's repeated insistence over the years 
on the need for immediate action (Resolution on the urgent need 
to conclude a satisfactory agreement on a common fisheries policy).^
At its 873rd meeting on 3 and 4 October 1983 the Council finally 
adopted the Directive and the Regulation as part of the package 
of measures agreed for implementation of the common fisheries policy.
Now that a legal basis has been created the appropriations earmarked 
for these measures should be transferred from Chapter 100 to Chapter 45:
5.5 million ECU in commitment appropriations and payment appropriations 
to Article 450;
- 4.5 million ECU in commitment appropriations and payment appropriations
to Article 451.
2C0M(77>543 final - 0J C 278, 18.11.1977, p. 15. 
,C0M(80)787 final, 2.12.1980 (not published), 
fC0M(80)420 final - OJ C 243, 22.9.1980, p. 1.
0J C 13, 17.1.1983, pp. 86 and 87.

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APPROPRIATIONS IN CHAPTER 100 - PART B 
AT 25 OCTOBER 1983
Appropriations 
for commitmentsAppropri at i  ons 
for payments
1. Initial provision
2. Appropriations being 
transferred
3. Transfers made
4. Appropriations remaining116 316 000
18 170 000 
29 546 001117 316 000
7 500 000 
10 546 000
68 599 999 99 270 000
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GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983
SECTION III - COMMISSION - PART B
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 28/83 
(Non-compulsory expenditure)
FROM CHAPTER 100 - PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
TO CHAPTER 46 - EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND 
(GUIDANCE SECTION) - MEASURES TO IMPROVE FISHERIES 
STRUCTURES - COMMON MEASURES
Article 460 - EAGGF (Guidance) - common measures to restructure, 
modernize and develop the fishing industry and to 
develop aquaculture
Commitment appropriations: 11 999 999 ECU
The Financial Controller approved this proposal on 27 October 1983 
in accordance with Article 21(4) of the Financial Regulation and 
certified that the appropriations are available.

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Grounds
In order to encourage structural adjustment in the fishing industry in line with 
changes in operating conditions and to promote an increase in aquaculture 
production capacity, on 28 November 1975 the Commission sent the Council 
a proposal for a Regulation on a programme for restructuring the non-industrial 
inshore fishing industry. The proposal, which provided for a multiannual 
programme financed by the EAGGF (Guidance Section), has been reworked on 
several occasions, the most recent revision being the proposal of 18 July 1980 
for a Regulation on measures for restructuring, modernizing and developing 
the fishing industry and for developing aquaculture.^
Since no decision could be reached on the multiannual programme, the Council 
adopted Regulation (EEC) No 1852/78 of 25 July 1978 on an interim common 
measure for restructuring the inshore fishing industry,3 which was last 
amended by Regulation (EEC) No 31/83 of 21 December 1982.^ Because it is 
only an interim measure valid for just one year, it has had to be renewed 
several times. Although the objectives it sets are more limited than those 
under the 1975 proposal, it has made it possible to ensure some degree of 
continuity in Community intervention.
At its 873rd meeting on 3 and 4 October 1973 the Council adopted the Regulation 
on measures to encourage exploratory fishing and cooperation through joint 
ventures in the fishing sector as part of the package of measures agreed 
in order to implement the common fisheries policy in accordance with its 
Resolution of 25 January 1983.
Since the scope of the action finally agreed is broader than the interim 
measure, the remaining appropriations entered in Chapter 100 (11 999 999 ECU - 
see table overleaf) can now be used.
Over the years Parliament has repeatedly stressed the need for immediate action 
(Resolution on the urgent need to conclude a satisfactory agreement on a common 
fisheries policy).^
Since the legal basis has now been established the 11 999 999 ECU earmarked for 
the purpose should be transferred from Chapter 100 to Article 460.
0J C 6, 10.1.1976, p. 2.
0J C 243, 22.9.1980, p. 1.
0J L_211, 1.8.1978, p. 30.
0J L 5, 7.1.1983, p. 1.
0J C 28, 3.2.1983, p. 1.
0J C 13, 17.1.1983, pp. 86 and 87.

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APPROPRIATIONS IN CHAPTER 100 - PART B 
AT 25 OCTOBER 1983
Appropriations 
for commitmentsAppropriations 
for payments
11. Initial provision 116 316 000 117 316 000
2. Appropriations being 
transferred 28 170 000 17 500 000
13. Transfers made 29 546 001 10 546 000
4. Appropriations 
remaining 58 599 999
I  ----------89
 270 000
1Point 4 of the remarkscommitment
appropriations
Initial provision 27 000 000
Transfers made
(a) to Article 460 as provided 
for under the remarks
Transfer 4/83 5 000 000
Transfer 6/83 4 000 000 - 9 000 001
(b) to Item 3014 - 6 000 000
Appropriations remaining 11 999 999

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GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983 
SECTION III - COMMISSION - PART B
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 29/83 
(Compulsory expenditure)
Commitment 
appropri at i  ons
Tecu)
FROM CHAPTER 100 - PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATIONS 13 170 000
TO CHAPTER 96 - COOPERATION WITH MEDITERRANEAN 
COUNTRIES
Article 965 - Financial cooperation with the
Maghreb countries
Item 9650 - First Financial Protocol with
Algeria
Item 9653 - Second Financial Protocol with
Morocco1 880 000
2 390 000
Article 966 - Financial cooperation with the
Mashreq countries
Item 9660 - First Financial Protocol with
Egypt8 900 000
The Financial Controller approved this proposal on 25 October 1983 in 
accordance with Article 21(4) Qf the Financial Regulation and certified that 
the appropriations are available.

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GROUNDS
The Commission entered the final commitment appropriations relating to the 
First Financial Protocols with the Maghreb and Mashreq countries in the 
1981 budget, assuming that implementation of the protocols in terms of 
commitments could be fully completed by the end of the 1982 financial year.
Consequently only a token entry was made in the 1982 budget for all these
countries except Syria.
Although only a dash was entered against most of the headings for the First 
Financial Protocols in the 1983 budget, commitment appropriations were re-entered 
for a number of countries (Tunisia, Lebanon and Syria).
In preliminary draft supplementary and amending budget No 2/83 the Commission 
asked for commitment appropriations to be re-entered against these items 
in order to exhaust the Financial Protocols fully. The budgetary authority 
decided to make token entries and asked the Commission to make transfers.
In addition to the amounts required for the First Financial Protocols, funds 
are also needed for the Second Financial Protocol with Morocco. The proposed 
transfers are the result of a close scrutiny of commitments that will have
to be made by the end of the year. The details are set out below:
Item 9650 - First Protocol (Algeria)
Estimated commitments this year: 1.88 million ECU
Item 9660 - First Protocol (Egypt)
Estimated commitments this year·, 8.9 million ECU
Item 9653 - Second Protocol (Morocco)
The appropriations for this heading were increased in order 
to meet commitments relating to the Ait-Chouarit hydro­
electric dam project. However, as 2.39 million ECU has been 
used meantime for interest subsidies on an EIB loan, this 
amount should be restored to the heading in order to cover
commitments for the project in full: 2.39 million ECU
13.17 mi llion ECU
Source of funds
Commitment appropriations totalling 40 million ECU were 
entered in Chapter 100 to finance expenditure under the 
Fourth Financial Protocol with Turkey. Although the 
protocol has been initialled, it has not yet been 
concluded by the Community and consequently the 
appropriations entered will not be used by the end of 
the year. It is therefore possible to transfer from
Chapter 100 the required sum of: 13.17 million ECU
The budgetary authority is accordingly requested to approve the proposed 
transfer.

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APPROPRIATIONS IN CHAPTER 100 - PART B 
AT 20 OCTOBER 1983
Appropriations 
for commitmentsAppropriations 
for payments
1. Initial provision 116 316 000 117 316 000
2. Appropriations being 
t ransferred - 5 000 000
3. Transfers made 29 546 001 10 546 000
4. Appropriations 
remaining
.86 769 999 101 770 000