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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)271final.
Brussels,9June1977,
;
ExecutionoftheBudgetoftheEuropean
Communitiesforthefinancialyear1977relating
totheJointResearchCentre(JRC)
-Requestoftranferappropriations -
CM(77)271final.

SUBJECT :Execution ofthe Budget oftheEuropean Communities
for the financial year 1977 relating totheJoint
Research Centre (JRC ). *
Request oftransfer appropriations :
-from item toitem within chapter 33-Research
and investment expenditures ofsection III -
Commission and ,
-from chapter tochapter within the statement of
expenditures relating toresearch and investment
expenses (annex Iofsection III -Commission )
I. Situation ofthemultiannual programme and ofthebudget
oftheJRCforthefinancial year 1977
1)OnMay 5th ,1976 ,the Commissioh transmitted totheCouncil
the proposal for amultiannual research programme of
the Joint Research Centre 1977 /1980 .
Asnodecision had been taken onthis proposal when
the budgetary procedure for the financial year 1977 was
started ,theCommission drew upthe JRC section ofits
preliminary draft Budget onthe basis ofthis programme
proposal .
2)TheCouncil decided totake this preliminary draft Budget
asaworking assumption and ,inthedraft Budget entered
the total amount ofthe appropriations both for commit­
ment and forpayment under Title 9"Provisional appro­
priations ".
3)When the Budget was finally adopted ,the budgetary authority
kept apart oftheappropriation ^nTitle 9butentered
inTitle 8 "Miscellaneous activities "the amounts to
beused tostart the new research programme atthebeginning
ofthe financial year ,pending afinal decision ofthe
Council regarding this programme .

Accordingly ,the corresponding appropriations were
Φ
entered within chapter 33under items s
-3383 "expenditures eventually required for theoperation
ofthe JRC "and ,
-3392 "provisional appropriations for the new programme
ofthe JRC . ;
4)Inthemeantime ,the Council ,atitsmeeting onNovember
18th ,1976 reached anagreement inprinciple onthe new
research programme and onfinancial allocations and staff .
The Commission thereupon prepared -and transmitted on
March 25th ,1977 -the preliminary draft ofthe Supplemen­
tary andAmending Budget for the financial year 1977 (1)
based onthat agreement inprinciple inthe Council .
5)The covering letter tothis preliminary draft (2)stated that
theCommission would have totake account ,bymeans of
aLetter ofAmendment ,ofthe decision taken bythe
Council atitsmeeting ofMarch 29th ,1977 regarding the
multiannual research programme ofthe JRC and which
involved theexpansion ofcertain activities inthe field
ofthermonuclear fusion atthe Ispra establishment .
This letter ofAmendment was transmitted tothe Council (3)
/
ι
6)Atitsmeeting ofMarch 29th and 30th ,1977 the Council
finally approved -subject tothe definitive agreement
ofthe U.K. delegation ,which had announced aposition
adreferendum -themultiannual research programme of
the JRC (1977-1980 ),established onthe basis ofthe
agreement inprinciple reached a^theCouncil meeting
onresearch held onNovember 18th ,1976 .
The appropriations required for this programme for the
financial year 1977 arethesubject oftheLetter of !
Amendment transmitted bytheCommission (seepoint 5above ).
(1)Document COM (77)95final ,Vol.1 and II
(2)Document R/851/77 (FIN 199 )(ATO 42)ofApril 6th ,1977
(3)Document C0M (77)180final ,R/1226 /77 (FIN324 )(ATO 51)

3.
II•Justification ofthe request for appropriations' transfer
1)The appropriations atpresent entered ihtheBudget under
items 3382 and 3383 apparently represent only 3/4of
the overall requirements estimated for 1977 ,but the
obligation tocommit unavoidable expenditure from the
beginning ofthe financial year ,and for thewhole of
the year (obligations under legislation orcontracts )
leaves only avery small proportion ofappropriations
available for even aslower execution oftheprogramme :
this means that theJRC isalready -andwithout the
merits ofits activities being called inquestion -in
adifficult situation from which itcan beextricated
only bysuitable emergency measures .
2)Pending afinal decision regarding the supplementary
and amending budget n°1/1977 -taking into account the
corresponding Letter ofAmendment -and inorder toavoid
putting toastop the activities ofthe JRC ,itis
proposed tocall immediately onthe provisional appro­
priations entered initem 3392 ofthe Budget for 1977 ,
tobring the appropriations allocated initem 3383 to
areasonable level onthe basis ofananalysis ofthe
requirements set out inthe corresponding Letter of
Amendment .
3)Nevertheless ,inorder not toanticipate too far the
later budgetary discussion ,itisproposed touse
item 3392 only tocover theessential appropriations
asfollows :
a)the total coverage for 12months ofexpenditures
corresponding toobligations under legislation or
contractual ones ,orunavoidable expenditures ,inclu­
ding essentially staff costs ,service costs ,or
leasing contracts and overall costs such asenergy
sources ,telecommunications ,transport ,maintenance ,etc .

4.
b)thepartial coverage -for 10months -ofother
expenditures necessary tocarry out the programme ,
comprising essentially theappropriations for technical |
and scientific operations and investments .
i
Table A(enclosed )shows that inany case the total of
the appropriations requested isless that the appropriations
entered intheSupplementary andAmending Budget n°l/l977#
taking into account thecorresponding Letter ofAmendment . ,
Inother words ,such asolution should make itpossible
tomeet legislative and contractual obligations for the
whole year and toensure that the JRC functions as
normally aspossible until the end ofOctober ,bywhich
| time the final Budget should have been adopted .If
necessary ,the Commission will submit arequest for a
further transfer .
The corresponding estimates are listed inTable B(enclosed ).
III .Decision requested !
Asaresult ofthe above ,the following decision iscalled for t
1.Within Chapter 33"Research andInvestment expenditures "
section III-Commission -oftheBudget oftheEuropean j
Communities for the financial year 1977 : ■'!
-12,7 MUA incommi tment appropriations
» –7,7 MUA inpayment appropriations
are transferred from item 3392 "provisional appropriations
for the new JRC programme "toitem 3383 "expenditures
eventually required tooperate theJRC".
2.Within the Statement ofExpenses relating tothe research
and investment activities (annex Iofsection III -
Commission -oftheBudget ofthejEuropean Communities
for the financial year 1977 )s»•
-12,7 MUA incommitment appropriations
-7,7MUA inpayment appropriations
aretransferred from Chapter 9.90 "provisional appropria­
tions for thenewJRC programme "toChapter 8.31
"expenditures eventually required tooperate theJRC". k.

TABLEA
Thistable1sasummaryoftheappropriations enteredorproposed1n
chapter33-JRCsection-oftheBudget,thepreliminary draftofthe
Supplementary andAmendingBudgetn°1/1977andthecorresponding
LetterofAmendment .
inu.a.
Financial
year1977
Chapter33
JRCSection
Art•ItemBudgetadoptedon
December16,1976Preliminary draftof
AmendingBudget,
March25,1977LetterofAmendment
Approps.for
commitmentApprops.for
paymentApprops.for
commitmentApprops.for
paymentApprops.for
commitmentApprops.for
payment
330/
331'
332
3363362)
3363)
338.3382)
3383)
3385)
3393390)
3392)p.m.
p.mm
75,054,321
32,945,000p.m.
p.m.
684,825
72,426,969
25,329,00089,825,008
9,665,425
900,000*83,298,775
*8,899,179
684,825
3,968,497
*_88,892,644
9,620,620
900,000*82,366,225
*8,854,343
684,825
*,968,497
*
TOTALS
I107,999,321 98,440,794 100,390,433 96,851,276 99,413,264 95,873,890
*)Inthenewpresentation oftheBudget,theprovisional appropriations
forpossibleadjustments toremunerations areenteredineachbudgetary
headingwithinarticles330,331and332.Thisexplainstheabsenceof
anyentryinitems3390
i– ■
Appropriations for
commitmentAppropriations for
payment
a)legislative andcontractual
obligations,andunavoidable costs
(12MONTHS)
-staffcosts
-generalcosts(infrastructure
andmajorinstallations )51,6
18,051,6
16,2
b)othercostsnecessarytothe
executionoftheprogramme (10MONTHS)18,1 13,0
Total(a)+(b) 87,7 80,8
Appropriations atpresentallocatedfor
theJRC,excludingprovisional appropria­
tions(items3362,3363,3382 and3383),75,073,1
Tobecoveredbyprovisional appropria­
tionsenteredinitem3392 12,7 7,7
Forcomparison
c)totalofappropriations enteredin
theproposedsuppl.ftamend.budget
n°1/1977takingintoaccountthe
corresponding letterofAmendment
difference C-(a+b)99,4 ι
11*795,9
15,1