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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
GENERALBUDGETFOR1982
SECTIONIII-COMMISSION-PARTB
5^.v /I\ V-/&"Δ
P'■i-COM(82)752 final.
Brussels,12November1982.
TRANSFEROPAPPROPRIATIONSNo44/82A-\^11c \
(Non-compulsory expenditure )
Artide510
TOCHAPTER50
Article500IV . .,,,[
ECU
Appropriations
forcommitmentsAppropriations
forpayments
PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
APPROPRIATIONS FORI982 149000000 125000000
EUROPEAN REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT FUND*SPECIFIC
COMMUNITY MEASURES
EuropeanRegional
Development Fund-specific
Communitymeasures
APPROPRIATIONS REMAINING
AVAILABLE ANDAUTOMATIC
CARRYOVERS 39369971 17776813
TOTAL
EUROPEAN REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT FUND
-COMMUNITY ACTIONIN
SUPPORTOFNATIONAL
REGIONALPOLICIES–-láLIlLSü™
EuropeanRegional
Development Fond
-Communityactionin
supportofnational
regionalpolicies
APPROPRIATIONS FOR1982 149000000 125000000
APPROPRIATIONS REMAINING
AVAILABLE ANDAUTOMATIC
CARRYOVERS 39369971 17776813
TOTAL 188369971I42776813
saaBassssBssssassa
TheFinancialControllerapprovedthisproposalon28October19°2in
accordancewithArticle21(4)oftheFinancialRegulationandcertified
thattheappropriations areavailable.
COM(8?)752final.

GROUNDS
I.BudgetChapter50(EuropeanRegionalDevelopment Fund-Communityaction
insupportofnationalregionalpolicies)(quotasection)at
30September1982
At30September1982,utilizationofappropriations inChapter50forquota-
sectionoperationsoftheEuropeanRegionalDevelopment Fundwasasfollows:
millionECU
Commitment
appropriationsPayment
appropriations
Appropriations for1982 1520 890
Appropriations remaining ,
carriedoverorre"^ased 75 159
Totalavailable 1595 905.9
Usedat30September 584 469
Stillavailable 1011 436.9
likelyutilizeionbytheendoftheyearisasfollows:
-commitmentexpropriations :requestsforassistanceatpresentawaiting
approvaldecisionsbytheCominissj.0.1beforetheendoftheyeartotal25%
(250millionECU)loreth?ntheappropriation jstillavailable;
-paymentappropriations :at30September,paymentappropriations were¥>°/o
(morethan120millionECU)higherthanatthesamepointin1981.
Ifthisincreaseoverthepreviousyear'srateismaintained ,paymentswill
reachabout1070millionECUbytheendof1982comparedwith791inillionECU
in1981.Evenifthereisanappreciabledeclinefromnowon,thetotalis
stilllikelytoreachorexceed1000millionECU.

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II.Inthelightoftheseestimatesofcommitments andpayments,the
Commissionisproposingthefollowingtransfers:
1.TransferfromChapter100(Provisionalappropriations )toChapter50
Commitmentappropriations :149000000ECU
Paymentappropriations :125000000ECU
On5November1981,Parliamentadoptedamendment No424whichrestoredthe
appropriations forChapter50inthepreliminarydraftbudgetfor1982
(RegionalFund,quotasection)butplacedinChapter100theappropriations
addedtotheCouncildrafttoobligetheCommissiontouseinaccordancewith
theideasithadadvancedinitsreportonthemandateof30May1980.
Duringthelastphaseofthebudgetaryprocedure,theamountsenteredinthis
wayinChapter100werereducedto149millionECUincommitmentappropriations
and125millionECUinpaymentappropriations .
Asitindicatedinitsreportonthemandateof30May1980^,theCommission's
ideasontheRegionalFund(points32to36ofthereport)weresubsequently
2speltoutindetailmitsproposalsfortheamendmentoftheERDFRegulation ,
whichweresenttotheCouncilattheendofOctober1981.Parliamentgave
itsopinionon22April1982andtheCommissiontookaccountofthisin
amendingitsproposal3.
UntiltheCounciladoptstheamendedregulation ,theCommissioniscontinuing
toapplytheexistingprovisionswhileendeavouring tofollowascloselyas
possibletheaimssetoutinthemandatereport.
2.TransferfromChapter51(EuropeanRegionalDevelopment Fund-Specific
Communitymeasures)(non-quota)toChapter50
Commitmentappropriations :393°9971ECU
Paymentappropriations :17776813ECU
C0M(8l)300final,24June1981.
2C0M(8l)589final,26October1981.
3C0M(82)572final,6September1982.

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(a)Commitmentappropriations
Spendingonfourofthefivespecificactionsdecidedupon"bytheCouncilin
October1980atatotalestimatedcostof220millionECUoverfiveyears
beganin1981andonthefifthin1982.However,thecurrentrulesrequire
commitmentdecisionstobetakeninannualtranchesastheprogrammesapproved
bytheCommissionandthenimplemented bytheMemberStatearecarriedout.
Implementation isnotproceedingasfastasoriginallyexpectedandcommitments
ofappropriations availablein1982hadreachedonly21319339ECUat
30September;thisfigureislowerthantheamountofappropriations remaining
from198l»Sincethesituationuptotheendoftheyearisuncertainandin
adesiretoavoidlosinganyappropriations ,theCommissionisrequestingthe
transfertoChapter50oftheremainingappropriations from1981(39369971ECU)
inaccordancewithArticle2(2)(b)ofRegulationHo724/75establishingthe
ERDF,asamendedbyRegulationNo214/79>whichprovidesthat"resourceswhich
cannotbeusedintime"fornon–quotaactionsshallbeusedforthequota
section.
(b)Paymentappropriations
Sincepaymentappropriations aredependentoncommitmentappropriations ,at
thetimeofmakingthisrequestonly2223187ECUofthe20millionECU
carriedoverfromI98Ihadbeenusedsincethebeginningoftheyear.For
thereasonsgivenaboveconcerning commitmentappropriations ,theCommission
isrequestingthetransfertoChapter50ofthebalanceof17776813ECU.
Inbothcases,thisdoubletransfermeansthat,ifnewcommitments orpayments
needtobemadebeforetheendoftheyear,theywillbechargedagainstthe
1982appropriations ,whichhavenotyetbeentouched.Theseamountto
90.5millionECUincommitmentappropriations and60millionECUinpayment
appropriations.
RegulationsNos2615/8Oto2619/80of7October1980,OJL271,15October1980.
^RegulationNo214/79of6February1979»°JL35»9February1979-

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3.PositionxnChapter50aftertransfersbasedonthesituationat
30September1982
millionECU
Commitment
appropriationsPa^rment
appropriations
Enteredin1982budget 1520 890
Carriedover,remainingor
releasedat30September 75 15,90
Transferred fromChapter100 149 125
Transferred fromChapter51 39.37 17,78
Total 1783,37 1048,68
Implementation at30September 584 469
Availableaftertransfersonbasis
ofimplementation at30September 1199.37 579,68
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APPROPRIATIONS INCHAPTER100-PARTB
AT22OCTOBER1982
1.Totalappropriations
Appror-'"tirnabeingtransferred
3.Appropriations transferred
4.Appropriations remaining
inChapter100Appropri3,tion^for
commitment s
822406000
14500000
253949000
Γ·53957000Ippropriations
forpayments
631098C00
4500000
178256000
448342000