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COM (83) 105 
 
 
 
Vol. 1983/0 032 
  
 
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Conformém ent au règlement (CEE, Euratom) n° 354/83 du Conseil du 1er février 1983 
concernant l'ouverture au public des archives historiques de la Communauté économique 
européenne et de la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (JO L 43 du 15.2.1983, 
p. 1), tel que modifié par le règlement (CE, Euratom) n° 1700/2003 du 22 septembre 2003 
(JO L 243 du 27.9.2003, p. 1), ce dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents 
classifiés présents dans ce dossier ont été déclassifiés conformément à l'article 5 dudit 
règlem ent. 
In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 of 1 February 1983 
concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Econom ic 
Communit y and the European Atom ic Energy Communit y (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as 
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1700/2003 of 22 September 2003 (OJ L 243, 
27.9.2003, p. 1), t his file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this 
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.  
In Übereinstimmung mit der Verordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr. 354/83 des Rates vom  1. 
Februa r 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen  
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgem einschaft (ABI. L 43 vom  15.2.1983,  
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. Septem ber 2003  
(ABI. L 243 v om 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit  
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5  
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.  
COMMISSION  OF THE EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 
GENERAL BUDGET  FOR 1983 
SECTION  III - COMMISSION - PART B COM(83)  105 final. 
Brussels,  21 Febrary 1983. 
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS N° 3/83 
(Non-compulsory  expenditure) 
ECU 
FROM CHAPTER 93 - COOPERATION  WITH NON ASSO-
CIATED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 
Article 930 -  Financial  and technical 
cooperation with  non asso-
ciated developing  coun-
tries 
TO CHAPTER 95  -EXCEPTIONAL  MEASURES  TO 
ASSIST DEVELOPING AND 
OTHER NON-MEMBER  COUN-
TRIES 
Article 952 -  Special  aid to  Lebanon DIFFERENTIATED  APPROPRIATIONS 
Commitment 
appropriations 
20.000.000 Payment 
appropriations 
20.000.000 
NON-DIFFERENTIATED 
APPROPRIATIONS 
20.000.000 
The financial  controller  approved  this proposal  on 16  Februar y 1983 in  accor-
dance with article  21 (4) of the  Financial  Regulation  and certified  that the 
appropriations  are available. 
COM(83) 105  final. 

Grouncjfs 
1. By amendment  n° 580, the European  Parliament introduced  a new  ar­
ticle 952 :  Special aid  to Lebanon,  with a token entry,  in the 1983 
draft budget,  thus creating  the necessary  framework  for the financing 
of reconstruction aid  in Lebanon.  This amendment  was not  modified  by 
the Council  at its second  reading  of the  draft budget ; this new article 
therefore  appears  in the 1983  budget. 
2. The political  and economic  reasons  for transferring appropriations  to 
this line are given in the  Commission  communication  to the  Council 
concerning  community  aid for  the reconstruction  of Lebanon.  It is 
also mentioned  therein that  the amount to be  transferred (i.e  20 Mio ECU) 
represents  the cost of a  water-supply project  to be  carried  out in 
Beyrouth. 
3. As far as the  origin of the  credits  is concerned,  the Commission's  pro­
posal is to  take the amounts  required  from article  930 :  Financial  and 
technical  cooperation with  non associated developing countries,  which is 
the only  budget  line within  title  IX, with  the exception  of the  food 
aid chapter,  to have enough  credits  to be  able to bear such an important 
deduction  at the  beginning  of the  budget  year. 
4. It should be possible  to implement  the credits thus transferred  to 
article 952 over a two-year  period.  The Commission  suggests therefore 
that these  20 Mio ECU  should be non  differentiated appropriations. 
To this end, it is  necessary  to deduct 20 Mio ECU  both from the com­
mitment  appropriations  and from the payment  appropriations  of article 
930. 
5. It is the Commission's view  that the aid to Lebanon  should not involve  a net 
reduction  of the  overall  amount  of credits  which have already  been allocated 
to development  cooperation  for the 1983 budget  year. As a consequence 
the deduction  to be made from article  930 can  only be provisional  and 
the reduction  in the  appropriations  should be reinstated  before the end 
of the budget  year.