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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
GENERAL BUDGET 1977
SECTION III-COMMISSIONCOM(77)631 final
Brussels ,22November 1977
TRANSFER OPCREDITS PROM CHAPTER TOCHAPTER
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GENERAL BUDGET 197? ' **/'
SECTION III -COMMISSION
TRANSFER 0?CREDITS FROM CHAPTER TOCHAPTER . . !• .!– ■i*»iii■■ fc.»i »i■iw^– .
(Proposaln"111/77/
/
From Charter 21 • Ilent forbuildings andassociated expenses .,
Article 210
Içem 21CiO
From Chapter 23 ■»r--7'"^
Article 230
Article 231
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Item 2311Current administrative expenditure .
\
stationery andoffice supplies
TeLephone ,telegraph ,telex.351?.000
760.000
2HO.OOO
From Chapter 27- Publications andinformation expenses
Article 271
Item 2710
Item 2719Publications ofageneral character
Other publications andpopularisation
expenses110.000
90.000
1.556.000 U/A
ToChapter 22
Article 22^
Item 2243Movable property and .associated . '
expenses .
Eire ofequipment »operating costs
&0<;lprovision ofservices relating
totheComputer Centre and
operation oftheinternal documen­
tation system -ECDOC
Implementation ofdata .,
processing applications 1.556.000U/A­

.... ,«JUSTIFICATION
A)Peplaconent oftheEquipment attheCorpvtpr centre *»■!«»■ ■■·*.·ι·ΐ|>ι»·*.'· Μ ■■*ρ ■■ ιι–■ ι·».–-
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TheCommission decided inOctober 1976 1fQreplace itsexisting
computer equipment (anIBM370andaCII1007Q)with thefollowing :
• ' /
-acentral configuration supplied byICL (anJ.CL2980 computer ):j
–anetwork of |;erminal |»(MITRA mini-computers ,OLIVETTI andNDCPOKF
intelligent terminal ^;).
B)Installation oftheCentral Configuration snd conversion ofthe
^ É–I " IL ^ *
Coramisnion *s •prop'rnms .
The ICL29«0 central configuration will beinstalled inthif
•Commission 'sComputer centre atLuxembourg during November 1977 -
Preparatory work inconnection with theconversion oftheapplications
from thepresent equipment totheICLcomputer isalready underwj^y
■'(theconversion itself w:'.ll continue throughout 1978 ).Amajor part
ofthis conversion isbeiLng undertaken byexternal software houses
/(CAP-SOGETI ,etc...) undor tjieresponsibility ofICL*
,Thecredits necessary fortheconversion (manpower andmachine
time )arealready provided foronArticle 2.2koftheOperational
•1,budget (asaccorded bythebudgetary authority in1977 andasrequested
.bytheCommission for1978 ).
C)Development ofthe future network ofterminals .
' The situation israther different inthe case ofthe network
ofterminals .Early in1977 theCommission awarded astudy contract
toICLand thesuppliers oftheterminal equipment .Thepurpose of
J
'this study was todefine indetail :
-the design ofthe future Network ,thedevelopment work necessary
and theassociated coots forconnecting thevarious terminal types
totheICL2980 computer (taking into account EURONET developments
and' timescales ):

-thepossible timesca!|.cs fortheimplementation ofthis network
ofterminals *,
,Theresult ofthj.»5 study andtheensuing discussions was 1;he v
design cfeNetwork wh,j.<;h will consist initially of50interactive
terminals (25Olivetti 'and25Nixdorf )andsixMITRA RJE (Remote
JobEntry )terminals .£1;will bepossible toaccess from theNixdorf
terminals thepomraissipn 'sSiemens computer £iswall astheICL <>980
computer .
Itwill bepossible toincrease the r.umber ofterminals
making uptheJJetwork without further development charges being
incurred .Atthesame t:lme theCommission will retain thepossibility
ofmoving towards anetwork based onsuitable European standard
interfaces asthese are "agreed bytheappropriate standards organi­
sations andasthey aresubsequently made available bytheequipment
suppliers .
Theresult ofthestudy also shows that ,ifwork started
atonce ,thefuture teminal network could beoperational during
1978 providing that thenecessary appropriations (some 1.556.000 U/A)
aremade available immediately .These appropriations would cover : ■
-certain initial costs •(purchase oftest equipment ,switching
équipaient ,etc...);
-thedevelopment costs (software tointerface theequipment offour
different manufacturers ;
-the installation ofthe initial network sothat itcan run in
parallel with theexisting IBMnetwork until such times asthy
'new network isproven .
Thescale ofappropriations necessary fortheimplera«atation of
the future Network was not known totheCommission atthe time the
1978 budget wasdrawn uj>andsubmitted totheBudgetary Authority
(thereport resulting f:*om thestudy andthe .ensuing discussions
were completed inSeptenber 1977 )* '■

ThtfiCommission istherefore face^with thefollowing ;
choipe :
■-oither t;j-postpone thestart oftheimplementation ,oft
''^hefuture network until 1979 (thenecessary appropria­
tions would therefore berequested forthe1979 bu.dget
vhich would besubmitted totheBudgetary Authority
during tluicourse of1978 );
-ortorequest atransfer ofappropriations tothe1977
data processing budget (Article £2k )inorder topermit
animmediate start totheimplementation ofthe future
network . v
TheCommission believes that itisimportant tostart
the implementation .ofthe future network immediately .This
does notimply additional expense ;itimplies thebringing *
forward ofinitial costs andone-off development costs that
would otherwise beincurred in1979-
Theimmediate implementation ofthefuture network has
the following advantages :
-itwill enable theCommission toinclude initsacceptanc
tests for thetotal computer system not only the ICL
central configuration and the converted applications
butalso t/iefuture network (this acceptance test is
planned forJanuary 1979 );
-itwill avoid the disturbance and additional costs
that would benecessary ifatemporary solution ha3
tobeadopted during 1978 (aprovisional network of
ICT .terminals ).

TheCommission therefore requests theBudgetary
authority toauthorise thetransfer of1.55^»000 units of
acpount from Chapters 21,23and27toChapter 22(the
breakdown ofexpenses isshown intheattached Financial
Sheet ).This will permit theCommission toproceed immedia­
tely totheimplementation oftheplanned future network ,of
terminals . • ■' .

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GT^ERAL BUDGET 1977 ■
SECTION IIT -COMMISSIONl.. : '
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I
TRANSFER OFCREDITS FRC 1-!CHAPTER TOCHAPTER,' v '
(Proposal n"Ill/77/
From Ch.-ptcr 21- II*atforbuildings $avd^sociated expense© ..
Article 210
Xçeai 21G0 liisiat,35<>.000
Frorn Chapter 23~ Cjurront administrative «xpenditure .
Article 230
Article 231
Iteo 2311stationery andoffice suxjplies
TeLephone ,telegraph ,telex76(5.000
2M7-000
From Chapter 27 .- Puslications andinformation expense©
Article 271
Item 2710
Item 2719
ToChapter 22
Article 22.k
Itera 22^3Publications ofageneral character
Other publications andpopularisation
expenses
Movable property and /associated .■'
expenses . • •"•
Eire ofequipment toperating costs
provision ofservices relating
totheComputer Centre and
operation oftheinternal documen­
tation system -ECDOG
Implementation ofdata .,
processing applications110.000
,/
90.000
1.55&.000 ÎJ/A;
r ,**
y'.*
i. • .
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"1.536.000 TJ/A-