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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 
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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 Economic 
Community and the European Atomic 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), this 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. 
Februar 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 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit 
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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
G E N E R A L  B U D G E T  F O R  1983 COM(83) 650 f i n a l .
SECTION III - C O M M ISSIO N  - P A R T  B
B ru s s e ls , 27 O ctober 1983 .
I. T R A N S F E R  O F  APPROPRIATIONS N o  22/83 
(Non-compulsory expenditure)
From Item 7352 to Item 7359: Commitment appropriations: 441 000 E C U
Payment appropriations :  441 000 E C U
Research into uranium prospecting and extraction
I I . T R A N S F E R  O F  APPROPRIATIONS N o  23/83 
(Compulsory and non-compulsory expenditure)
From Chapter 92 to Chapter 95 16 000 000 E C U
Supplementary aid to U N R W A
COM(83) 650  f i n a l .

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G E N E R A L  B U D G E T  F O R  1983 
SECTION III - C O M M ISSIO N  - P A R T  B
T R A N SF E R  O F  APPROPRIATIONS N o  22/83 
(Non-compulsory expenditure)
F R O M  C H A P T E R  73 - R E S E A R C H  A N D  IN V E ST M E N T
- Indirect action - R aw  m aterials A rticle 735 
Item 7352
T O  C H A P T E R  73 
A rticle 735 
Item 7359Uranium ore prospecting and 
processing - Indirect action
R E S E A R C H  A N D  IN V E S T M E N T
In d irect action - R aw  m aterials
Research and development in the raw 
m aterials sector - In d irect action
Commitment appropriations:
Payment appropriations :441 000 E C U  
441 000 E C U
The Financial C ontroller approved th is proposal on 11 October 1983 in 
accordance with A rticles 21(4)^93(1) and 94(1) of the Financial Regulation 
and c e rtif ie d  th at the appropriations are av ailab le.

GROUNDS
Council Decision 83/332/EEC, Euratom of 28 June 1983 (OJ N o  L  181 of 
6 July 1983) added research into uranium prospecting and ex tractio n  
to the 1982 -1985 raw.m aterials R & D  programme.
A  th ree-y ear Euratom R & D  programme on uranium prospecting and ex tractio n  
began on 1  January 1978 (Decision 78/264/Euratom of 6 March 1978,
O J N o L  72 of 14 March 1978); it was extended for a fu rth e r two years, 
i .e . to 31 December 1982, by Decision 8 1/364/Euratom of 28 April 1981,
O J N o  L  137 of 23 M ay 1981. Given progress by the end of 1982 and 
the fact th at Euratom programmes may not run for more than fiv e years, 
the Council decided th at research in th is  fie ld  would then be 
tra n sfe rre d  to the m etals and mineral substances sub-programme of the 
raw m aterials programme.
The appropriations remaining from the former uranium prospecting and 
ex tractio n  programme have not been used since 1  January 1983 for want of 
a legal base. The following ex tract from the schedule on pages 826 and 
827 of Annex 1  to the 1983 budget (OJ N o  L  19 of 19 January 1983) shows 
th at 441 000 E C U  remain in Item 7352:
Com m itments
Item 7352
Payments1978/79/80 1981 1982 1983 1984 Total
2 369 234 1  090 448 1  498 918 441 000 5 399 600
1  450 274 792 010 1  904 249 900 000 353 000 5 399 533
The Commission is requesting the tra n s fe r of 441 000 E C U  in commitment 
and payment ap p ro p riatio n s to Item 7359 so th at work on the prospecting 
and ex tra c tio n  of uranium can continue under the 1982-1985 raw m aterials 
R & D  programme in line with the Council Decision of 28 June 1983.
S itu atio n  of Item 7359 (Research and development in the raw m aterials 
secto r - In d ire ct action)
(a) I n i t i a l  appropriations in the 1983 budget:
Commitments 23 000 000 E C U
Payments 6 000 000 E C U
N o  tra n s fe r has been made to Item 7359 to d ate.

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(b) Utilization of appropriations at the time of writing 
(26 September 1983):
Commitments amount to 18 419 930 ECU and a second batch of contracts, 
totalling 7 970 648 ECU, is in process of signature. At the end 
of September the utilization rate (including appropriations remaining 
from 1982 )was therefore 82%.
So f a r , 72%  of the payment appropriations carried over and 1 1%  of 
appropriations for 1983  have been used (this excludes payments to be 
made once the contracts referred to above are signed).
S itu atio n  of Item 7352 (Uranium ore prospecting and processing - Indirect 
action)
(a) I n i t i a l  appropriations in the 1983  budget:
Commitments 441 000 E C U
Payments 900 000 E C U
N o  tra n s fe r has been made from Item 7352 to date.
(b) Utilization of appropriations at the time of writing 
(26 September 1983):
Of the appropriations remaining from 1982, 39 917 E C U  have been 
committed; no commitments or payments have been made from 1983 
appropriations so fa r. O f the 720 076 E C U  in payment appropriations 
carried  over, 82%  (592 964 E C U ) has been u tiliz e d . A s w e have 
already seen, the remaining 441 000 E C U  cannot be used for want of 
a legal base. This amount in commitment and payment appropriations 
can th erefo re be tran sferred  to Item 7359  so th at the research 
a c tiv itie s  concerned can be pursued under the raw m aterials R & D  
programme.

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G E N E R A L  B U D G E T  F O R  1983 
SECTION III - C O M M ISSIO N  - P A R T  B
T R A N SFER  O F  APPROPRIATIONS N o  23/83 
(Compulsory and non-compulsory expenditure)
E C U
F R O M  C H A P T E R  92 - F O O D  AID A N D  F O O D  PROJECTS IN 
PL A C E  O F  F O O D  A ID
A rticle 920 
Item 9201
A rticle 921 
Item 9211 
A rticle 922 
Item 9222
A rticle 924 
T O  C H A P T E R  95
A rticle 959- Food aid in cereals
- Current programmes for cereals 
other than rice
- Food aid in milk products
- Current programme for m i Ik powder
- Food aid in sugar
- Food aid in the form of sugar 
for the United Nations R elief and 
Works Agency for P alestin e Refugees 
in the Near East
- Food aid (other commodities)
- EX CEPTIO N A L M E A S U R E S  T O  ASSIST 
D EV ELO PIN G  A N D  O T H E R  N O N -M E M B E R  
C O U N TRIES
- Supplementary aid to U N R W A6 455 000
4 000 000
1  400 000 
4 145 000
16 000 000
The Financial C ontroller approved th is  proposal on 12 October 1983 in 
accordance with A rtic le  21(4) of the Financial Regulation and c e rtif ie d  
th at the ap p ro p riatio n s are a v a ila b le .

G R O U N D S
1. O n  21 December 1981  the Council approved the fourth Convention 
between the European Economic Community and the United Nations Relief 
and W orks Agency for P alestine Refugees (U N R W A ). The Convention, which 
is for a three-year period, expires on 31 December 1983.
2. Under the Convention the Community supplies U N R W A  with:
- food aid for use under the Basic Rations Programme and the Supplementary 
Feeding Programme for the most needy; and
- fin an cial aid to cover the cost of buying food on the spot and operating 
the Supplementary Feeding Programme.
3. In 1982 the Commission proposed th at the Community should accede to 
a request from U N R W A  that it should provide less but more varied food aid 
and contribute 16 m illion E C U  to U N R W A 's education programme.
O n  27 July 1982 the Council agreed in p rin cip le to the Commission's 
proposal and on 21 December 1982 gave concrete form to th is  agreement 
by endorsing the Commission's proposal that the E E C -U N R W A  Convention be 
amended accordingly.
4. For 1982, the 16 m illion E C U  was found by cancelling part of the food 
aid already allo cated  to U N R W A  under the 1982 programme (42 000 tonnes of 
c e re a ls, 3 328 tonnes of b u tte ro il and 5  349 tonnes of sugar). U N R W A  
then received the cash equivalent of the value of these products
(16 m i l lion ECU) .
5. O n  1  July 1983  the Commission proposed a sim ilar operation for 1983 
(C0M(83)428 fin a l) (Proposal for a Council Decision concluding a convention 
supplementing the EEC-UNRWA Convention). Provision for contributing to 
the education programme was made in the 1983 budget by giving A rticle 959
a token en try .
The Commission therefore proposes, in line with the commitment given on 
1 1  July 1983  in connection with adoption by the Council of the regulation 
laying down the implementing rules for 1983  for the framework regulation 
concerning food-aid policy and food-aid management, to tra n sfe r 
16 m illion E C U  from various headings in Chapter 92 (Food aid) to 
A rticle 959 (Supplementary aid to U N R W A ).
The appropriations which the Commission proposes to tra n sfe r correspond 
to the follow ing cancellations:
- cereals other than rice (Item 9201) 42 000 tonnes or 6 455 000 E C U
- milk powder (Item 9211) 3 900 tonnes or 4 000 000 E C U
- sugar (Item 9222) 6 086 tonnes or 1  400 000 E C U .
These can cellatio n s make 1 1 855 000 E C U  av a ila b le ; the remaining 
4 145 000 E C U  can be tran sferred  from A rticle 924 (Food aid (other 
commodities)).