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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
GENERAL BUDGET FOR THE FINANCIAL
YEAR 1979
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REASONS
Since1977"theproblemofencouragingindustrialinnovationhasgivenrise
togrowingandlegitimateconcern,intheCommunityaswellasinnon–member
countries.TheCommission^departmentsthereforepreparedastudyofthe
problemofinnovationandpossibledirectionsforCommunitypolicy.Asa
follow-uptothisstudy|agroupofgovernmentexpertswasappointedto
carryoutafirstexploratory programmeinconjunctionwiththeCommission.
ThefirstitemonthisprogrammeistocomparenationalandCommunity
measures.Aninventoryofmeasuresanddepartments hasbeendrawnup;it
showsawiderangeofinitiatives ,measurestakenanddepartmentssetup
which,intheopinionoftheexpertsthemselves,aretoonumerous,often
tooweakandtoodisparate *
Inthelightofthisinventoryandtheconclusions,itisessentialto
carryoutforthwithanumberofmeasuresatCommunitylevelinaccordance
withtheprogrammeslaiddown.
Themeasurestobegivenpriorityatthisstagefallunderthefollowing
threeheadsandarethelogicalextensiontotheworkdownin1978s
(l)ThebringingtogetherofdemandintheCommunityfornewtechnologies
andservicesandstudieswithintheframeworkofastanding
technological conferenceoflocalauthoritiesintheEuropean
Community;andsecretariatcosts 65000EUA
(2)Servicesandstudiestopromotetechnological innovation,
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forexampleinsmallandmedium-sized undertakings and
bycallingupontechnicaladvisoryservices 50000EUA
(3)Basicservicesandstudiesconcerningothergeneral
measuresdesignedtopromoteindustrialinnovation,
particularly inthelegal,financialandfiscalfields 35000EUA
TOTAL: 150000EUA
Accordingly,inordertolaunchthesemeasures,theCommissionrequeststhat
theBudgetaryAuthorityauthorizethetransferof150000EUAfromthe
appropriations providedforthispurposeinChapter100(point16inthe
remarkscolumn)toItem3611oftheBudgetfor1979*

QENERA&BUDGETFOR1979
SECTIONIIIïCOMMISSION
TRANSFEROPAPPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN
CHAPTERSNo12/79
(Non-compulsory expenditure)
EUA
PromChapter100:
ToChapter36*
Article361ï
Item3611:Provisional appropriations
Expenditure onscientific and
technicalinformation andon
information management
Dissemination ,circulation and
utilization ofscientific and
technicalknowledge
Assessment andutilization of
researchfindings 150000
TheFinancialControllerhasapprovedthisproposal,attestingthat
theappropriations areavailableat9April1979»

BREAKDOWN OPAPPROPRIATIONS IN
CHAPTER100AT5APRIL1979
iTotalappropriations
forcommitmentsTotalappropriations
forpayments
;
j1.Totalappropriations 193833000 106401200
2.Appropriations already
transferred 260000 260000
3.Appropriations inprocessof
beingtransferred . 81812000 32092200
4.Appropriations still
enteredunderChapter100 111761000 74049000