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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
GENERALBUDGETFOR1981
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GENERALBUDGETFORI98I
SECTIONIII-COMMISSION
TRANSFEROFAPPROPRIATIONS No25/81
(compulsoryexpenditure)
ECU
FROMCHAPTER100-PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
TOCHAPTER89-COMMUNITYRESPONSIBILITY FORCERTAIN
FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS ARISINGFROM
AGREEMENTS ONFISHINGRIGHTSINNON-
COMMUNITY WATERS
Article890-Reimbursements dueunderAgreements
onfishingintheAdriatic 800000
TheFinancialControllerapprovedthisproposalon10Septemberin
accordancewithArticle21(4)oftheFinancialRegulationandcertified
thattheappropriations areavailable.

GROUNDS
On15June 1973 Italy andYugoslavia concluded abilateral agreement giving
theItalian fishing fleet theright tooperate inYugoslav waters inthe
Adriatic inexchange forpayment .Initsresolution of3November 1976 the
Council recognized that appropriate Community agreements should bereached
topreserve ,inter alia ,therights offishermen tooperate inthewaters
ofnon–member states .Atthesame time theCouncil decided toauthorize v
theextension ofthebilateral agreement between Italy andYugoslavia until
itwasreplaced byanagreement with theCommunity ,oruntil 31December 1977 »
whichever should beearlier .
During 1977 theCommission therefore asked for afisheries agreement between
theCommunity andYugoslavia .Itappeared however that Yugoslavia wished
thenegotiations to?bewider inscope andwasunwilling toconclude a
fisheries agreement with the Community assuch .
Since abreak inrelations between Italy andYugoslavia inthis area would
have caused serious difficulties tothefishermen concerned ,theCouncil
authorized Italy toextend itsbilateral agreement onanumber ofoccasions
most recently on20December 1979 ,when Italy wasauthorized toextend the
agreement until 31December 1980 .
Itisnotexpected that theagreement will befurther extended .
Following aministerial decision of9March 1981 ,Italy paid LIT570million
under theagreement inforce for1978 .This sumisthesame asthat paid for
1976 and 1977 and permitted Italy tosend 100boats into Yugoslav
waters atanaverage cost ofabout LIT 71250pertonne .
Theshipowners payabout 20%ofthis sumsotheamount toberefunded bythe
Community isLIT436million orabout 400000ECU .
Inamemorandum dated 29May1981 theOffice oftheItalian Permanent Representative
informed theCommission that on15April theItalian Parliament hadgiven
final approval tothelawextending thefishing agreement until 31December 1979 -
Italy will paythesame amount for1979 asfortheprevious thi;ee years .
Since theappropriations forCommunity contribution originally entered in
the1978 and1979 budgets have lapsed ,the800000ECUentered in
Chapter 100ofthe1981 budget forexpenditure inrespect ofaI98I agreement with

Yugoslaviamust"beused.Itisnotexpectedthattherewill"beanyexpenditure
for1981becausethebilateralagreementbetweenItalyandYugoslaviawill
notbeextendedbeyond31December1980anditishighlyunlikelythat
negotiations betweentheCommunityandYugoslaviawillbeconcludedbefore
31December1981*
TheamountenteredinChapter100(ProvisionalAppropriations )inrespect
ofArticle890(Reimbursements dueunderAgreementsonfishingintheAdriatic)
isthereforeavailabletoprovidetherefundsneededfor1978and1979and.
thebudgetaryauthorityisaskedtoauthorizethetransferof800000ECU
fromChapter100toArticle89O.
Itshouldbeemphasizedthat,inordertoreducethenumberoftransfers
whichareburdensomeforalltheCommunityinstitutions ,thisrequestcovers
both1978and1979*TheCommissionwillnot,ofcourse,usetheappropriations
for1979untilItalyhasmadethepaymentprovidedforintheagreementextended
until31December1979*

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APPROPRIATIONS INCHAPTER100
AT9SEPTEMBER1981
ECU
Totalappropriations
forcommitmentTotalappropriations
forpayment
1.Totalappropriations 407079000 369019000
2.Appropriations transferred 30066000 25206000
3.Appropriations being
transferred 5300000 3600000
4·Appropriations remainingin
Chapter100 371713000 340213000