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GENERAL BUDGETFOR1981
SECTIONIII-COMMISSION
TRANSFER OFAPPROPRIATIONS NO10/81
(Non-compulsory expenditure )
FROMCHAPTER 100-PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
TOCHAPTER26'-EXPENDITURE ONSTUDIES,SURVEY'SANDCONSULTATIONS '
Article260-Limitedconsullra^ions ,studiesandsurveys
1000000Εσα
TheFinancial Controller approvedthisproposal on5May1981inaccordance
withArticle 21(4)oftheFinancial Regulation andcertified that
appropriations areavailable .

GROUNDS
Following anamendment introduced byParliament inthecontextofthe1981
budgetprocedure ,asumof1000000ECUproposedforArticle260inthe
draftbudgetwasenteredinChapter 100.Forthisreasonappropriations
mustnowbetransferred toArticle 260.•
On4March1981theCommission presented anappropriation transfer request
(No2/81)whichinvolved ,interalia,thetransferof1000000ECUfrom
Chapter 100toArticle260forthepurposeoffinancing studies.
Byletterdated10April1981Parliament 'sSecretary-General informe'dthe
President oftheCouncilthattheCommittee onBiidgets hadnotauthorized
thetransfer ..Heindicated thattherequestcouldbereexamined ifthe
Commission weretopresentitagain,takingtheCommittee'scomments into '
account.• \
Thepresentappropriation transfer requestattemptstomeettheCommittee'srequirements . -Vs"--~
Theappropriations inquestion areearmarked ,bydefinition ,forthefinancing .
ofconsultations ,studies midsurveys ,andinparticular specialized studies
conducted byhighly-qualified expertsundercontract inareaswhereCommission
staffareunabletocope®
Inshorttheappropriations areanendowment given -theCommission toenableittoattaincertainobjectives® Ananalysis oftheutilization ofArticle 260
appropriations revealsthattheywerechannelled tofourmainareas:
I.Studiesandsurveysallowingthe"Commission (asguardianoftheTreaties )
tomonitorcompliance withCommunity law,.
it *• •II.Studiesandsurveysconducted tocomplywithaCommunity requirement .
III.Studiesandsurveysconducted tohonourcommitments enteredintobythe
Commission . _ -1 ■ .
IV.Collection ofeconomic ,technical andscientific datarequiredforthe
preparation ofproposals forregulations ,decisions ordirectives .
Examples ofstudiesorsurveysineachofthesecategories conducted in1979
and1980aregivenbelow.
I«Monitoring compliance withCommunity law
(a)Statistical analysisofIBM'smarket,position.^
Priorityaction :investigation oftheIBMdossiercalledforastudy
onuseroractice.

Calling for sinterrogation of .more than 1000usees ofEDPequipment
bytelephone or'byletter' ,atask which -Commission department swere unable
tohandle . '
Cost ;9682 ECU ' . • .
(b)'Study ontheparallel application ofCommunity andnational competition
1cltv3 , '
Priority action tanumber ofrecent cases and "the implementation .of
certain decisions adopted inapplication -of .Article 35(3 }EEChave demonstra
ted -that the -parallel application ofCommunity andnational lawcangive
rise todisputes ,'notably inrelation ,tothe assessment ofjoint -under­
takings andselective distribution *Thestudy could lead tothedrafting
ofCommunity rules governing therelationship between adecision in
application ofArticle 85O )EECandstricter national laws .
Calling for athorough knowledge ofthespecific features ofeach body "
oflawandtheattitudes ofeach national legislature andjudiciary tothe
relationship between .Community andnational law® ,
Cost s29592 ECU
(c)Periodic ^reports ontheapplication ofCommunity provisions onfree
'.movement !ofworkers ,,national immigration policies andassociated
problems ^ ■■ -
Priority action sthese reports help Commission departments todischarge
,their duties under theTreaty andregulations onfree movement tothe full
(opening ofinfringement files where appropriate ).
'• /
Calling for .jthe setting upofanetwork ofnational correspondent s
supplying the Commission' 1'sdepartments with continuous information inthis
field -atask which "could dnly becarried outbytheCommission ^depart­
ments atamuch higher cost interms of -time andtravelling expenses .
Cost s12930ECU . -
Compliance with aCommunity' requirement
(a)Studies onthesocial situation intheMember States .
Priority action ;Article 122 "EECrequires theCommission tomake an
annual report toParliament onthe social situation intheCommunity ,
giving thefacts andfigures (employment ,vocational training ,industrial
relations ,labour law ,working conditions ,earnings ,social services arid
family affairs )andcommenting onthemain developments ineach country .

ThesestudiesallowtheCommission toperformitsinformation function
vis-a-visParliament ,theotherCommunity institutions ,governments ,
employers' andworkers' organizations ,thepress,andeducational and
research circles.TheCommission usesthemaindevelopments inthe
MemberStatesasabasisforsocialpolicyprojections .
Callingfor:recoursetoexpertsandresearchinstitutes ineachof'
theMemberStates,giventhecomplexity anddiversity ofnational
developments .
Cost:41440ECU(in198O). 7
(b)Education ofhandicapped children.
Priority action :aresolution adoptedbytheCouncil andtheEducation
Ministers urgedtheCommission topromoteequalopportunity ineducation
systems.Thiswasonfeofthepriority themesoftheCommission 'sprogramme
for1980.ThestudywillenabletheCommission tosupplement itsproposal
foranactionprogramme tobesubmitted totheCouncilin1981,theYear
oftheHandicapped .Thesectionofthestudy "devotedto-theimpactof
micro-processors ontheeducation ofhandicapped children flowsfromthe
Commission 'sdecision toimplement theprojects setoutin'"Hewinformation
technologies –ACommunity response".
Callingfor:considerable expertize inatechnical fieldnotcovered
withintheCommission .
Cost:22800ECU ; :'•
III.Honouring ofcommitments enteredintobytheCommission
(a)AnalysisbylevelIIIregionofmanninginthetextileandclothing
industries (levelIII*region=KreisinGermany,Departement in>
France,countyintheUnitedKingdom...),
Priority action :theCouncil andtheCommission consider assessment of
theregional impactofcommonpoliciestobeessential toathorough .
■understanding oftheposition ofindividual industries atregional level.
Thisanalysiswillenableittoformulate thespecificprojects which •
willbeneeded,beginning withthecrisis-ridden textileindustry.
Callingfor:awiderknowledge oflevelIIIregionsthanisavailable
withintheCommission .
Cost:24903ECU ,

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Vb)Ar.alyssie oftheusemade ofgeneralized preferences andrecommen­
dations forthe system after 1983 .,
Priority action ithe Coinniurtity iscommitted tocontinuing its
generalized preferences system after 1980 ..Ifitsdepartment sareto
produce proposals onitsform andcontent after 19S0they need anoverall
view ofbow the system worked during the fir?<t decade and suggestions
forrevision ofthe list ofbeneficiary countries andpresent quantitative
limitations *)
Calliry for :the assist ance ofexperts from anoutside institute ;
this solution will cost less than the organization ofanin-house study .
Coct :20846ECU
(c)Astudy ofthelawapplicable totherelationship "between the
Member States' competent authorities andthe economic agents
concerning therecovery ofdebts andthegranting ofCommunity
aid ,with particular reference totheCommon Agricultural Policy .
Priority action :the difficulties inthis context have attracted
theCouncil 'sattention which ,inOctober 1978 ,agreed tostudy this
problem .Theapplication oftheCAPaswell astherecovery of
customs duties occurs within the administrative system and according
totherules ofprocedure oftheMember States *Thedifference between
these rules creates distortions among theeconomic agents andhampers
recovery ofunduly paid sums ,,.The study istoproduce anexact
knowledge oftherules applicable enabling the Commission together with
theMember States toovercome these difficulties and topave the way
towards afuture approximation oflegislation .
Calling for :the intervention ofauniversity institute inview of
the breadth ofthis study ofcomparative law .
Cost :40750ECU (over twoyears -1979 and1980 )
IV.Collection ofeconomic and scientific data
(a)JLiirolink project .
Priority g.ction :theknowledge acquired will help topromote convergence
ofeconomic policies .This research will attempt toestablish alink
between models forCommunity countries andmodels forthemain non-
European countries (USA ,Japan andCanada ).Thefindings will beused
totest theeffects ofeconomic policy measures taken bythese countries
ontheCommunity .They will make itpossible toformulate economic and
monetary policy guidelines .
Calling for :basic research requiring expertize inspecializations
which need tobedeveloped within the Commission .

Cost:-60000ECU(in1980)
(b)Factors'influencing locationinEurope-FLEURproject.
Priority action Jthepurposeofthisstudyistobuild ,adynamicinter-sectoral (70industries ),interregional (100regions)modelwhich
willmakeitpossibletoidentify ,intermsof.employment ,therole
playedby-variousfactors(transport ,propertymarket,urbanization ,
labourmarket,regionalpolicy)inthelocationofindustry..
Thestudyshouldmakeitpossibletointegrate concrete approaches to
regional economies intoacoherent whole,essentially intermsof
employment .,toanalyse economic andsocialchangeinthe.regions,and
toassesstheregional ippactofvarious Community policies .
Callingfor:theservices ofateamofhighly-qualified specialists
withextensive experience ofmodelbuilding .
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Cost's90000ECU(in1980)
(c)Economic andsocialsituation inandoutlookforthefishing
industry inthenorthern regionoftheUnitedKingdom.
Priority action :thisstudyfitsintothe,guideline defined bythe
Council.Onthebasisofapreciseinventory ofthepresentsituation
thestudywillanalysetheeconomic andsocialimpactofthe200-mile
limitonthefishingindustryinthenorthern regionoftheUnited
Kingdom.Thestudyshouldmakeitpossibletodefinetheprospects for
theindustryintheregional context,intermsofproduction and
processing ,andtoassessalternative -economicactivities andemployment
opportunities intheregioninquestion..
Calling'for:recoursetohighly-qualified expertswithawide
knowledge ofthefishingindustrytocarryout,afieldstudy -and
in-depth analysis 0 >
Cost 535000ECU
Itisclearfromtheseexamplesthattheappropriations inquestionare
drawnonbyCommission departments toobtain,byashortdeadline ,theinfor­
mationtheyneedtobackuppoliciesthattheCommission wantstoconsider ,
proposeorputintopracticeinlinewithitspriorities foragivenyear.
TheCommission therefore requeststhebudgetary authority toapprovethe
transfertoArticle260ofthe1000000ECUenteredinChapter100for
limitedconsultations ,studiesandsurveys.