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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(75)497final.
Brussels,2October1975
PROPOSAL FORAREGULATION
AMENDING THEFINANCIAL REGULATION ASREGARDSTHE
TRANSFERS BETWEENTHE"FOODAID"CHAPTERANDTHE
EUROPEANAGRICULTURAL GUIDANCEANDGUARANTEEFUND,
"GUARANTEE"SECTION
(submitted ,totheCouncil "bytheCommission)
COM(75)497final.

XIX/539/75-E
PROPOSALFORAREGULATION
AMENDINGTHEFINANCIALRECREATION ASREGARDSTHE
TRANSFERSBETWEENTHE"FOODAID"CHAPTERANDTHE
EUROPEANAGRICUI/PURALGUIDANCEANDGUARANTEE FUND,
"GUARANTEE"SECTION
TheCounciloftheEuropeanCommunities f
Havingregard,totheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomioCommunity,and
inparticularArticle209thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament }
WhereasArticles21,113and115oftheFinancialRegulationof25April1973
applicabletothegeneralbudgetoftheEuropeanCommunities*restrictthe
Commis8ion*s powersoftransferring appropriations totransfersfromone
articletoanotherwithinaohapter;
Whereas
-Regulation(EEC)No268l/74oftheCouncilof21October1974onCommunity
financingofexpenditureincurredinrespectofthesupplyofagricultural
productsasfoodaidlaysdowntheconditionsforfinancingtheproductsin
questionsuppliedtothedevelopingcountriesordisastervictims;
–itrulesthatpartofthisexpenditureshouldbecharged,tovariouschapters
oftheGuaranteeSectionoftheEuropeanAgricultural GuidanceandGuarantee
FundandparttotheFood.Aidchapter;
Whereastheamountofexpendituretobecharged,tothechaptersinquestionis
liabletovariationduringthecourseofafinanoialyearasaresultofchanges
inthelevelofworldpricesandofrefunds;
*
OJNoL116,1May1973

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Whereas
–variationsofthistypenecessitate amendmentoftheamountofappropriations
enteredintothechaptersreferredtoabovesoastoensurethecorrectcharging
ofexpenditure ;
–thisamendmentisachievedbymeansoftransfersbetweenthechaptersinquestion;
Whereas,asregardsthepurposeoftheexpenditure,thereisnobasicdifference
betweenthetransfersinquestionandthetransfersfromonearticletoanother
withinachapter,whicharetheresponsibility oftheCommission;
Whereasinordertoavoidapplicationofapurelyformalprocedureincasesofthis
type,itisthereforenecessarytoamendtherestriction imposedbyArticles21,113
and113oftheFinancialRegulationandtoestablishthattheCommissionshould
transferappropriations fromonechaptertoanotherforexpenditure onfoodaid;
Whereasitisappropriateforthebudgetaryauthoritytobeinformedofthetransfers
madeinordertomaintainfullbudgetaryolarity;
HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Artide 1
TheFinancialRegulationof25April1973applicabletothegeneralbudgetof
theEuropeanCommunitiesshallbeamendedasfollows:
–ThefirstsubparagraphofArticle21(3)shallbereplacedbythefollowing:
"3«HowevertheCommission may
(a)transferappropriations betweenthefoodaidchapterandtheohaptersofthe
GuaranteeSectionoftheEuropeanAgricultural GuidanceandGuaranteeFund,at
thelatestbyonemonthbefore31March,withinthelimitssetoutbythe
provisionsofRegulation(EEC)Ho2681/74oftheCounoilof21October1974;

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(b)propose totheCounoil other transfers ofappropriations from onechapter
toanother *Proposals made byother institutions fortransfers from one
chapter toanother shall heautomatically forwarded totheCounoil ;the
Commission maywhen forwarding these attach itsopinion tothese proposals .n
–Article 21shall receive anewparagraph 3basfollows t
nAlist ofappropriations transferred under theprovisions ofthefirst
subparagraph ofparagraph 3above shall beforwarded totheEuropean
Parliament andtheCouncil forinformation purposes annually following the
endofthefinancial year ."
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into foroe on1January 1976 •
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inall
Member States .