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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983
SECTION III - COMMISSION - PART BCOM(83) 713 final.
Brussels, 2k November 1983®
I. TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 34/83
(Non-compulsory expenditure)
from Chapter 70 to Chapter 71: 100 000 ECU
Nuclear safeguards
II. TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 35/83
(Non-compulsory expenditure)
from Chapter 75 to Chapter 77: 900 000 ECU
ECSC studies and development of a Community 
strategy for the machine-tool industry
from Chapt^rdu^^^tha^^· 50: Commitment
approprierons: 252 509 ECU
European Regional Development FundIII.
COM(8 3) 713 final.

2.
GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983 
SECTION III - COMMISSION - PART B
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 34/83 
(Non-compulsory expenditure)
ECU
DIFFERENTIATED APPROPRIATIONS
Commitment Payment 
appropriations appropriations
FROM CHAPTER 70 - ENERGY POLICY
Article 702 - Community projects concerning 
coal
Item 7020 - New technologies for burning 
solid fuels and using the 
residues thereof 100 000 100 000
N0N-DIFFERENTIATED 
APPROPRIATIONS
TO CHAPTER 71 - NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS
Article 710 - On-the-spot inspections and 
other missions 37 000
Article 711 - Cost of training courses, 
training of inspectors 5 000
Article 712 - Sampling and analyses 58 000
The Financial Controller approved this proposal on 9 November 1983 in
accordance with Article 21(4) of the Financial Regulation and certified that 
the appropriations are available.

3.
GROUNDS
In establishing supplementary and amending budget No 2/1983, the budgetary 
authority rejected the Commisison's request for additional appropriations 
for Chapter 71 (Nuclear safeguards). "In view of the limited resources for 
1983, the Council considered that other expenditure (including Chapter 71) 
proposed by the Commission in the preliminary draft should be covered, in 
case of duly justified need, by transfer of appropriations." Parliament 
adopted no amendment designed to reinstate the Commission's request for 
Chapter 71.
The Commission is therefore requesting the transfer of 100 000 ECU from 
Item 7020 (New technologies for burning solid fuels and using the residues 
thereof) of Chapter 70 (Energy policy) to Articles 710, 711 and 712 of 
Chapter 71 (Nuclear safeguards).
(a) Article 710 - On-the-spot inspections and other missions
Grounds :  the steady increase in the number of nuclear installations to be
inspected - from 418 in 1980 to 536 in 1983 - as a result of the Commission's 
commitments uner the Euratom Treaty and agreements with the International 
Atomic Energy Agency, the United States and Canada, the increase in the 
number of inspectors and inspections(5 000 man days) in 1983 and increased 
transport costs mean that the initial allocation of 935 000 ECU is inadequate 
and should be increased by: nnn
(b) Article 711 - Cost of training courses, training of inspectors
Grounds:  the use of ever more sophisticated measuring instruments involves
technical training and continual retraining of inspectors.
New insepctors must also be specially trained if they are to carry out their 
duties with the required efficiency. This involves attendance at courses 
arranged by the Commission and international bodies to learn about the 
various inspection methods used in nuclear plants, for example in factories 
producing the fuel elements and in those concerned with reprocessing and 
enri chment.
The Commission must also protect its inspectors from radiation and contamination 
in accordance with the basic standards set out in Council Directive 
80/836/Euratom of 15 July 1980; this involves the organization of theoretical 
and practical courses by specialist bodies.
It is therefore necessary to increase the initial allocation of 40 000 ECU 
by: 5 000 ECU.

4.
(c) Article 712 - Sampling and analyses
Grounds:  this request is justified by the considerable increase in the cost
of samples (plutonium and highly enriched uranium), the cost of transport 
in accordance with Member States' legislation and the cost of analysis. 
Immediate requirements exceed the original allocation of 565 000 ECU which 
should therefore be increased by: npn cri.
TOTAL 100 000 ECU

5.
GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983 
SECTION III - COMMISSION - PART B
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 35/83 
(Non-compulsory expenditure)
ECU
FROM CHAPTER 75 - INFORMATION MARKET AND 
INNOVATION
Article 750 - Three-year plans for the 
information market
Item 7502 - Third plan of action (1981 
to 1983)DIFFERENTIATED APPROPRIATIONS
Commitment Payment 
appropriations appropriations
900 000 900 000
TO CHAPTER 77 - INDUSTRY AND THE INTERNAL 
MARKET
Article 776 - Economic and social studies
provided for in Article 46 of 
the ECSC Treaty
Item 7762 - Studies provided for in point 3 
of the third paragraph of 
Article 46 of the ECSC Treaty
Article 777 - Specific industry measures
Item 7772 - Development of a Community
strategy for the machine-tool 
i  ndust ryNON-DIFFERENTIATED 
APPROPRIATIONS
400 000 
500 000
The Financial Controller approved this proposal on 10 Novermber 1983 
in accordance with Article 21(4) of the Financial Regulation and certified 
that the appropriations are available.

6.
GROUNDS
In establishing supplementary and amending budget No 2/1983, the budgetary 
authority did not accept all the Commission's requests for additional 
appropriations for Chapter 77 (Industry and the Internal Market). "In 
view of the limited resources for 1983, the Council considers that the 
other expenditure (including that in Chapter 77) proposed by the Commission 
in the preliminary draft should be covered, in case of duly justified need, 
by transfer of appropriations." Parliament adopted no amendment designed 
to reinstate the Commission's requests for Chapter 77. The Commission 
is therefore obliged to request a transfer to top up certain items 
in that chapter.
1 ■  I^ËQ!_ZZéi_i_Studies_proyided |or_in_goint_3_of_the_thi rd^aragragh 
2Î_A£ticle_46_of_the_ËÇSC_Trëaty
The current restructuring of the steel industry is subject to the aid code 
adopted by the Commission on 7 August 1981 (Decision No 2320/81 ECSC 
0J No L 228, 13 August 1981).
The Commission requires the following information to monitor the impact 
of the measures taken by steel firms and governments in the context 
of restructuring programmes:
- analysis of operating costs;
- financial results;
- depreciation;
- new investments and their mobility rates.
The Commission has to have this information to assess the competitiveness 
of firms (or specific plants owned by certain firms) in the light of 
capacity reductions and productivity gains expected from the steel 
policy.
The Commission also needs certain economic and social information to 
plan the next stages of its work on restructuring the steel industry.
Since the appropriations in Item 7762 were exhausted, the Commission 
requested an additional 1.5 million ECU in preliminary draft supplementary 
and amending budget No 2/1983. Since some activities can be held over 
to 1984, the immediate needs for this year amount to: 400 000 ECU.

7.
2. Item_7772 - logment_of_a_Communi^_strateg^_for_the_mach 2ne-tooI
industry
The machine-tool industry in the Community is experiencing problems because 
of the need to cope with technological change, such as the development 
of numerically-controlled machine tools, and reassert its international 
competitiveness, particularly vis-à-vis Japan, during a period of continuing 
recession marked by low investment in machine tools. If its important 
share in Community exports is to be maintained, a thorough analysis of 
the prospects for its development and adaptation must be undertaken as a 
matter of urgency.
After discussions with the European machine-tool industry, the Commission 
began to examine the prospects for this sector with a view to defining 
initiatives to support the industry's own attempts to adapt to technological 
progress and international competition. It soon became clear that a 
prerequisite for the preparation of a strategy for development and 
adaptation was a large-scale survey of the likely trend in demand for 
machine tools in the light of foreseeable technological change. The 
survey would also extend to producer-consumer relations and man-power 
training.
The fact that the industry has a high proportion of small and medium-sized 
firms which are favourably disposed to innovation and have decided to 
make an active contribution to the development of a Community strategy 
shows that the survey and the Commission's plans for the sector are 
soundly based.
Now that preparatory work has been completed, the Commission considers 
that, to cover immediate needs, a transfer should be made to Item 7772 
(which now has a token entry) of: 500 000 ECU

GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983 
SECTION III - COMMISSION - PART B8.
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 36/83 
(Non-compulsory expenditure)
FROM CHAPTER 51 - EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND - SPECIFIC 
COMMUNITY MEASURES
Article 510 - European Regional Development Fund - Specific 
Community measures
TO CHAPTER 50 EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND - 
COMMUNITY ACTION IN SUPPORT OF NATIONAL 
REGIONAL POLICIES
Article 500 - European Regional Development Fund -
Community measures in support of national 
regional policies
Appropriations remaining: 73 252 509 ECU
The Financial Controller approved this proposal on io November 1983 in 
accordance with Article 21(4) of the Financial Regulation and certified 
that the appropriations are available.

9.
GROUNDS
I. Situation in Chapter 50 (European Regional Development Fund,. 
Community action in support of national regional policies) 
(Quota section of the ERDF)
At 31 October 1983 utilization of Chapter 50 appropriations was as 
follows:
million ECU
Commitment
appropriationsPayment
appropriai i ons
Appropriations for 1983
Appropriations remaining 
or released1 909.50 
1 154.881 180.00 
1 97.95
Total available 2 064.38 1 277.95
Utilization at 31 October 646.49 640.13
Appropriations available 1 417.89 637.82
Prospects for utilization between now and the end of the year: 
applications for assistance being vetted with a view to a Commission 
decision between now and the end of the financial year are more than 
150 million ECU in excess of the appropriations still available. The 
situation does not, however, warrant an increase in payment 
appropriations.
II. On the basis of this estimate the Commission proposes the following 
t ransfer:
Transfer from Chapter 51 (European Regional Development Fund, Community 
action~in support of national regional policies) (Non-quota section of 
the ERDF to Chapter 50
Commitment appropriations: 73 252 509 ECU
1Of the five specific measures approved by the Council in October 1980 at 
an estimated total cost of 220 million ECU over five years, four led to the 
utilization of budget appropriations as from 1981 and one as from 1982. 
However, in accordance with the regulations in force, commitments are 
made in annual instalments as work on programmes approved by the Commission 
and implemented by the Member States progresses. Programme implementation 
has proved slower than originally expected, so much so that commitments 
against appropriations available in 1983 stood at 5 827 461 ECU at 31 October, 
a figure well below that for 1982 appropriations remaining available for
Regulations 2615 and 2619/80 of 7 October 1980, 0J L 271, 15.10.1980.

10.
1983. The Commission cannot be sure that it will exceed this figure by 
the end of the financial year and is anxious to avoid losing appropriations. 
It therefore requests the transfer of remaining 1982 appropriations 
(73 252 509 ECU) to Chapter 50, in accordance with Article 2(2)(b) of 
Regulation No 724/75 establishing the European Regional Development 
Fund, as amended by Regulation No 214/79,^which specifies that "resources 
which cannot be used in time" for non-quota section measures must be 
allocated to quota section measures.
This transfer means that if new non-quota commitments were to be 
implemented between now and the end of the year, they would be charged 
to this year's appropriations (100 500 000 ECU) which are still intact.
Ill.  Situation in Chapter 50 following transfer on the basis of the
situation at 31 October 1983
million ECU
Commitment
appropriations
Initial provision 1 909.50
Appropriations carried forward, 
remaining or released at 
31 October 154.88
Transferred to Chapter 51 73.25
Total 2 137.63
Utilization at 31 October 646.49
Available following transfer on the 
basis of utlization at 31 October 1 491.14
0J No L 36, 9.2.1979.