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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)137final
Brussels,23March1982
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SecondreportfromtheCommissiontotheCouncilontheimplementation of
CouncilRegulation (EEC)Ho2744/SOof27October1980establishing sup­
plementarymeasuresinfavouroftheUnitedKingdom
COM(82)137final

Secondreportfrom"theCommissiontotheCouncilontheimplementation
I
ofCouncilRegulation (W,C)No2744/80of27October1980establishing
supplementary measuresinfavouroftheUnitedKingdom
Introduction
1.Thefirstreportontheimplementation oftheregulationestablishing
supplementary measuresinfavouroftheUnitedKingdom,whichcovered
theperiodfrom1November1980to30April1981,waspresentedorally
tothreeofParliament *scommittees:Budgets(12May1981),Regional
PolicyandRegionalPlanning(13May1981),andBudgetaryControl
(2October1981).Adocumentsettingoutthecontentsoftheoral
reportwasalsosenttothesecommittees^\
2.PursuanttoArticle10oftheRegulation,asecondreportcoveringthe
periodfrom1Mayto31October1981shouldhavebeenpresentedto
thesesamecommitteesinNovemberI98I-However,sincenofurther
Decisionsweretakenduringthaiperiod^theCommissionthoughtit
preferabletowaitfortheDssisiorsoftheend,of1981beforedrawing
upthisreport,whichthuscoverstheperiodfrom1Mayto31December1931,
Implementation ofthespecialprogrammes
3.UndertheDecisionsadoptedinBeeesfber1980©j>.dinJanuaryandMarch1981?
880,C2MioEC?Je-erndttsdforspecialprograaaesirtsevenregions:
(1)SEC(8l)1140of15JvXy
cGcidr^ss:ìn.O'VIEUPBn,?,scU*-

Scotland ,kales ,Horth .west v£EL^iawl ,* of* a^c.fSouth ticst ct
(ÏEtiglswid ,Yorkbiiire and ifc.foersida ,andJbrthfu-n I-rsI&aa *'•.
4.TheCommission hasthree means ofestablishing that thesub-programmes
assisted arecorrectly implemented :
–theofficial statement bytheGovernment oftheUnited Kingdom that
theamount already paid (90$of880.62 MioECU -792.558 MioEOT)^has
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--been exhausted (Ar(ttfcle 5(3)oftheRegulation );
-verifications andon-the-spot inspections byCommission officials ;
–theprogress report submitted each year bytheUnited Kingdom tothe
Commission (Article 6(2)oftheRegulation ).
4.1 •Official statement that the amount paid hasbeen exhausted
Itwascertified on24June 1981 that the$0%payment wasexhausted ,but
after anumber ofverifications some corrections were made .However ,for
certain sub-programmes ,there were large differences between theamounts
ofinvestment planned andtheexpenditure actually carried out .
4.2 .Verifications and on-the-spot inspections
Commission Services made several inspection visits inJuly ,September and
November 1981 tomonitor theuseofthefunds granted andtheimplementation
ofthespecial programmes .Theinspections concentrated ontheroads
sub-programme andtheadvance factories sub–programme under thespecial ,
programme ?forScotland ,andthewater andsewerage sub-programme andthe
telecommunications sub-programme under thespecial programme' forNorth
West England .They revealed large discrepancies ,foronecategory of
investment ,between theexpenditure actually incurred andtheexpenditure
.originally certified .Atthesame time ,they provided anopportunity to
* « . , . ... ·. . .
clear upcertain point *ofaccounting which ,will facilitate future /
inspections .
(1)Seeparagraphs 5»6and11,andtheAnnex tothefirst report
(SEC(81 )1140 ,p.2).
(2)Seeparagraph 12ofthefirst report (SEC(81 )1140 ,p.5)*

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4.3.Annualreport "bytheUnitedKingdom
TheannualreportwassenttotheCommissionon16October1981.It
enabledthefiguresforactualexpenditureto"bechecked,andprovided
detailsaboutprogressmadeincarryingoutinvestments tinderthe
specialprogrammes.
Theannualreportalsocontainsupdatedfiguresoninvestments and
expenditureforthefinancialyear1981/82.Theimplementation ofthe
Regulationin1982willbebasedonthesefigure's.
Paymentofthebalanceof10%forDecisionstakenbefore30April1981
5.OnthebasisoftheofficialstatementbytheUnitedKingdomGovernment,
furtherinformationsentbytheUKauthorities andthefindingsof
verifications andinspections,the10%balancewaspaidfor30
sub–programmescoveredbytheDecisionstakenbefore30April1981.
However,thepaymentofthe10%balancehasbeensuspendedforthree
sub-programmes ,pendingfurtherinformation fromtheUKauthorities.
ThesituationregardingpaymentsinrespectoftheDecisionstakenbefore
30April1981isasfollows:
–Totalcommitments 880.620MioECU
–Advancesof$0%paidinDecember1980
Non-application ofthefinancialmechanism
6.SincetheconditionsoftheCouncilRegulationsettingupafinancial
mechanism^^werenotfullymet–Advances 01yuyopaiainIK
andJanuaryandMarca1981 792.558MioECU
–10%balances
–PaidinJulyandSeptember1981
–Balancestill.outstanding88.062MioECU
81.749MioECU
6.313MioECU
themechanismwasnotappliedin1981.
(1)OJL131,20.5.1976.p.7;OJL284,29.IO.i98O,p.1.

EisUxätea e-occ^ö.inglyr©imourc,si r.haacis.: ■-.:,|,'Xuv».
hadre–jiv.-iinJanuary19o1.Consequentiy,theor-r:
469Mxc.ECIJ -initiflljearmarkedforpaymentsunder &~<h&ixm
wasallocatedtothesupplementary measuresinfar^c-:-l'-..h;vvJitlKingdom,
pursuanttotbsCouncilconclusionsof30May1980the.TXu^iedkingdom
contribution tothefinancingoftheCommunitybudget
BudgetaryamountsaraileToleinDecember1931
7.Inordertocomplywiththeagreementreachedfen30?la.y198O.theCommission
haultocommitalltheappropriations availableforthesupplementary
measuresbytheendof1981.Theappropriations amountedto?
–balanceonappropriations enteredinChapter53
ofthe1981Budget:' 87.964MioECU
–transferofamountsnotusedusderfinancial
mechanism 469*000MioECU
556.964MioECU
DecisionstakeninDecember 1981
8.TheCommissionhadatitsdisposalfortheuseoftheseavailableappropri­
ationsthespecialroadinvestmentprogrammecoveringthewholecountry,
whichistoimprovecommunications betweentheregionsandbetweenthe
UnitedKingdomandtheContinent.Thisistheeighthspecialprogramme,
forwhichnoassistancehadhithertobeengrantedunderthesupplementary
measures.Additionalgrantscouldalso"bemadetothesevenregional
specialprogrammesthathadalreadyreceivedassistanceunderthesupple–
mentary (Decisionstaken"before30April1981).
9.Inview0.theamountstobedistributed andoftheprovisionsinthe
RegulationlimitingtheamountoftheCommunity *scontribution toasingle
sub–programme,'andinordertogiveequaltreatmenttosimilarsub-programmes
indifferentregions(exceptNorthernIreland),theCommissiontooktwo
Decisions:
(1)ojc158,27.6.1980,p.1.

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–aDecisionamendingandsupplementing alltheearlierdecisions,
entailingafurthercommitmentof375*503MioECU;
-aDecisiontocommit181.461MioECUtothespecialroadinvestment
programme.
WiththesetwoDecisions,theentireamountofappropriations available
inthe1981Budgetforsupplementary measuresinrespectof1980was
committed.Thetextshave"beenpublishedintheOfficialJournalof
theEuropeanCommunities^^.
10.SummaryTableIattachedtothisreportshowsthechronological and
regionalbreakdownofjJ^eamountscommittedinDecember1980andin
January,MarchandDecember1981.SummaryTableIIshowsthebreakdown
ofappropriations betweenthespecialprogrammesandsub-programmes ,
andtheratesofassistancegranted.
PaymentsmadeinDecember1981
11.SincetheamountscommittedinDecember1981relatetoexpenditure
incurredbytheUKauthoritiesonInvestmentprogrammesduringthe1980/81
financialyear,theinvestments hadbeenmadeandtheoutlaymetwhenthe
Decisionsweretaken,asattestedintheannualreportcpimplementation
submittedtotheCommissioninOctober1981.
Theentireamountcommittedmightthereforehavebeeenpaid.However,
fortherailwayssub–programmes ,theCommissionconsideredthatthe
informationsuppliedwasnotyetcomplete.Itthereforedecidedtohold
back10$oftheamountsallocatedtothesesub-programmes .Consequently ,
outofthetotalof556.964MioECU,anamountof548.276MioECUwaspaid
inDecember1981andabalanceof15.0MioECUheldover.
(1)Decisionsïïo.81/IO69/EECand81/1070/EEC,0JL391of31.12.1981,
P.29-42.

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Summarystatementofpaymentsmadein1980and1931
12.Paymentsmade:
–December1980:
–January1981:
-March1981:
–July1981s
–September1981:
–December1981:174.150MioECU
110.430MioECU
507.978MioECU
51.199MioECU
30.550MioECU
548.276MioECU
Totalpaymentsmade
in198Oand1981s 1422.583MioECU
1437.584MioECU Totalcommitments :
Balanceheldover 15.001MioECU
TheadhocCommittee
13.TheCommitteemeton10December1981.Itconsideredtheannualreport
ontheimplementation oftheinvestmentprogrammes aridunanimously
approvedtheDecisionamendingandsupplementing theearlierDecisions.
However,noopinionwasdeliveredonthedraftDecision 029.thegrantof
assistancetothespecialroadinvestmentprogramme,sinceaqualified
majorityfororagainstcouldnotbeobtained.
Applicationforadvancesin1981
14.InOctober1981,asattheendof1980,theUnitedKingdomaskedfor
expeditedimplementation ofthesupplementary measurespursuantto
Article5ofthe'Regulation.Followingthisrequest,theCommission
proposedthattheCouncilshouldauthoriseanadvanceof150MioECUto
theUnitedI:\ngdom.TheCouncildidnottakeanydecision.TheCommission
couldnotthereforetakeadecisiononthisadvance.TheCommissionwill
beaskingthebudgetaryauthoritytocarryoverthecorresponding
appropriation tothe1982budget.

ANNEX
Table I
Supplementary measures infavour oftheUnited Kingdom
Financial contributions allocated in1980 and1981 inrespect ofpayments
bytheUnited Kingdom authorities forthefinancial year 4April I98O to31March 1981
MioECU
Wales North West North Scotland South
WestYorkshire &
HumbersideNorthern
IrelandRoad
InvestmentTotal
Bec .I98O 92.100 101.400- - - - - - 193.500
Jan .1981 58.400 64.300- - - - 122.700
March I98I- - 106.490 159.540 28.140 144.580 125.670- 564.420
Dec .1981 56.698 77.544 39.136 73.459 13.173 75.213 40.280 181.461 556,964
Total 207.198 243.244 '
!145.626 232.999 41.313 219.793 165.950 181.461 1437.584

Supplementary measures infavour oftheUnited Kingdom AMEX
Table II
Commitments made in1980 and1981*: "breakdown bysub–programmes
MioECU
Sub-programme s North of
England
«North West
ofEnglandSouth West
ofEnglandYorkshire
&
HumbersideScotland Wales%of
public
expendi -
tureNorthern
Ireland%of
public
expend .
(N.Irel .)Road
Invest -
ment Total J
f
Roads ' 30.350
(16.55 )48.692
(28.36 )- 17.199
(9.38 )66.955
(42.44 )73.484
(43.87 )50
(30)46.463
(31.12 )60
(40)-I
283.143
(17Î.72 )
Railways 17.658
(20.42 )30.499
(21.40 )6.714
(3.31 )35.961
(24.83 )44.238
(32.01 )12.842
(10.70 )50
(30)2.097
(1.40 )60
(40)- 150 .009
(114.07 )
Water and
sewerage36.917
(34.76 )43.876
(27.83 )9.767
(10.48 )41.552
(39.18- 16.533
(16.58 )30 19.939
(18.98 )40
(16S.584
(147.81 )
Advance
factories- 1.569
(1.43 )- - 13.133
(11.29 )22.294
(25.32 )20 4.672
(4.64 )20- 41.668
(42*68 )
Land
reclamation- - em - 6.585
(6.59 )- 20 0.441
(0.37 )20– 7.026
(6.96 )
Telecommuni­
cations60.701
(34.76 )118.608
(86.68 )24.832
(14.35 )125.081
(71.19 )102.088
(67.21 )82.045
(54,03 )50
(30)59.597
(36.05 ï60
(40)– 572*952
(364*2 ?)
Housing
Special road
investment
programme-m»
- - - 59.2232.741
(33.11 )20
181.46132.741
(33-11 )
181.461
Total 145.626
(106.49 )243.244
(165.70 )41.313
(28,14 )219.793
(144.58 )232.999
(159.54 )207.198
:150.50 )165.950
:125.67 )181.461 1437 «58 .
(880.62 -
Newcommitments inDecember 1981 : 556-964
Thefigures inbrackets show commitments made inDecember I98O andJanuary andMarch 1981 .These areincluded in
the total commitments shown .