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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(77)552 final
GENERALBUDGET 1977 Brussels,8November
SECTIONIII-COMMISSION
TRANSFER OPAPPROPRIATIONS BETWEENCHAPTERS
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GENERALBUDGET1977
SECTIONIII-COMMISSION
PROPOSALFORTHETRANSFEROFAPPROPRIATIONS BETWEENCHAPTERS
(ProposalNoIIl/77/lO)
PromChapter101-Contingencyreserve 22000ιι·&·
toChapter29-Subsidiesandfinancialcontributions
Artide298-EEXJcontribution toadministrative
expenditure connectedwith
international agreements
Item2980 Implementation ofthe1971
International WheatAgreement 14000u.a.
Article299-Othersubsidies 6000U*&a
JUSTIFICATION
1.Article298-Item2980
Anappropriation of202000u.a.isenteredunderItem2980oftheCommission
Budgetfor1977"tocovertheCommunity'scontribution totheadministrative
expenditureoftheInternational WheatOfficewhosefinancialyearrunsfrom
1Julyto30June.
InJanuarytheCommissionpaid94980u.a.asitsbudgetarycontribution forthe
secondhalfofthe1976-77financialyear(lJanuaryto30June).
TheamountremainingunderItem2980afterthispaymentwas106020u.a.
InJunetheCommissionwasinvitedtopayitsshareofthefirsttrancheof
the1977-78budget,i.e.£49703,i.e.120000u.a.Theshortfallofappropriations
istherefore14000u.a.inround,figures.
ItshouldbeborneinmindthatitisnotusuallyuntilOctober,i.e.,whenthe j
budgetaryprocedureiswellunderway,thatdetailsoftheInternational WheatOffice
budgetareknown.Asaresult,theappropriations enteredintheCommission
Budgetareapproximate andbasedoninformationobtainedfromthisbody.The
Community^contribution alsodependsonthenumberofvotesitobtainsonthe
International WheatCouncil;thismayvaryaccordingtothenumberofimporting
andexportingcountrieswhicharepartytotheInternational Agreementinquestion.!

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Underthesecircumstances ,itisverydifficulttomaxeaccurateestimates
andin1975and-1976itwasalreadynecessarytoincreaseappropriations bymeans
oftransfer#
2.Article299
Between1974and197°"theCommissiongranted50000u.a.in
operatingsubsidytotheChoirsoftheEuropeanCommunities .
AtthistimetheCommissionconsidereditnecessarytoprovide
substantialaidtotheChoirsinordei*toplacethemona
firmerfootingandenhancetheimageoftheEuropeanCommunity.
From1977onwardsitconsideredthatthiseffortshouldbe
reduced,especiallyinviewoftheincreaseddemandsfor
subsidies.Sincethebudgetaryallocationforthisyearwas
merelyacarry-overofthefundsavailablein1976,the
Commission hasmadeaninternalredistribution whichmadeit
impossibletoallocatemorethan25000u.a.insubsidytothe
Choirs.
ThisreductionisnowmakingitverydifficultfortheChoirs
tocontinuetheiractivities .TheCommission hasbeen
apprisedofthesituationandthematterwasbroughtbefore
C0REPERattheirmeetingof20April1977•
Foritspart,theCommissionhasendeavouredtoincreasethe
subsidybymakingtransferswithinChapter29andhas,inthe
end,beenabletomake28000u.a.availabletotheChoirs.
Inordertoraisethissubsidyin1977to36000u.a.,which
istheminimumamountonwhichtheChoirscanoperate
satisfactorily ,theCommissionrequeststheBudgetary
Authoritytoapproveatransferof8000u.a.fromChapter101
toArticle299ofChapter29#