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GENERAL BUDGET FORTHE FINANCIAL YEAR 1979
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GENERALBUDGETFORTHEFIFAJJCIALTEAR1979
SECTIONIIIICOMMISSION
TRANSFEROPAPPROPRIATIONS No25/79
(Compulsoryexpendituretonon-compulsory expenditure)
EUA
1978approps
forcommitment
stillavailable1978approps
forpayment
carriedover
PromChapter96:Cooperation with
non-membercountries
Article965!Financialcooperation
withtheMaghreb
countries •
Item9650s Financialcooperation
withAlgeria 1000000 1000000
ToChapter95sExceptional measures
toassistdeveloping
countriesandother
non-membercountriesappropriations carriedover
Article950*Communityaidto
disastervictimsin
developingcountries
Andothernon-member
countries 1000000
TheFinancialControllerhasapprovedthisproposal,attestingthatthe
appropriations areavailableat11September1979*

REASONS
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1#HurricaneDavid,on©oftheworsthurricanesofthecenturyhag
causedgreatdamagein"theCaribbean*Ithasteenfollowedbyanother
one,HurricaneFrederick,whichwaslessviolentbuthasalsocaused
seriousdamage*
Inmanycountriesintheregion,largeareasof"banana,sugarand.
coffeeplantationshavebeendestroyed,electricitysupplyplant
knockedout,roadscut,anddwellingsandservicesandfacilitiessuch
ashospitals,portsandsoonhavebeendestroyedorverybadly
damaged*
InDominica,outofatotalpopulationof81000,60000arehomeless;
thecapital,Roseau,hasbeenlargelydestroyed.IntheDominican
Republic,1600peoplehavebeenkilledand120000arehomeless.
InHaiti,nearly300dwellingshavebeendestroyedordamaged.The
costisstillbeingcountedofdamageintheDutchWestIndies
(St.Martin,St.Eustache,Saba)andincertainBritishoverseas
territories(Montserrat,AnguillaandtheVirginIslands).
2.TheCommissionhasalreadydecidedtosendemergencyaidto
Dominica,anACP(African,Caribbean,Pacific)country,fromthe
EuropeanDevelopmentFund(EDF),andtotheoverseasdepartments (ODs)
unierArticle590oftheBudget(Aidtodisastervictimsinthe
Community).
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3.ToenabletheCommunitytomakearealgestureofsolidarity
towardsallthecountrieshit"bythedisaster,theCommission
proposesthatemergencyaidshouldalsohesenttothecountries
whichareneitherACPcountriesnoroverseasdepartments,thatis
tosay,totheDominicanRepublicandtotheBritishand
Fetherlandsoverseascountriesandterritories (OCTs)•
Todoso,anappropriation of1millionEUAmustbetransferredto
Article950oftheBudget(Communityaidtodisastervictimsin
developingcountriesandothernoiwnembercountries).The
allocationforthisArticlewhichhaslongsincebeenusedup,and
twotransfershavealreadybeenmadetoitforthepurposesof
Communityemergencyrelief.
4*ThefundsneededareavailableunderItem9°50oftheBudget
(FinancialcooperationwithAlgeria)*Theycannotbeusedfortheir
originalpurpose,owingtothelateratification oftheprotocoland
delaysinpreparingandcarryingoutspecificprojects.Astheseare
differentiated appropriations enteredinthe1978Budget,theywould
lapseattheendofthefinancialyear1979if"theywerenotusedby
then.