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GENERAL BUEGET -FINANCIAL YEAR 1931
SECTION III '-COMMISSION .
TRANSFER OPAPPROPRIATIONS No16/81
(non-compulsory expenditure )
FRCK CHAPTER 100 -PROVISI ONAL APPROPRI ATIONS
TO CHAPTER 37 -EXPENDITURE INTEE INDUSTRIAL AND TRANSPORT
SECTORS
Article 374 -Technical rules inrespect ofindustrial
products
Item 3740 -Safety ofcar occupants
660 000 ECU
TheFinancial .Controller approved this proposal on25Kay 1981 in
accordance with Article 21(4 )of -theFinancial Regulation andcertified
that appropriations are available .

TheaimoftheCommunity programme ,launched in1978 tistoestablish basic
scientific criteria anddata inbiomechanics (i.e. thestudy ofthe
resistance ofthehuman "body tothe stresses transmitted byvehicle
structures asaresult ofroad accidents ),which 'will beused toevolve
technical specifications tobeincorporated into future Community provisions
under EECtype-approval ofmotor vehicles .Oneoftherequirements forthe
newapproval will becomprehensive tests offrontal andlateral impact using
atest dummy inorder toevaluate thedegree ofprotection afforded bynew
cars .Thenewrules vri.ll thus increase thepassive safety ofmotor vehicles ,.
and this should diminish the risks ofdeath orserious injury forthe occupant
andforpedestrians andother road users .Itwill also make theCommunity
industry "more competitive onthose market where such regulations will be
inforce (l)SA ,Japan andCanada ).
• - . \
Int"heopinion ofthegroup ofexperts assigned toassist theCommission
in'the scientific assessment ofthework done bythecontracting parties •
concerned jthestudies made during ,thefirst three stages oftheresearch
programme proper (which will becompleted attheendof1981 )have produced
very satisfactory results andmeet theobjectives indicated inthevarious
contracts .Theconclusion -oftheprogramme can'therefore beenvisaged .This
isconstituted bythefourth andlast "stage ,which should becompleted for
theendof1982 .Thepurpose isfirst totest thedummies developed by
means ofaprogramme oftrials for comparing the performance ofdifferent
prototypes andthen tomake asynopsis andoverall critical appraisal ofall
thework done during three stages ofoperational research prior tothe
dummy-comparison programme . .
The laboratories with which itisplanned toconclude contracts for stage
four have already been engaged intheresearch during the previous stages .
«·
For thedummy-comparison programme they are :
-Kederlandse Organisatie .vanToegepast natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek
(IW-TNO ),Delft ,Nethêrlands ;

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_Bundesanstalt furStrassenv /escn (3A£T ),Cologne ,Qermany ;
-Organisme National delaSécurité routière (OHSER ),Arcueil ,France ;
-Motor Industry Research Association (MIRA ),Nuneaton ,United Kingdom ;
-Groupement d'Intérêt Economique deRecherche etd'Etudes PSA-REÎiAULT
(CIE RE.PSA-RENAULT ),LaGarenne-Colombes ,France .
Twocontracts will beconcluded for the synopsis andoverall critical
appraisal ,onewith MrAldman oftheChalmers University ofTechnology
and the other with ONSER .
Forstage four (1981),theappropriations should bedivided asfollows :
(l)Comparisons ofdummies tobeused inlateral -
impact . - 495 000 1ECU
(2)Synopsis andcritical appraisal ofallthe
work under the programme 165 000 ECU
. Total 660 000 ECU
The Community contribution tothetotal cost ofthe studies isroughly 40>.
Thetechnical coordination ofthe dummy-comparison trials and the synopsis
ofthe work will befinanced entirely bythe Community .
The,Commission accordingly requests the budgetary authority toauthorize
thetransfer toArticle 374 ofthe 1981 budget ofpart ofthe sumentered
forthis heading inChapter 100 (point 20ofthe remarks ).

C-ROUÏTDS
TheaimoftheCommunity programme ,launched in197° > establish "basic
scientific criteria anddata in'biomechanics (i.e. thestudy ofthe
resistance ofthehuman "body tothe stresses transmitted "byvehicle
structures asaresult ofroad accidents ),which 'will "beused toevolve
technical specifications to "beincorporated into future Community provisions
under SECtype-approval ofnotorvehicles .Oneoftherequirements forthe
newapproval will "becomprehensive tests offrontal andlateral impact using
atest dummy inorder toevaluate thedecree ofprotection afforded bynew
cars .Thenew rules will thus increase thepassive safety of .motor vehicles , .
andthis should diminish the risks ofdeath orserious injury forthe occupant
>
andforpedestrians andother road users .Itwill also make theCommunity
industry more competitive onthose markets ^where -such regulations will be
inforce (l)SA ,Japan andCanada ).
• - . \
In"theopinion ofthegroup ofexperts assigned toassist theCommission
in'the scientific assessment ofthework ,done bythecontracting parties -
concerned ^thestudies made during thefirst three stages oftheresearch
programme proper (which will becompleted attheendof19S1 )have produced
very satisfactory results andmeet theobjectives indicated inthevarious
contracts .The conclusion oftheprogramme can .therefore beenvisaged .This
isconstituted bythefourth andlast ,stage ,which -should becompleted for
theendofT982 .Thepurpose isfirst totest thedummies developed by
means ofaprogramme oftrials forcomparing theperformance ofdifferent
prototypes andthen tomake asynopsis andoverall critical appraisal ofall
0
thework done during three stages ofoperational research prior tothe
dummy-comparison programme . .
The laboratories with which itisplanned toconclude contracts for stage
four have already "been engaged inthe research during the previous stages .
For thedummy-comparison programme they are :
–Nederlandse Organisatie .vanToegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek
(IW-TNO ),Delft .Uetherlands ;

-2-
-Bundesanstalt fürStrassemvcccn (3A£T ),Cologne ,Oennany ;
-Organisme National delaSécurité routière (OÏTSER ),Arcueil ,France ;
-,Motor Industry Research Association (MIRA),ÏTuneaton ,United Kingdcir .;
-Groupement ,d*Intérêt Economique deRecherche etd'Etudes PSA-RE17AULT
(CIE RE.PSA-REÏTAULT ),LaGarenne-Col ombe s,France .
Twocontracts will "beconcluded for the synopsis andoverall critical
appraisal ,onewith MrAldraan oftheChalmers University ofTechnology
and the other with ONSER .
Forctage four (1981),theappropriations should bedivided asfolloi-js :
♦
(l)Comparisons ofdummies toheused inlateral -
impact  495 000 vECU
(2)Synopsis andcritical appraisal ofallthe
work under the programme 1o5 000 ECU
Total 660 000 ECU
The Community contribution tothetotal cost ofthe studies isroughly 4-07"
'Thetechnical coordination ofthe dummy-comparison trials andthe synopsis
ofthe work will befinanced entirely bythe Community .'
The Commission accordingly requests thebudgetary authority toauthorize
thetransfer toArticle 374ofthe 1981 budget ofpart ofthe sumentered
forthis heading inChapter 100 (point 20ofthe remarks ).

APPROPRIATIONS INCHAPTER' 100 AT 21MAY 1981
Total appropriations
for commitmentsTotal appropriations j
for payments j
1.Total appropri .itions 407 079 000 ' ■369 019 000 :
2.Appropriations transferred 6 ,686 .000I
6636 000 !
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.3.Appropriations
transferredbeing
12320 000Ì
i
i7260000 I
j
4-Appropriations
inChapter 100remaining
388' 073 000 355073000 ■ j
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