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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1981
SECTION III -COMMISSIONCOM(81)523 final
Brussels .14th September 1981
TRANSFER OFAPPROPRIATIONS No24/81
(non-compulsory expenditure )
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GENERALBUDGETPOR1981
SECTIONIII-COMMISSION
TRANSFEROFAPPROPRIATIONS No24/81
(Non-compulsory expenditure)
ECU
Commitment
appropriationsPayment
appropriations
1.TRANSFERFROM:-1 'α
CHAPTER-EXPENDITURE ONRESEARCH AITO .."
-INVESTMENT
»-·.
.Article335–Indirectaction–rav;materials
Item335O~Secondaryrawmaterials(recyclingof
urbanandindustrialwaste)
APPROPRIATIONS CARRIEDOVERAUTOMATICALLY
Article33o–Indirectandconcertedaction–
qualityoflife ■--259.000
1Iten3368–Biologyandhealthprotection–
radiationprotection
TOTAL --362000 --362000
-362000-621000
2.TRANSFERTO: --
CKΑΡΓΏìV-EXPENDITURE ONRESEARCHAND
,INVESIKENT
,Article334Indirectaction–Eneren
Item3347–Implementation oftheCouncil
Resolutionof22July1975on _
technological problemsofnuclear
,„'safety-codesandstandardsfor
fast-hreeder reactors
.APPROPRIATIONS CARRIEDOVERAUTOMATICALLY
Article336–Indiroctandconcertedaction–.
-qualityof.lifet♦200.000
■Item3363–Grov/thoflargeurbanconcertations ·
.APPROPRIATIONS CARRIEDOVERAUTOMATIC-ALLY/'
Article338–Indirectaction–Horizontal
activities'
+59.000
Item3380–Long-termforecasting andassessment .+362000 .+362000
TOTAL +362000 +621000_
TheFinancialControllerapprovedthisproposalon03.09.1981inaccordancewithArticles2l(4)»930-)and.94(l)oftheFinancialRegulationandcertifiedthatthe
appropriations areavailable. .,

GROUNDS
Thepaymentappropriations forindirectactioninthe1981draft"budget
sufferedanoverallcutof34millionECUduringthe"budgetprocedure.
Asfaraspossible,thiswasevenlyspreadoveralltherelevant "budget
itemc.
Itnowappearsthat,whilesomeitemshavesurplusappropriations ,others
arenota"bletomeettheirlegalobligations.
Althoughitisnotnecessarytoaskforextraappropriations ,thesituation
doesrequirearedistribution ofappropriations amongtheindirectaction
itemsinChapter33.
Article94(1)oftheFinancialRegulationlaysdownthatthesetransfers
fromitemtoitemmust"beapproved "byParliamentafterconsultation with
theCouncilasprovided "bythethirdsubparagraph ofArticle21(2)ofthe.
FinancialRegulation.
Theitemsinvolvedarethefollowing:
(i)Item3347(implementation oftheCouncilResolutiononnuclearsafety–codesandstandards)
'The1981"budgetincludedpaymentappropriations of103100ECU
underthisitemfor^thesettlementofinvoicesinrespectofstudy
contracts.Therewasalsoacarryoverof145690SCU,makingatotalof248790ECU.
Theinvoicosforthethirteencontractsconcludedin1980amountto
some200000ECU,andthetwentycontractsmadeinI98Iwillcost
240000ECU–atotalrequirement of440000ECU.
Thisitemthereforerequiresafurther200000ECUinpayment
appropriations .
(ii)Item3350(Secondaryrawmaterials)
Thisitemhasacarryoverof2.2millionECUfrom1980.Following
consideration ofthetendersreceivedafteraninvitation wasissued
inKay1980,negotiations oncontractsdidnot"beginuntil
OctoberI98O,socausingadelayinpayments.
Itisthereforepossibletotransfer200000ECUofthepayment
appropriations carriedoverfromthisitem-toItem3347(implementation
oftheCouncilResolutiononnuclearsafety–codesandstandards).
(iii)Item3363(Growthoflargeurbanconcentrations )
Thisactivity,whichfinishedinFebruary1980,hadacarryoverfrom
1979I98Oof59000ECUinpaymentappropriations .Thelast
contractorsubmittedhisfinalinvoicesaftertheendof1980,when
theappropriations couldnolongerbeused,sotheCommissionhasto
obtain59000ECUinpaymentappropriations tomeetitscommitments.
ThismcybeobtainedfromthecarryoveratItem3350(Secondaryraw
materials).

(iv;?3?0"(Long-termforecasting andassessment)
Thamajorityofthesecontractsmust"beconcluded "beforetheendof
1.931sothattheresultscan"beevaluatedandextensionofthe
programmediscussedbeforetheterminaldatesofJuly1983...
'Therearenineresearchcontractsandsixmorelimitedstudy
contractsrequiringatotalof887000ECUincommitmentappropriations
and665000ECUinpaymentappropriations .
TheI98Iappropriations forthisitemamountto750000ECUin
.w/jpropriations for"bothcommitmentandpayment.Commitmentsalreadymadeandpayments "beingeffectedmean,thatafurther362000ECU
•inappropriations for"bothcommitmentandpaymentisrequired. .;/
(v)Itom.3368(Biologyandhealthprotection)?
TheI98I"budgetincludedconsiderable appropriations forthisitem
"(l8.2millionECUincommitmentappropriations and10.9millionECU
inpaymentappropriations ). ' •
Itisthereforeproposedthat362000ECU(inappropriations for"both
commitmentandpayment)"betransferredfromItem3368(Biologyandhealth
protection)toItem3380(Lon^-termforecastingandassessment).