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GENERAL BUDGET
SECTION III-COMMISSION
TRANSFER OPAPPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN CHAPTERS
(Non-compulsory expenditure )
Transfer No35/78
From Chapter 1QO t
ToChapter 371EUA
Article 371 *
Item 3710 :Provisional appropriations
Expenditure intheindustrial and
transport sectors
Operations intheaerospace seotor
Technological research1000000
appropriations
forpayment
15000 000
appropriations
for commitment
Pursuant totheprovisions ofArticle 21(4)oftheFinancial Regulation ,the
Financial Controller hasapproved this proposal andattested theavailability
oftheappropriations at25October 1978 *

Reasons
(a)Legal andoperational aspects
Onthebasis oftheCouncil Statement of14March 1977 onindustrial policy
intheaeronautical sector ,theCommission ,on2August 1977 »sent the
Council adetailed proposal forafirst research programme (COM(77 )362of
26July 1977).Theprogramme proposed inthis document wasdrawn upin
thelight ofprogress following earlier proposals "bytheaerospace industry
andthelimited resources currently available totheindustry ;itcovers two
priorities -helicopter construction andairframe construction .
TheEconomic andSocial Committee delivered afavourable opinion onthe
Commission proposal on24November 1977 ,andtheEuropean Parliament on
17January 1978 .CREST submitted areport on20December 1977 after having
studied thepaper .Inthecourse ofthis examination thetotal appropriations
tobeallocated tothehelicopter andairframe programmes were reduced from
36.7 mEUAto28.5 mEUA (after theCommission hadreceived theprogrammes
inconjunction with theindustry andgovernment experts ,asrequested byCREST )
thetechnical assessment wasunanimously positive asregards thehelicopter
programme ,butsome delegations hadreservations ontheairframe programme .
TheCouncil 'sWorking Party onResearch ,which examined thedocument after
CREST (on25April 1978 ),closed itsdiscussion without having been able to
agree onasolution toputbefore theCouncil .Some delegations were in
favour ofboth programmes whilst others approved thehelicopter programme
above andothers again suggested taking aglobal decision with astaggered
implementing schedule .Themain reason forthehesitation over theairframe
programme wasuncertainty over theoutcome ofnegotiations then going on
between theindustry andthegovernments ofsome Member States onfuture
major aircraft programmes (Airbus ,JET ,BA146,etc.)andtheprospects of
intra-Community industrial cooperation .
Theairframe 'sprogramme istherefore tobere-examined inthelight of
changes intheindustry 'sprogrammes .Thehelicopter programme ,however ,
could beadopted without delay .
(b)Position asregards theBudget
With aview toimplementing the measures proposed inthefirst research
programme ,anon-differentiated appropriation of8mu.a .wasentered
inChapter 100oftheBudget forthe1977 financial yeax )asaresult
oftheintervention oftheEuropean Parliament .

AstheCounciltooknodecisiononthisfirstprogrammein1977y"the
appropriation of8mu.a.wastransferredfromChapter100toItem3710oftheBudget(Technologicalresearchintheaerospacesector),
andcarriedovertothe1978financialyear.
Atitsplenarypart-session of24and25October1977»"theEuropean
Parliamentagaindemonstrateditsinterestintheprogramme "byproposing
anamendment,namelytheentryinChapter100oftheBudgetfor1978of
differentiated appropriations specifically foraerospacetechnological
research,whichwouldsupplytheextraamountrequiredfortheresearch
programme .
Thetotalamountsrequiredforimplementing theresearchprogrammesinthefirst
twofieldsadoptedareasfollows:
Helicopters .14500000EUA
Airframes 13500000EUA
Total 28000000EUA
Appropriations availableforcommitmentin1978total23mEUA(8mEUA
carriedoverfromthe1977finanoialyeartoItem3710ofthe1978Budget,
pluB15mEUAenteredinChapter100ofthe1978Budget).
TheCommissionhasrequestedanentryinthe1979Budgetofanadditional
appropriation forcommitmentof5mEUA.
ACouncildecisionontheimplementation ofthatpartofthefirstprogramme
whichcovershelicoptersisexpected "bytheendof1978.
Ifadecisionistaken,thecontractsforthispartofthefirstprogramme
couldheconcludedwithinafewdaysafternotification ofthedecision;
thiswouldmeanthatanappropriation ofapproximately 14*5"lEUAmusthe
committed "beforetheendof1978.
TheCouncilmaytakeadecisionontheotherpartofthefirstprogramme
(airframes)in1979*
If14.5mEUAisto"becommittedin1978,thesumof6®5®EUA,"to"bedrawnfrom
theappropriation forcommitmentof15mEUAenteredinChapter100willhave
tobeaddedtothe8mEUA.

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Also,iftheairframepartoftheprogrammeistobeimplemented,arrangements
musthemadetocarryovertothe1979financialyearthebalanceofappropriations
notusedin1978.However,inviewoftheuncertainlegalpositionasregardB
thepossibilityofcarryingforwardsumsinChapter100,appropriations
enteredinChapter100ofthe1978Budgetmaynotbecarriedovertothe
1979BudgetunlesstheyhavefirstbeentransferredtotherelevantBudget
headinginthe1978financialyear.
Consequently ,inordertoavoidcancellation ofallorapartofthe
appropriation forcommitmentof15nEUA,andofthe1mEUAappropriation
forcommitmentof1mEUAenteredinChapter100forresearchintheaerospace
sector,theCommissionrequeststhatthisapplicationforthetransferof
appropriations beexaminedasearlyaspossiblesothatitmaybeapproved
bytheBudgetaryAuthoritybeforetheendofthe1978financialyear,and
theappropriations notusedin1978maythenbecarriedoverto1979*
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Positionasregardsappropriations inChapter100at
24October1978
mEUA
Total
appropriations
forcommitmentsTotal
appropriations
forpayments
1.Totalallocation 56393800 39225300
2.Appropriations alreadytransferred totha
relevantBudgetheadings 1622000 1488500
3.Appropriations inrespectofwhichthetransfer i
decisionispendingbeforetheBudgetaryAuthorityj
!6379I
i
100 |
. I6379100
4.Appropriations remaininginGhapter100 48392700 31357700
Including !
I
Title1 2079500 2079500
Article210andItem2353(administration ) 614000 614000
Article282–EuropeanCommunities *Institutefor
EconomicAnalysisandResearch 3050000 3050000
Article289–Europeanschools(supplementary
budgetsforthe1978financialyear)1082000 1082000
Item3201–Jointprojectsinprospectingfor
hydrocarbons 150(30000 5000000
Item335'-Fusionandplasmaphysies
(includingtheJETproject) I8029200 15000000
Item3358–Irradiatedfuelreprocessing 1000000 1000000
Item3359–Phasing-outofnuclearinstallations j500000 500000
Item3371–Implementation ofcoordinated
projects 38000 32200
Item3710–Operationsintheaerospacesector«•
technological research 15000000 1000000
Article390-Researchprojectsinthefieldof
technologyandindustry 2000000 -2000000
I48392700
■inriii–1i–nii–_i^w_ijmL.u–i_u_31357700