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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
GENERAL BUDGET -FINANCIAL YEAR 1980 COM(80)584 final
SECTION III -COMMISSION
Brussels .7th October 1980
TRANSFER OFAPPROPRIATIONS No12/80
(non-compulsory expenditure )
C0M(80 )584 final

GENERALBUDGET-FINANCIALYEAR1980
SECTIONIII-COMMISSION
TRANSFEROFAPPROPRIATIONS No12/80
(Non-compulsoryexpenditure)
EUA EUA
FromChapter100-Provisionalappropriations 1500000
ToChapter21–Expenditurerelatingtothe
Datst-Processing Centre
Article210–OperationsattheData-Processing
Centre
Article211–Operationsoutsidethe
Data-Processing Centre338000
1162000
TheFinancialControllerapprovedthisproposalon24September1980and
certifiedthattheappropriations areavailable.

APPROPRIATIONS INCHAPTER100ON19SEPTEMBER1980
EUA
Total
appropriations
forcommitmentsTotal
appropriations
forpayments
1.Totalappropriations 75093900 51693900
2.Appropriations being
transferred 1709000 1709000
3.Appropriations remaining
inChapter100 73384900 49984900

GROUNDS
Over thelast four years theuseofcomputers has extended toagrowing
number ofareas ofactivity .Thereason for this unexpectedly rapid
extension isthat theCommission 'stasks have increased anddeveloped
andthis hasmeant that management methods have had toberationalized
inmany different areas ofactivity .
Allthis hashappened while theIBMcomputer "waBbeing replaced with
anICLmachine .Thepriority task for the staff was therefore to
convert theexisting programmes ,andtheconversion andmanagement of
these programmes also absorbed thebulk ofavailable appropriations .
The serious shortage ofcomputer staff ,repeatedly highlighted bythe
Commission ,which .hasscarcely allowed newapplications ,however urgent ,
tobeimplemented ,hascaused considerable d.elays intheperformance of
extremely important tasks ,forexample ,theadministration offishing
licences orthemanagement oflending andborrowing operations .
Inthepreliminary draft "budget for1980 ?"theCommission requested the
following appropriations andpasts which would have solved atleast
themost pressing problems ;
.inChapter 21,appropriations totalling 16625$00EUA ,
.50newposts for theComputer Centre .
Inthedraft budget adopted on11September 1979 ,'theCouncil cut
Chapter 21appropriations to15700000EUAand ,inChapter 100 ,entered
anappropriation of 1500000EUA tocompensate fortherefusal ofthe
request forthenewposts (50posts at5000EUApermonth forsix
months ). .
Parliament ,inturn ,then amended th& .Council 'sdraft bygranting 39posts
andatthesame ,time reducing theappropriations ofChapter 21try
575000EUA . , •
IntheendtheI98O budget carries nonewposts fortheComputer Centre
andtheappropriations entered inChapter 21total only 15125000EUA . '
Tocontinue thework begun inthis field theCommission must beable
todraw ontheappropriation of1500000EUAinChapter 100i
InMay1980 ,atthesuggestion oftheMembers mostdirectly concerned ,
itdecided toimplement thetoppriority applications inthefollowing
areas : 1

1.DGVI–Agriculture 150000EUA
(EAGGFGuidanceandGuaranteeSections
andconversionoftheFAINprogramme)
2.DGXIV-Fisheries 700000EUA
(managementoflicencesandregistration
ofcatches)
3.1X3XVIII–CreditandInvestments 25O000EUA
(Lendingand"borrowingoperations,levies,
treasuryandaccounting)
4.StatisticalOffice • 400000EUA
Withthe1500000EUAitwill"bepossibletoperformthesetasks,which,
followingrejectionofthepommission'srequestsforstaff,mustforthe
mostpartbeassignedtooutsidestaffworkingonareal-costbasis.
SincetheCommissionhasdecidedtotransfercertainappropriations in
ordertomeetdeadlines,thetransfernowrequestedistobesplitbetween
Article210:OperationsattheData-Processing Centre(338000EUA)and
Article211:OperationsoutsidetheData-Processing Centre(1162000EUA)
Becauseithashighpriorityandisextremelyurgenttheworkinquestion
cannotbeputoffwithoutseriouslycompromising Communityactionin
theareasconcerned.Sincenoneofthisworkwasprogrammedfor1980,
theappropriations atpresententeredinChapter21areinsufficient .
On17September1980expenditurefromthisChaptertotalled7939640
andexpenditureexpecteduntiltheendoftheyearwillnotleaveanything
overfromtheappropriation .