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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ^.
GENERALBUDGETFOR1981
SECTIONIII-COMMISSIONCOM(81)742 final
Brussels,24november1981
TRANSFER OFAPPROPRIATIONS N°43/81
(Compulsory expenditure tonon-compulsory expenditure )
FROMCHAPTER96-COOPERATION WITHNON-MEMBER COUNTRIES
Article966
Item9660?■
•I'
TOCHAPTER93Financialcooperation withthe'Mashreq countries
<„\Financialcooperation withEgyptA
-3
vV''4
COOPERATIONktjHNON-ASS.OCIATED DEVELOPING COUNTRIESVv;-'
Article931-PromotionoftradeandindustrybetweentheCommunity
andnon-associated developing countries
PAYMENTAPPROPRIATIONS 1.000.000 ECU
TheFinancialController approvedthisproposalon12November1981inaccordance
withArticle21(4)oftheFinancialRegulation andcertifiedthattheappropriations
areavailable. '
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GROUNDS
1.Inthe1981budget,Article931wasallocated6.250.000 ECUincommitment
appropriations and3.500.000 ECUinpaymentappropriations ;theCommission
hadrequested8.650.000forboth.Carryoversfrom1980increasedthetotal
paymentappropriations availableto4.892.000. v
2.By5November,4.845.877 ECUhadbeenpaidaninvoicespresentedtothe
Commissionbutnotyetpaidtotalled561.733ECU.Commitments enteredinto
suggestthatthetotalshortfallinpaymentappropriations bytheendofthe
yearwillbeabout1millionECU.
3.Tradepromotionfinanceispaidoutinanumberofdifferentways.Inthe
caseoftradefairsandsubsidiestotradeoffices;theamountdueispayable
whentheinvoiceisreceived.Inthecaseofexperts'expenses ,halfispaid
bytheCommission whenitreceivesanordersignedbytherecipientandthe
balanceisduewhenthefinalreportisreceived.Fortrademissionsto
Europebyproducers'representatives fromnon-associated developingcountries,
80ZoftravelcostsispaidwhentheCommissionreceivessignedordersfrom
travelagencies,theremainderbeingdueonpresentation offinalinvoices.
Hencepaymentsfollowcommitments veryclosely.
4.ForthesamereasonsasweregivenintherequestfortransferN°34/81
(toArticle945(Community ,contributiontowardsschemesconcerningdeveloping
countriescarriedoutbynon-governmental organizations ),itisproposedthat
1millionECUbetransferred fromItem9660(Financialcooperation with
Egypt).Only1.150.000 ECUoftheappropriations availablein1981
(12.800.000 ECUinthe1981budgetand7.000.000 ECUcarriedoverfrom1980)
hasbeenused,andtherhythmofpaymentsisnotexpectedtoincreasefor
thetimebeing. '