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PREPARATION FORTHE"RESEARCH"COUNCIL OF30JUNE
1982:COSTOFCOMMISSION STAFFASSIGNED TOTHE
ASSOCIATED LABORATORIES OFTHEFUSIONPROGRAMME
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Communication ofthe Commission tothe Council
Subject :Preparation for the Research Council of30June 1982 :cost
ofCommission Staff assigned totheAssociated Laboratories of
theFusion Programme .
1.Under Point 10oftheCouncil Minutes dealing with theadoption of
the1982-1986 Fusion Programme ,thefollowing statement appears :
"The Council has decided that 5MECU will beset aside toraise the
rate ofCommunity financial participation inexpenditure relating
toCommission staff assigned toassociated laboratories .This
implies anincrease intherate from 25% toapproximately 42% .
However ,the application ofthis measure issuspended until the
next Council (Research )meeting scheduled for June 1982 atwhich
the Commission will make proposals for the utilization ofthese
funds .The application ofthe aforementioned measure will be
back-dated to1January 1982 ."
2.The Commission proposes touse the 5MioECU inthe frame ofits
policy towards theencouragement ofresearch staff mobility inthe
Community .The high cost ofaEuratom research worker compared
with that ofanequivalent nationally employed scientist turns out
tobeamajor obstacle tothemobility ofEuratom Staff between the
Associated Laboratories .Itistherefore appropriate toreduce the
difference between thecosts oftheCommission Staff charged tothe
Associations' budgets and those ofthe national Staff working
within the research groups .Tothis end ,theCommission proposes
touse the 5MioECU available inthefollowing manner :
- thecost ofCommission Staff charged tobudgets oftheFusion
Associations will be reduced .The calculation for this
reduction isshown under point 3ofthis note .
- the rate ofparticipation ofthe Commission towards the
reduced staff cost will remain at25% ,which isthe level of
support undertaken bytheCommission against therunning costs
ofthe Associations .

2.
This method ofimplementation consisting ofretaining themoney 'at
source' ,will have the advantage ofreducing the budget ofthe
Associations and avoid the introduction ofanew rate offinancial
participation oftheCommunity inaddition tothose already applied ,
that is25% and 45% .
3.During the period 1982-86 ,the total cost ofthe Commission staff
working inthe Associations isestimated at30MioECU .Itis
proposed tocharge only 23.3 MioECU ofthis (78% ofthe total )to
the General budgets oftheAssociations (supported at25% bythe
Commission ),theremaining 6.7MioECU would bepaid directly bythe
Commission .
This isinperfect conformity with the Council decision .Infact ,
the contribution ofthe Commission will be:
25% of23.3 MioECU = 5.85 MioECU
100% of 6.7 MioECU =» 6.7 MioECU
Total 12.5 MioECU
This corresponds to12.5a42% ofthetotal cost of thestaff and
30
toanadditional expenditure of 5MioECU .Infact ,the overall
contribution ofthe Commission (12.5 MioECU )is5MioECU larger
than itwould have been (7.5MioECU =30x25%)ifthe previous
method had been used .
4.Consequently ,theCommission will propose totheassociated insti­
tutions tointroduce ,inthe Association contracts tobeconcluded
for the 1982-86 period ,aclause stating that thecurrent expenses
ofthe Associations will include only 78% ofthe cost ofthe
Commission Staff .
5.The Commission asks theCouncil totake note ofthis proposal and
tolift the Suspension mentioned under point 10ofthe Council
Minutes of8March 1982 .The Commission furthermore undertakes to
nake before the end ofthis year acommunication tothe Council
covering themore general problem ofencouraging mobility among the
research staff intheCommunity .