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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
1981 GENERAL BUDGET COM(81)665 final
SECTION III -COMMISSION
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TRANSFER OFAPPROPRIATIONS No34/81
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1981 GENERAL BUtGET
SECTION III-COMMISSIONCo*v \W&Ç
TRANSFER OFAPPROPRIATIONS No34/81
(Compulsory expenditure to
non-compulsory expenditure )
FROM CHAPTER 96-COOPERATION WITH NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES
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Article 966 -Financial cooperation with theMashreq countries
Item 9660 -Financial cooperation with Egypt
TOCHAPTER 94 -SPECIFIC MEASURES FOR COOPERATION WITH
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Article 945 -Community contribution towards schemes concerning
developing countries carried out bynon-governmental
organizations (NGOs )
PAYMENT APPROPRIATIONS 2.000.000 ECU
The Financial Controller approved this proposal on20October 1981 in
accordance with Article 21(4 )ofthe Financial Regulation and certified
that appropriations areavailable . .

,GROUNDS
1.IntheGeneralBudgetfor198114millionECUwereallocatedtoArticle945*
inappropriations forcommitment and10.750.000 ECUinappropriations for
payment;initspreliminary draft,theCommission hadproposed20mitlionECU
inappropriations forcommitment and16millionECUinappropriations for
payment.Takingintoaccounttheappropriations forpaymentcarriedover
-fromthepreviousyear,thetotalofappropriations forpaymentavailable
was10.937.815 ECU.
2.On30September 198110*200.000 ECUhadbeenpaid,whichcorresponds toa
monthlyaverageof1.100.000 ECU.Requestsforpaymentreceivedsince
total1.562.000 ECU.TheCommission,therefore,cannotmeetallits
commitments andrequires afurther822.000ECUinappropriations forpayment.
3.Therateatwhichpaymentsaremadeisnotlikelytoslowdowntowardsthe
endoftheyear.InSeptemberalone2millionECUwerecommited,ofwhich
approximately 50%isexpectedtofalldueforpaymentbeforetheend
oftheyear.. .-
4.AsregardstheprocedurefollowedbytheCommission ingrantingfinancial
supporttonon-governmental organizations ,thecommitmentismadewhen
'thecontractissenttothebeneficiary andthefirstpayment,whichmay
notexceed100.000ECUperproject,mustbemadewhentheCommission receives
thecontract,dulysignedbythebeneficiary .Therateofpaymentsis«.
thereforedetermined bytherateatwhichcommitments aremade.
5.TheCommission wishestoemphasizethatthemicroprojectsfinancedby
NGOsareaformofdevelopment aidwhichishighlyappreciated bythe
beneficiaries .TheCommission recently madeanevaluation ofthese
projets,whichwassubmittedtotheCouncil.Itsreportcleanlyshows
thatallMemberStatesareverymuchinfavourofcontinuing andextending
thistypeofproject. . ',
Itwouldbeparticularly detrimental tothenon-governmental organizations
andtotheprojectsinvolvedifpaymentsweretobesuspendeduntilthe,
adoptionofthe1982Budget.'
6.Sincetheappropriations forpaymentrequiredfortheimplementation ofthe
FinancialProtocolswithEgypt(Item9660)haveprovedtobelowerthan
originally estimated,theCommission requeststhat2millionECUin
appropriations forpaymentbetransferred fromItem9660toArticle945.
i .
On30Septemberthesituationregardingtheappropriations providedforin
the1977FinancialProtocol No1withEgyptwasasfollows:
ofthe77millionECUprovidedforintheProtocol,53millionhavebeen
committed.Mostof.theremainderisexpectedtobecommittedbeforethe
endoftheyear.Therateatwhichcommitments weremadewasextremely
slowintheearlydaysoftheProtocolasaresultofinternal
administrative difficulties intherecipientcountry.
Thesameappliestopayments.Only10.400.000 ECUhavebeenpaidsince
theProtocolenteredintofoYce.Asregardsavailableappropriations for
payment(12.800.000 ECUprovidedforinthe1981budgetplus7millionECU
-carriedoverfromthepreviousyear),only1.150.000 ECUofthesehavebeen
used„ '