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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
GENERALBUDGET1981 COM(81)200final
SECTIONIII-COMMISSION
Brussels,14thApril1981
TRANSFER OFAPPROPRIATIONS No6/81
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GENERALBUDGET1981
SECTIONIII(COMMISSION)1,^0
TRANSFEROPAPPROPRIATIONS No6/81
(non-compulsory expenditure )
FROMCHAPTER101
TOCHAPTER14
Article149CONTINGENCY RESERVE
EXPENDITURE ONSOCIALWELFARE
Othersocialexpenditure
110000ECU
TheFinancialControllerapprovedthisproposalon27March1981in
accordancewithArticle21(4)oftheFinancialRegulationandcertified
thattheappropriations areavailable.

GROUNDS
Thebudgetary authority allocated the 1981 appropriations forExpenditure
•on -'•oMa.l 1far fitothe institutions asfollows :
%ofbasic
salariesamount per head
(officials and
local staff )
(inECU)change on198ο
Parliament 0.64 X 146 *-+30.2 χ
Council
Economic and
Social Committee
Commission ^0.68X
■·0'.88%
C.16X151
203
, 4514-6.1
11,3
39.6Χ '
χ
Α
Publications Office •0.59 X 101
141Λ7.3·/
/*»
Court ofJustice 0.59 X Λ■+ 8.1 Χ
Court ofAuditors 0.67 % 161 4-sΛν/·
Staff paid from theadministrative appropriations only .
Inthecase oftheCommission ,theabove figure includes a55*6 /£reduction
intheappropriation forArticle 149 (Other social expenditure ). In
justifying thereduction from 450 100ECUin1980 to200000ECUin1981 ,
theCouncil said that assistance toparents forholiday camps under
Article 149should goonly toofficials incategories Cand D. Parliament
agreed with itsrapporteur 'sview that ,while theappropriations for some social
welfare activities forCommission staff were onaverage lower than the
appropriations forsimilar purposes innational budgets ,nochange should
bemade because ofbudgetary restrictions .
There areproblems here both because 40%oftheappropriation isallocated
toholiday camps andbecause theappropriations areadministered partly in
Brussels andpartly inLuxembourg .
Asregards Brussels ,where theCommission manages theappropriations
independently ,account hasbeen taken ofthebudgetary authority 'swish for
economies tobemade .The most expensive holiday camps have been withdrawn
andparental contributions increased .Prices nowinclude transport costs
andhave been sodesigned that only officials onrelatively lowincomes
receive aCommission subsidy .Asaresult ofthese wide-ranging measures ,
holiday camps forthe children ofBrussels staff will cost only91000 ECU
inI98I »down from197000ECUin1980,even though costs areupbybetween
257° said30fo»Forecast expenditure inBrussels hasbeen reduced by
from297000ECUin1980 to150000ECU .

ThesituationinLuxembourgisquitedifferent :welfareappropriations
therearemanagedbyanInterinstitutional CommitteeonSocialActivities
representingalltheinstitutions inLuxembourg.Atthfebeginningof
thefinancialyear,theCommitteedecidesontheactivitiesit-will
undertake,determinesitsoverallfinancialrequirements anddividesthe
amountamongthevariousinstitutions inproportiontothe,numberof
officialsemployed.
TheCommitteerequires568415ECUforits1981activities,anincrease
of1.6$overthe1980figure.Alargeproportionofthissum(80.6%)
wilJLbeusedtopaylocalstaffinthecr&che,thechildcarecentre
andtheafter-school centre;mostoftherestwillbespentonholiday
camps.Since80$oftheamountinvolvesinescapablestaffcosts,there
islessscopeforeconomiesthaninBrusselsunlesstheinterinstitutional
servicesaxeabandonedcompletely,but,giventhesituationinLuxembourg,
theyarequiteindispensable .
Becauseofthereductioninappropriations ,theCommissionisnolonger
abletomeetitsobligations.
Becauseofchangesinstaffnumbersand-a20$riseinthesharepaidby
thesmallerinstitutions becauseofcertaininfrastructure expenses ^the
Commission'scontributionisonly28.2$insteadof32.22$in1980.
Theamountrequiredistherefore160292ECU(28.2$of568415ECU).The
appropriation enteredisfor200000ECU,ofwhichonly50000ECUare
availableforLuxembourg.
Anincreaseof110000ECUisthereforeindispendable .
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V/25MARCH1981
Amounte/aredin1981"budget:5000000ECU
A/
/.
Transfersinprogress
Transfer ArticleAmount(inECU)
2/81262 1000000
1210)
5/31ι2131665000
(217)
TOTAL 1665000
Stillavailable:3335000ECU