ARCHIVESHISTORIQUES
DELACOMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEEDES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM(79)358
Vol.1979/0131

Disclaimer
Conformément aurèglement(CEE,Euratom)n°354/83duConseildu1erfévrier1983
concernantl'ouvertureaupublicdesarchiveshistoriquesdelaCommunauté économique
européenneetdelaCommunautéeuropéennedel'énergieatomique(JOL43du15.2.1983,
p.1),telquemodifiéparlerèglement(CE,Euratom)n°1700/2003du22septembre2003
(JOL243du27.9.2003,p.1),cedossierestouvertaupublic.Lecaséchéant,lesdocuments
classifiésprésentsdanscedossierontétédéclassifiésconformément àl'article5dudit
règlement.
InaccordancewithCouncilRegulation(EEC,Euratom)No354/83of1February1983
concerningtheopeningtothepublicofthehistoricalarchivesoftheEuropeanEconomic
CommunityandtheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity(OJL43,15.2.1983,p.1),as
amendedbyRegulation(EC,Euratom)No1700/2003of22September2003(OJL243,
27.9.2003,p.1),thisfileisopentothepublic.Wherenecessary,classifieddocumentsinthis
filehavebeendeclassified inconformitywithArticle5oftheaforementioned regulation.
InÜbereinstimmung mitderVerordnung(EWG,Euratom)Nr.354/83desRatesvom1.
Februar1983überdieFreigabederhistorischen ArchivederEuropäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft undderEuropäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI.L43vom15.2.1983,
S.1),geändertdurchdieVerordnung(EG,Euratom)Nr.1700/2003vom22.September2003
(ABI.L243vom27.9.2003,S.1),istdieseDateiderÖffentlichkeitzugänglich.Soweit
erforderlich,wurdendieVerschlusssachen indieserDateiinÜbereinstimmung mitArtikel5
dergenanntenVerordnungfreigegeben.

COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
GENERAL BUDGET FOR THE FINANCIAL COM(79 )358 final
YEAR 1979
SECTION III-COMMISSION Brussels ,2ndJuly 1979
TRANSFER OFAPPROPRIATIONS No17/79
(Compulsory expenditure )
COM (79)358 final

►a
GENERALBUDGETFORTHEFINANCIAL TEAR1979
SECTIONIII-COMMISSION
TRANSFEROFAPPROPRIATIONS NO17/79
(Compulsoryexpend!tars)
FromChapter83–CommonmeasuresInparticularsectors
Artici9836
Item8360–Milksector
Premiumforthenoo-marketing ofmilkand
theconversionofdairyherds
Appropriations forpayment:
Appropriations forcommitment:3,7mEUA
3.7mEUA
ToChapter92_Foodaid
Article923–Foodaid(othercommodities) 3.7mEUA
TheFinancialControllerhasapprovedthisproposal,attestingthatthe
appropriations areavailableat7June1979*

On15December 1978 theRepublic ofMalta applied ,totheCommission for
exceptional food aidof9000tonnes offrozen pigmeat over aperiod of
twoyears ,1000tonnes ofwhich were tobesupplied immediately .The
request was justified bythe epidemic ofAfrican swine fever which forced
theMaltese authorities systematically toslaughter thepigstock which ,
before theepidemic ,totalled seme 80000.Ofthis total ,76000animals
were slaughtered in1978 and4000before 1February 1979®
Inview oftheseriousnsps ofthis situation (farther aggravated bythe
fact that 10/6ofthecattle stock hadtobeslaughtered recently following
afoot-and-mouth outbreak ),andthefact that ,thedraconian measures
agreed bytheMaltese Government towipe cutthis extremely contagious
disease also constitute aform ofprotection forpigstocks inthe
Gcaiffiunity (especially inItaly ),theCaasnissio?' .hasdrawn upaproposal
togrant Malta amaximum of5^EiJAover three years (ofwhich 2.5uSUA
in1979 )tosupport theemergency plain laonohed 'byMalta .Theplan ,.
costing some 10mEUA ofwhich will be21stbyMalta ),includes
measures toeradicate thedisease (slaughtering oflivestock ,disinfection
ofplaces used forrearing andstorage ),preventive measures (veterinary
inspection ofimported beasts )andrestocking®
Howaver substantial these measures ma;rbe,they csa ot»ly .partly alleviate
thomost disastroiis effects oftheepidemic® Theproblem oflocal pigmeat
consumption isparticularly serious ,especially between thetime when
theherd wasslaughtered endthetime rihen ,having been reconstituted ,
itcanbeused forhuman consumption *
Atallevents ,there i3nolikelihood ofareturn tonormal production
until August I98O0 Onthebasis ofprevious years' statistics ,the
estimated pigmeat consumption requirement fortheperiod 1January 1979
to1August 1980 is8400tonnes .
Itisforthis reason that theCommissi onisproposing togrant Malta
exceptional food aid of2500tozmes offrozen pigmeat disposed ofat
theport ofunloading ?this will cover about 3C$ofrequirements ,,The
meat will besold onthelocal market ;inkeeping with thewishes ofthe
Maltese Government ,therevenue will beused -using procedures tobe
agreed with theCommission –under theplan toreconstitute theisland 's
pigherd .
The estimated cost ofthis food aid is4«2mEd& ,0.5 roMIA ofwhich will
cover refunds .Thelatter amount will becharged toArticle 660ofthe
1979 Budget -Refunds onpigaieat -forwhich sufficient appropriations
areavailable .The 3»7 .&3XJArepresenting -'theworld pries ofthe .p-rod.net
plus theeost ofrefrigerated transport will becharged toArticle 923–
Food aid (other commodities ). Si.ace there :t3only atoken entry agair-st
this Article ,fusda -will have ts»beallotted toit'bymeans ofatransfer .

Itisnotpossible tomake atransfer within Chapter 92s -Pood aid–
since theappropriations already entered notonly exactly cover the
quantities offood aidunder the1979 food aidprogramme "butwill
also heentered –inaccordance with Article 102oftheFinancial
Regulation -»against commi +,3Eantsonce theprogramme hasheenadopted
hytheCouncil ,,
Ontb.®other handy appropriations areavailable within Title 8sMGGF .
Guidance Section 0Accordingly titiaproposed tomake this transfer
from Itcat8360 :Premium forthanonHmarketing ofmilk andtheconversion
ofdairy herds .
Since theimplementation ofthemeasure inrespect ofthenon–ciarke tlug
ofmilk hasproceeded ataslower rate than initially anticipated ,a
significant part of1979 requirement Bcan "befinanced frosa the
appropriations forcommitment outstanding from 1978 (66mEUA)and
"byappropriations forpayment ofthesame amount automatically carried
over from 1978 .

Annex
Item8360*Premiumforthenon-marketing ofmilkandtheconversion
ofdairyherds
Summaryoftransfersofappropriations tootherIradgetaryheadings.
■0JA
1*Initialappropriations (forcommitmentand
forpayment) 73,4
2*ArticlesorItemstowhichtransfershave
beenmade:
860–Commonmeasurestoimprovethe
structures ofnonr-industrial
inshorefisheries 10,0
892–Paymentsinrespectofcompensation
andduesrelatingtofishinginthe
maritimewatersofcertainAfrican
countries 4»5
3101–CampaignagainstAfricanswinefever2,5
3103~PAOvaooines 0,3
923-Foodaid(othercommodities) 3,7
Total 21,0
3«Appropriations availableunderItem8360
aftertransfers 52,4