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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
GENERALBUDGETFOR1978 COM(78)240final.
SECTIONIII-COMMISSION
Brussels,26May1978*
TRANSFERS OFAPPROPRIATIONS BETWEENCHAPTERS
CCK(78)240final.-

GENERALFJDGHTFOR1978
HUI-I3ERIITO OFPROPOSALS FORTRANSFER ALREADY
FORWARDED TOTHEBUDGETARY AUTHORITY
!
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IPromChapter ToChapter■Amounts
inUFASection
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I
1I 101 29 .•!
I!175.000
IIII-.
2 1u0 20 I145.000 III
3! ICO 36 150.000 . III
4 101 I!
26 i120.000 III
5 101'I
i95 500.000 ■III
6in«•
JuII
11 .!100.000 V
7 101 15. 20.000 V
b 101I
i .22 47.520 V
9 ICI '23 40.000 V
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GENERALBUDGETFOR1978
SECTIONIII-COMMISSION
TRANSFERS OFAPPROPRIATIONS BETWEENCHAPTERS
*(non-compulsory expenditure)
InEuA
A)TransferNo10/78
FromChapter100–Provisionalappropriations
ToChapter33–Expenditure onresearchan
Article337
Item3371–Expenditure onresearchand
investment
–Indirectaction;
Miscellaneous activities and
coordinatedprojects
–Implementation ofcoordinated
projects
B)TransferNo11/JQ
FromChapter100–Provisional appropriations
ToChapter94
Article943
Item9431443.500
inappropriations
forpayment
577.000
inappropriations
forcommitment
–Specificmeasuresforcooperation
withthedevelopingcountries
–ESCsubsidyfortheoperationof
theEuropeanAssociationfor
Cooperation (EAC)
–SubsidytotheEACfortherunning
oftheCommissiondelegationsin
thesouthernMediterranean countries
linkedtotheEEC"byCooperation
Agreements,
C)TransferNo12/78
FromChapter101–Contingencyreserve
ToChapter27
Article272
Item2722–Expenditure onpublishingand
information
–Expenditure onthedissemination of
information andonparticipation in
publicevents
–Currentaffairsfilmsfordeveloping
countries379.100
600.000

Appropriations inChapter 1.01
Amount entered intheBudget for 1978 : 5.000.000
Proposals fortransfers inhand :
No1/78 -175.000
Hos4and5/78 -620.000
Balctnce available : 4*205.000
TheFinancial Controller approved these transfers on26April 1978#

EEASOïTS
A.Transfers from Chapter 100
1.ToChapter 33
Under .theCouncil Resolution of14January 1974 onthecoordination ofnational
policies andthedefinition ofprojects ofinterest totheCommunity inthe
field ofscience andtechnology (0JEoC7of29January 1974),atotal
of475700EUAinappropriations forpayment and615000EUAinappropriations
forcommitment has "been entered inChapter 100-Provisional appropriations -
pending adecision ontnefollowing three projects ;Urban planning ,Food
technology andMedical research®
Intxiemeantime ,theCouncil hastaken thefollowing three programme decisions :
Programme
allocationDate of
Décision !Publication in
Officiai Journal
Urban planning
Food -technology
Medical research200 000EUA
250 000EUA
1090 000EUA7.2.1978
20.2.1978
13.2.1978
I
iu45of16.2.1978
Hotyetpublished
L52of23.2.1978
Thetable below details theamounts ofappropriations forpayment andfor
commitment tobetransferred toChapter 33-Expenditure onresearch and
investment (item 3371 )–Implementation ofcoordinated projects :
IAppropriations
forpayment I
- IAppropriations
for commitment
ι
Urban planning
Food technology
Medical research
Total70000
73500
300 000100000
77000
400 000
j 443500 577000
'^°Chapter 94
rthentheBudget forthefinancial year1978wasapproved ,provision wasmade
mtheCommission 'soverall establishment planforfiveposts fordelegates
(«woA/3,three A/4-7)andfivecategory Cposts fortheCommission delegations
oobesetupintheI-Iashrek countries andIsrael .
Anappropriation of379100EUAwasalsoentered inthebudget tocover the
operating costs ofthese delegations .Thisappropriation hasbeenblocked in
Chapter 100,however ,pending further clarification about theopening ofthese
delegations andthenature oftheir functions .

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(a)Opening ofCommission délégations
TheCommunity signed general cooperation agreements withEgypt ,Syria and
Jordan on1SJanuary 1977 ,enadditional financial protocol with Israel
on8February 1977andageneral cooperation agreement with theLebanon
on3May 1977 »
Apart fromtheir major commercial content ,these agreements provide for
close cooperation intheeconomic ,industrial andtechnological fields ,
inaddition tofinancial andtechnical cooperat xOH«
These' types ofcooperation entail theestablishment ofCommission
delegations intheMashrek andIsrael ,forexperience with relations of
this kind hasshorn that delegations areessential infostering and
reviewing projects eligible forfinancial support andsupervising ,their
execution ;they also have akeypart toplay in -determining theaction
tobetaken togive practical expression tothepossibilities oftraining ,
trade promotion andindustrial cooperation .
These delegations will meet thewishes clearly expressed onvarious
occasions bythefour Mashrek countries .Israel likewise hasoften letit
beknown that itwould like theCommunity toopen adelegation there .
AstoEgypt ,twoadditional factors support theopening ofadelegation :
firstly theneed tomaintain close links with theSecretariat ofthe
Arab League insupport oftheEuro-Arab Dialogue and ,secondly ,the
formal request made bytheEgyptian Government on23March 1977 concerning
theestablishment ofaEuro-Arab centre forindustrial andtechnological
cooperation .
(b)Functions ofthedelegations
Inline with delegations intheACPStates ,andpursuant toArticle 31of
Protocol Jfo2annexed totheLome Convention ,theprincipal task ofthe
Commission delegations intheMashrek countries andIsrael will beto
monitor theapplication ofthecooperation agreements between the
Community andthese countries .

Specifically ,-theirobjectivewould.befoui^-fold,i.e.:
–toguaranteeandfacilitateeconomiccooperationincommerce,industry
andtechnology ;
–tosupplytheinformation andcontactsneeded "bypublicandprivate
economicoperatorsinvolvedincooperation ;
–tohelpwithfinancialandtechnicalcooperationinpracticeandto
carryoutanon-the-spotcheck,whereappropriate ,ontheway
Commission-managed aidisbeingused.
Accordingly ,thedelegationswillhelptoplanaidandtakeanactive
partinprocessingprojectstobefinancedand,whentheyarebeing
carriedout,willperformavarietyofadministrative ,financialand
technicaldutiestoenabletheCommission,asadministrator ofthe
appropriations ,tosatisfyitselfatanytimethatpublicfundsare
beingproperlyused;
–toliaisecontinuously withthenationalauthorities concernedand
withthelocaldiplomaticrepresentations oftheMemberStates.
(c)RelationsbetweentheCommissiondelegationsandthelocaldiplomatic
representations oftheMemberStates
TheexperienceofthedelegationsinACPStateshasbeenthattheir
relationswiththeMemberStates*diplomaticrepresentations are
generallycharacterized byfriendlyandproductivecollaboration .
Thesamespirit,withtheclosestcoordination andcollaboration
andwithintheframeworksetbydecisionsadopted(ortobeadopted)
bytheCouncilfororganizingthiscooperation ,willshaperelations
betweenthedelegationsintheMashrekandIsraelandthe
MemberStates*diplomaticrepresentations ,especiallytheircommercial
advisersandinformation officers.

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(d)Relations with theEIB
Thedelegations intheMashrek countries andIsrael will bethe
Commission 's.notthe EIB's.
ButtheEIB,although notintending toberepresented directly in
these countries ,would like toseepractical collaboration between
itsowndepartments andthedelegations .
'TheCommission delegations intheMashrek countries andIsrael would
therefore collaborate with theEIBtotheextent necessary forthe
Bank toadminister inthebest possible way that part oftheaid
managed byit.
TheCommission delegations will ,forexample ,assist theBank ,at
itsrequest ,,inmatters relating totheplanning ofaid (prior
contact with national authorities ),themonitoring ofmissions
carried outbytheBank ,project identification (information
requested bytheBank ,from delegations )andtheperformance and
inspection ofprojects (preparation ofspecifications orofspecifio
information ontheprogress ofaproject ).
(e)Composition ofdele^ations ;time scale forestablishment
TheMashrek andIsrael delegations will besmall ,.consisting ofa
head ofdelegation ,anon-specialist Adviser andasecretary plus a
fewlocally engaged staff .
■Inview ofthetime required forselection andrecruitment ,andthe
time needed toorganize training periods with theCommission and
toseek each State *sapproval ofthehead ofdelegation ,delegations
should beoperational inthelast quarter of1978 .
Accordingly ,thecost ofthese delegations fortherelevant period ,
which isconfined tothelast quarter of1978 ,canbebroken down
asfollows :

–staffexpenditure
1advisertothedelegation+localengagedstaff)130000EUA
–operatingexpenditure
(rent,electricity,telex,missions,
représentation andentertainment ,etc.) 95000EUA
–initialinstallation costs
B.TransfersfromChapter101toChapter27
InJune1977>"theCommissiondecidedtolaunchaweeklycurrentaffairs
film,initiallyforthreemonths(JulytoSeptember)forthedeveloping
countries,designedtoinformthepeopleinthemabouttheCommunity
andlifeinitsMemberStates.Sincetheresultsofthistrialperiod
wereencouraging ,theCommissiondecidedinOctobertoproducethis
newsreelonaregularbasis.
Thedecisiontolaunchthisnewsreelservicewastakenafterintensive
consultations withrepresentatives oftheMemberStates,following
whichtheygavetheiragreementinprincipletotheproject,indicating
theirreadinesstosupplyfilmedmaterialregularly.TheCommission
particularly welcomesthiscooperation .
ThisinitiativespringsfromaproposalfromtheUKForeignand
CommonwealthOffice(FCO)whichnotifiedtheCommissionin1976that,
forfinancialreasons,itwouldhavetoceaseproductionanddistribution
ofitsownweeklycurrentaffairsfilm"NewsPictorial".TheFCOasked
theCommissionwhetherusemightbemadeoftheexistingBritishnetwork
fordistribution ,withthecooperationoftheMemberStates,ofanew
Communitynewsreelwhichwouldregularlyinformthepublicinthe
developingcountriesoftheCommunity *sactivitiesandoflifeinits
MemberStates.154000EUA
379000EUA

Th®Commissiondepartoontsresponsibleweiglied "the"teclmicaljorganizational
and"budgetaryimplicationsofthisproposalandalsoconsultedthe
CouncilWorkingPartyonInformation,theEuropeanBroadcasting Union,
theIntermagGroup,theInternational NewsreelAssociationandfilm
productionanddistribution companiesintheMemberStates.
InFebruary1977,seniorofficialsconcernedwithinformationinthe
)
MemberStatesmetinBrusselsandundertook,inprinciple,tosupportthe
projectiftheCommissiondecidedtogoaheadwithit,subjecttothe
outcomeofthefeasibilitystudybytheCommission'sdepartments.These
conclusions werediscussedwithnationalofficialsresponsiblefor
informationandrepresentatives ofnationaltelevisionnetworksand
filmcompaniesatameetinginBrusselson19and20April1977organized
bytheCommission.
Atthismeetingthefollowingpointswereconfirmed;
–theprojectreceivedunanimoussupport;
–itwasunanimously decidedtorecommendthattheCommissiontakeover,
ifpossible,theTJKdistribution networkfrom1July1977»
–itwasunanimouslyagreedth&t,fromJanuary1978onwards,distribution
wouldgraduallybeextendedtoallLomeConventioncountries,tothe
Arabcountriesparticipating intheEuro-ArabDialogueandtoanumber
ofotherdevelopingcountries;
–itwasunanimously decidedtogivetheCommissionallpossibletechnical
assistancewithdistribution ;
–itwasunanimouslyagreedthateachMemberStatewouldregularlysupply-
filmmaterialinvariousformsforthenewsreelandthattheCommission
wouldassumeeditorialresponsibility .
Promptedbythepositiveoutcomeoftheseconsultations ,theCommission
decidedinJune1977tolaunchthenewCommunitycurrentaffairsfilmsfora
three-monthtrialperiod(JulytoSeptember).Sincethereportonthis
trialperiodwasfavourable,theCommissiondecidedtoproducethenewsreel
onaregularbasisandtakethenecessarymeasuresforthedistribution
networktobeprogressively extendedparticularlyinFrench-speaking

countriespartytotheLomeConvention.
Therequestedappropriation of725000EUAtocover1978expenditureis
calculated asfollows:
(a)Fixedcosts
Services,Filmprocessing,production,
incidentalmusical 4944EUA
Totalfor52weeklyeditions: 257100EUA
(b)Reproduction costs
Thesedependonthenumberofprintsmadefor
distribution .Thebreakdownisasfolloxfls:
75copies,35mmcolour,at50.23EUAeach
14copies,16mmcolour,at43.99EUAeach
30copies,16mmB/W,at20.97EUAeach
17copies,16mmB/WTV,at42.58EUAeach
Totalfor52weeklyeditions: 281528EUA
(c)Incidentalcosts
Eelivery,transport,equipment,CRI(Colour
ReversalInternegative),archivesetc. 17372EUA
(d)CostofCommunitycontributiontofilmedmaterial
Filming,processing,transportetc. 24000EUA
(e)IncreaseindistributiontoFrench–speaking
ACPcountries
2p>increaseover1977 145000EUA
T6tal 725000EUA
TocoverthisamounttheCommissionhasreleased125000EUAfrom
Chapter27andrequeststhatthebalanceof600000EUAbecoveredby
atransferfromChapter101.