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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
GENERALBUDGETFOR1981 COM(81)280 final
SECTIONIII-COMMISSION
Brussels,26thMay1981
TRANSFER OFAPPROPRIATIONS No14/81
(Non-compulsory expenditure )
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GENERALBUDGETFOR1981
SECTIONIII-COMMISSION
/
TRANSFEROFAPPROPRIATIONS No14/81
(Non-compulsory expenditure ).
FROMCHAPTER100-PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
TOCHAPTER20-INVESTMENTS INIMMOVABLE PROPERTY,
RENTALOFBUILDINGS ANDASSOCIATED EXPENDITURE
Article200 –Rent
'/ ' •
Item2000 –•Rent
3.100.000 ECU–Rent
–•Rent
TheFinancialControllerapprovedthisproposalon24April1981
inaccordancewithArticle21(4)oftheFinancialRegulationand
certifiedthatthe,appropriations areavailable.

Grounds
1.Inthe 1581 preliminary draft budget ,theCommission requested
anappropriation of41.040.400 ECUunder Item 2000 (Rent ). The
1931 budget contained anappropriation ofonly 36.900.000 ECUunder
this heading because Parliament had entered 4=100.000 ECU under Chapter 100
(Provisional appropriations )onthegrounds that theCommission should
negotiate areduction inthe rents paid .
Thetotal amount inthe 1981budget tocover therents tobepaid by
the Commission was therefore 41million ECU .
2.AsParliament hadrequested ,theCommission entered into negotiations
with its landlords inanattempt tosecure rent reductions .
(a)Theonly negotiations which have produced really satisfactory results
sofar arethose with theBelgian Government initscapacity aslandlord
ofruedelaLoi120 ,where therent hasbeen reduced by25% .
(b)Negotiations with other landlords arecontinuing butthey donot ,
atthemoment ,appear likely tofollow theexample setbytheBelgian
Government ;they would prefer tofinance improvements andmodernization
work .Thenegotiations which have made most progress are those with the
landlord oftheblock between ,theavenue delaJoyeuse Entree ,the
avenue deCortenberg and ruedelaLoi ,onwhich thelease will expire
on31December 1981.
(c)Thechances ofsuccessfully negotiating rent reductions with the
other landlords would beincreased if "thebudgetary authority were totake
a decision about purchasing orconstructing buildings .Such a
decision would enable theCommission toundertake longei>-term commitments
andwould have particularly important repercussions for thelarger
buildings .TheCommission drew theattention ofparliament andthe
Council tothese points initsCommunication C0M(80)544 of7November 1980
onthesituation regarding theCommission 'spremises inBrussels .
(d)TheBelgian Government pays about half therent fortheBerlaymont
and soitisimpossible tosecure anyfurther improvement intheterms .

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3.Ajointapproachbythethreeinstitutionsprovisi 1/'located ,in
Brusselstosecureexemptionfromtaxonimmovablepropel;payableby
landlordsasataxonincomefromsuchpropertydidrotmeetwiththe
successthathadbeenanticipated .
Initsreply,theBelgianGovernnsritstatedthattheNtaxonimmovable
propertywaspayableexclusively "bytherecipientoftheincomefrom
thepropertyandnotbythetenant.Thefactthatthetaxwasthesubject
ofaseparatepaymenttothelandlorddidnotalteritsnatureb~vtwas
simplyaresultofaclauseinthecontractdefiningoneoftheconstituent
partsoftherent.UnderBelgianlaw,theCommunityinstitutions
couldnotthereforeberegardedasexemptfromthetaxonimmovable
property.TheBelgianGovernmentalsoconsideredthatArticle3of
theProtocolonthePrivilegesandImmunitiesoftheEuropeanCommunities
didnotapplytosuchacase. •.>
\
4.TheAlbertBorschetteConferenceCentre,whichiscustom-built for,
theCommission,isinthecourseofconstruction .By'enteringintoa
long-termagreement(12years)the'Commissionhassecuredtheinclusion •
intheleaseofaclauseprovidingthatthe.rentwillbereducedby
55i°attheendofthisperiodifitthendecidestorenewthelease.
TheCommissionwillnegotiatesimilarclausesineveryfuturelease.;"
5«Nevertheless ^,theCommissionmustrespectthetermsofthecurrent
leases.Inthecaseofbuildingsrented'inBrussels^,rentforthe
secondhalfof1981isdueon1July.In-thecaseofbuildingsin1__
Luxembourg,theconditionsvarybutforthelargest,theJeanMonnet,
therentispayabl'equarterlyinadvance.
' . * •* ''
6.Ascanbeseenfromtheattachedtablie,themostrecentforecasts' '
arethatrentsfor1$3lwilltotal40millionECU:
(a)Thisreductionof1.037*000ECUfromtheinitialforecastsdrawn"
upinFebruary1930canbeaccountedforas.follows;:*-

-3-
–delayincompletingthenewcomputercentre
inLuxembourg 365.000ECU
–depreciation oftheBelgianfrancwith
respecttotheECU(-1,16%) 455*000ECU
–reductionintherentofruedelaLoi120 250.000ECU
(b)Theforecastexpenditureisnow3*100.000ECUmorethanthe
appropriation enteredunderthisheadinginthe1931budget.The
CommissionproposestotransferthissumfromChapter100(Provisional'
appropriations )toItem2000(Rent).

Annex
Appropriations requestedfor1981aridexpenditure
forecastsasat30April1981
BRUSSELS(inBFrsj
11 ».
-BERLAYMONT
-ja
.ARCHIMEDE !-li
-RPSCHUMAN3
.RPSCHUMAM6
-LOI120
-LOI84™d86
-ASTRONOMIE
-ARCHIMEDE3-5-7
-ARCHIMEDE25
-NERVIEHS
.KAXHATTAM
-GUIKA.RO
-ZAVENTEH
..GARAGEandPARKING
■rCLOVIS75-79.XARCHIMEOE73
CORTEnSERG VI
!»SQUAREDEKEEUS
;"TRIANGLE"
rLCOSFERFNCR CENTRI
LKISCTLLANEOUS (1)
!•STEELTASKFORCE-
TOTALBRUSSELSfinBFrs)'
.:(InECU)
LUXEK30URS(inBFrsV
-JE«KOKHET(A4B)-JEANfiCNNET(C;
»COMPUTERCENTRE
„OFFICESOFTRANSIT
-RUE'GLESENER
-RUEKOTREOWECWELFARE)
-AV„XSEPTEMBRE107
-AYCXSEPTEMBRE109
-RUEKEYEN
-RUEJ)ESROSES
»RUEOELAFAÏENCERIE
-HEIS(WAREHOUSE)'
-STORAGEFACILITIES
•MISCELLANEOUS (1)
TOTALLUXEMBOURG(in3Frs)
1,9(inECU)
FXTERNALOFFICES(inECU}–
•TOTAL(inECU)
19S0RENT,(supplementary )
CRARNTOTAL(inFeu) VI.040409ECU■
•»o»ofjfla©»ü»ju3:io -,.ooíaoiií>cir)eo'3ov>oi »«3CitK>oejf3odn*ui:st5»''>«.-n¿rt"»<í®»' ,P'®í5<2.--oocTioor1931preliminary
draftbudget
1
329376584
159892333
37991801
16367187
33923477
40329870
85600427
16589898'
1Q525375
20822294
44521602
■40383441
49031864
41448892
6889618-
.8566863
5277747
33504824
88347143
16OQO000
70300000
860000
]1156551240
28539-300ECU
25453?650
Ì34600000
29£96500
347?450
'.Ì63896C
1698570
332400
332400
264852
276000
500000
1000000
428348792
10570100ECU
1331OQGECU
hl040«coreuForecastasat
30April1981
2)
329164272
159883178
'37607554
15698762
32713462
29964716
84789240
16434852
10030258
20074160
44245650
39734004
49054464
40789680
6825230
8502741
'5161714
31815504
89508948
18000000
66000000
500000
830000
N37323399
27740000ECU
252996000
US541000
290050C0
3482000
1987000'
1706000
334000
334000
302000
322000
310000
4758000
370000
1000000
416447OuO01fference
3)-(1)-(2)
10857000ECU
1926000ECU
39823000ECU
U>0OFLCECU
40003O'JÛECU212312
3155
384237
668425
1210015
1036!.154
811187
1550^6
495117,
748134
275952
649437
-22600
659212
64338
64122
116033
1689320
-1161805
-2000000
4300000
380000
»830000
19222841
799300ECU.
Ì535660
15059000
691500
4550
»348040
7430
.1600
1600
.37148
46000
310000
4758000
130000
11901792
'413100ECU
'5000ECU
121740-3FC'J
.180000ECU
1037400ECU
1)Meetingcooos

STATEMENT OPAPPROPRIATIONS UNDERCHAPTER100
ON23APRIL1981
\
I
Appropriations
forcommitmentAppropriations
forpayment
1.Totalallocation 4Ο7.Ο79.ΟΟΟ 369.Oi9.OOO
2.Appropriations
transferred6.160.000 6.I6O.OOO
3·Appropriations currently
thesubjectofatransfer2.026.000 1.526.000
4.Appropriations ,
remaining398.893.OOO 361.333.000