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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
GENERALBUDGETFOR1977 COM(77)181final.
SIETIOttIII-COMMISSIOK
Brussels,27Kay1977.
TRANSFEROPANAPPROPRIATION BETWEENCHAPTERS
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GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1977
SECTION III ,COMMISSION
TRANSFER OFANAPPROPRIATION BETWEEN CHAPTERS
Proposal NoIII/77/4
Frop Chapter 100 –
toChapter 94 -
Article 943 –
Item 9431 -Provisional appropriations
Special measures forfinancial
and technical cooperation with
developing countries
EEC subsidy fortheoperation
oftheEuropean Association
forCooperation (EAC)
Subsidy totheEuropean
Association forCooperation
inrespect oftheCommission
delegations operating inthe
Maghreb countries .423 000u.a .
423 000u.a .
JUSTIFICATION
Atits422nd meeting ,held inBrussels on23November 197", "theCouncil
approved theopening ofthree Commission delegations intheMaghreb countries .
Tothat end ,three posts ofDelegate were included intheCommission
establishment plan andanappropriation of681000u.a .wasentered inthe
Budget asa"Subsidy totheEACinrespect oftheCommission delegations
operating intheMaghreb countries ".
However ,this appropriation wasentered inChapter 100oftheBudget until
theCouncil could begiven indetail thereasons forestablishing these
delegations ,thecomposition ofeach oneandhowandwhen they were tobe
established .
1.Sottinff-up ofCommission delegations
On25,26and?7April 1976 theCommunity signed cooperation agreements with
Tunisia ,Algeria andMorocco .

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Inadditiontonnimportantcommercialelement,theessentialfeatureofthese
n.'Mf-.-'i.ientr.inliminrlj.tulionofveryclosecooperation betweentheCommunity
andeachofthecountriesconcernedintheeconomicandindustrialspheres
n"i<!:iiin'fi>->hioftnobmnalar-Hfinancialcooperation .
Theestablishment ofincreasingly closelinksbetweentheCommunityandthese
countriesmakesobvioustheneedtosetupCommissiondelegationsinthe
Maghreb,matchingthespecialrelationships whichtheCommunityhasundertaken
+opromote.Thisapproachisin withthewishesofthethree
Maghrebiilates,whichconfirmed,atthesigningceremonies,theirdesirefor
theCommissiontoopensuchdelegations .TheCommissionisverymuchalive
initspresentmotivation–andwillremainsointhecomingiraplementational
stage–totheapproachtakenintheACPcountries,wheretheCommissionhas
setupA1delegations .
TheCommissionthusproposedtotheCouncilthatthe1977Budgetshould
includeprovisionfordelegations tobeestablished inTunis,Algiersand
Habat.
Thesethreedelegations ,whosetaskitwillbetoattendtothemanyforms
ofcooperation coveredbytheagreementswiththeStatesconcerned,aretQ
serveafourfoldpurpose: • ''
(i)toensurea.ndfacilitateeconomiccooperationinthecommercial,
industrialandtechnological spheres;
(ii)tomeettheneedsforinformation andcontactsofpublicand
privateeconomicoperatorsinvolvedinthiscooperation ;
(iii)toassistwiththeprovisionoffinancialandtechnical
cooperation andtomonitorinsitutheuseofaidwhichisunder
theCommission'sadministration ;
(iv)standingliaisonwiththenationalauthoritiesconcernedand
thelocaldiplomaticrepresentatives ofMemberStates.
Inaddition,theEuropeanInvestment Bajnk,whichdoesnotintendtobe
directlyrepresentedinthecountriesconcerned,hasexpressedawishforits
departments tocollaborateoperationally withthedelegations .

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2.Composition ofthedelegations
TheCommissionproposal)whichtheBudgetaryAuthorityacceptedfor1977»
expresslystipulatedthatthesedelegationswillbesmallunits.
AccordinglytheCommissionhasformedtheopinionthateachdelegation
mightbemadeupinitiallyofaHeadofDelegationandaGeneralAdviser,assistedbyasmallnumberoflocalstaff.
3.Howandwhenthedelegationsaretobesetup
Itmustbeemphasizedthatsomeurgencyattachestothesetting-upof
CommissiondelegationsintheMaghrebcountries.
TheCommercialelementsoftheagreements cameintoforceon1July1976*
Thepartrelatingtocooperationwillcomeintoforceassoonasinternal
ratification procedureshavebeencompleted.Itwasagreed,however,inthe
exchangeoflettersannexedtoeachagreementthattheCommunitywas
preparedtoundertakepreparatory workonsettingcooperationintrain.
Thispreparatory workwillbeallthemoreeffectiveiftheCommunitycan
begivensupportonthespotoHeretheassistanceoftheCommission's
Delegateineachcountrywillbeessentials hecanhelptoidentifypoints
whereactioncouldbetaken,aewellasprojectstobefinanced.
Althoughthematterisurgent,itissubjecttocertaintimeconstraints .
Itisnecessarytoselectandengagepeople,toholdacoursetoimpartthe
necessaryinformationbeforetheytakeuptheirduties,andtoobtain
eachState'sapprovaloftheHeadsofDelegationchosenbytheCommission .,

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InviewoftheseconstraintstheCommissionhasitinmindtocarryoutthe
tasksandformalitiesnecessarypriortosettingupthesedelegationsin
thethirdquarterof1977sothattheyoanbeoomeoperationalinthelast
quarteroftheyear.
Inthesecircumstances ,theestimatedexpenditureinrespectofeach
delegationisassetoutbelow,thoughitshouldheborneinmindthat–
except .forsetting-upexpenditure-thestaffandadministrative costs
belowareforaperiodofsixmonths.
I.STAFFEXPENDI1URE
HeadofDelegation
GeneralAdviser
Europeansecretary,recruitedlocally,
andfourlocalstaff
Total
II.ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE
1•^eitiin^T^_(non-recurrdn£ )_>exp£nditure
Furnitureandequipment
Twovehicles
Total
2.Recurringadmini£trative__exp£nditure
Rent(officesandlivingaccommodation )
Maintenance ,electricity ,telex,
officesupplies,etc.
Dutytravelandmissionexpenses
Representation expenses
Total
OVERALLTOTALPERDELEGATI OH" 141000u.a.
GRANDTOTALFORALLTHREEDELEGATIONS 423000u.a.
TheBudgetaryAuthorityisaccordinglyrequestedtoapprovethetransfer
of423000u.a.fromChapter100toItem9431*
AstheHeadofDelegationwillbeaCommissionofficial,hissalaryand
allowanceswillbepaidfromtheCommission'sadministrative budget._1
27000u.a.
20000u.a.
47000u.a.
40000u.a.
15000u.a.
55000u.a.
13500u.a.
15000u.a.
9000u.a.
15OOu.a.
39000u.a.