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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(80)404 final
Brussels,16thJuly1980
REPORTFROMTHECOMMISSION TOTHECOUNCIL
ONTHEUTILIZATION OFSUMSAVAILABLE FORGRANTING BUILDING
LOANSTOOFFICIALS OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES OVERTHE
PERIOD 1JANUARY1979TO31DECEMBER 1979
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REPORT TOTHE COUNCIL ONTHE UTILIZATION OPSUMS AVAILABLE
FORGRAMOT BUILDING LOANS T.OOFFICIALS OPTHE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES OVER THEPERIOD -1JANUARY 1979 TO
■31DECEMBER 1979
INTRODUCTION
This istheseventh report drawn upbytheCommission . Itcovers the
\
period from 1January to31December 1979 andisinfour parts :
I.Work oftheLoans Committee
II«Utilization offunds during thefinancial year
III ,,Conclusions
IV.Statistios

I.WORK CPTHE LOAN 'SCOMMITTEE
1 1
A. Meetings
TheCommittee held four ordinary meetings (four days )andexamined
250applications . Italso held oneextraordinary meeting toexamine
aproposal toextend eligibility for "building loans totemporary
JRC staff onindefinite contracts ;this wasnotapproved because
insufficient funds .
B. Working methods
« * <
Faced once again with theproblem ofinsufficient funds tosatisfy
allapplicants ,theCommittee decided that itwasnecessary to
continue selecting applications onthebasis ofcertain priority
criteria ,asithasbeen doing since 1972 .
During theperiod inquestion itused thevery selective system which
hasbeen inforce since 1976 ,enabling ittotake account ofagreater
number offactors ,weighted according toimportance ,notably :
A.thelocation oftheproperty tobefinanced ;
B.the applicant 'sageandfamily status ;
C.theincome oftheapplicant and ,where applicable ,
ofhis spouse . ' . ' '<
C. Opinions given bythe Committee
Onthebasis ofthese criteria theCommittee approved 116applications
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andrejected 4during thefinancial year inquestion .

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TI.UTILIZATION CPFUNDS !
1.flanaraladministration
At
31/12/1978Duringthe
financial ?
vabtI
At
31/12/1979
v ■ ■■ <
Applications made2502
l146 2648
Applications withdrawn543 87
i-630
Applications pending- 7 .1 8
Applications alreadysubmitted or
tobesubmittedtotheCommittee1952 '■2010
Applications onwhichnodecision
wastakenbecause .allfundsfor
thefinancial yearhad.been
disbursed .278!
/• •
'216
r :
CasesdecidedbytheCommission
Refusals1.674.
-69120|
->4i
!1-794
73
Loa*<ïjurantedI
1-605'|
I116+|1721*
Loanbcancelledattherequest
ofrecipients33• 10 43
Loansoutstanding1572 1,678
1721loansinvolving 15^7offioials.
+116loansinvolving 107offioials./

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2«Finanoial administration
(a)MoneyderivedfromtheECSCFund
A;PundBavailable initially
40%oftheEGSOPension Fund.Γ
ECSCinterest 1970arid1971
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BalancedueonECSCloansat15December 1971
Available on15December 1971
Newfundsmadeavailable in1976 >'
B..Loansgranted from15December 1971to-'
31December 1978 '
jBfrs1033710007-Bfrs25918709(oanoelled )
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C.Receipts from1January 1972to31December 1978 )
!
ι ι
D.Receipts from1Januaryto31Deoember1.979
!• '•
I_
Rédemption
Interest ,
Repayments (death,eto.)Bfrs
j..
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+510187.020
'7104.737
517291,757
93878178
I,
+423413579
140.000 000
-1-007..791,298
431.388,492
♦51,001.079
♦53.077.957
♦18097944
E.Loansgrantedfrom1Januaryto31December 1979
Bfrs111384665-Bfrs3413000(oanoelled )i-107*971665i
F.Forecasts foroomingfinancial years
1980(Reoeipts
r .■
Loanstobegranted
1981(Reoeipta
Loanstobegranted♦110.000000
-110.000000
♦120.000000
♦•120.000000

––^ Bfrs50000000
Appropriations committedin1976andpaidin1976and1977whichmadeitpossibleto
grant 67loans Bfrs49999994
3.Observations ,
DuringtheperiodinquestiontheLoansCommittee ,withCommission
approval,continuedtoapplytheprioritycriteriabasedonapplicants
familystatusandfinancial situation .
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The116loansgrantedduringthefinancialyearinvolve107officials.
Abreakdown bygradeisgiveninTableI\ ■
III.CONCLUSIONS
1.TLi®numberofnewloanapplications was146.
2.116loansweregranted,totalling Bfrs107971665.
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3.Theobligation imposedbytheCounciltodistribute aminimumof
Bfrs50000000annually wastherefore respected .
4.On31December 1979»216applications werepending./
(b)Budgetappropriations
Appropriations available
Appropriations committedin1976andpaidin1976and1977whichmadeitpossibleto
grant67loans

IV.FollowingIncreasesintheBelgianretailpriceindexftheceilings
setinArticle4(2)oftheimplementing provisions wereraisedas
follows :
Bfrs Bfrs
(
On17June1971* .J600000 +50000perchild
On1May1972:630000 +52500:perchild
■*
On1December 1972 !660000 +55000perchild
On24January1974*693000 +57750perchild
On1iApril1974* !'727650 +•60638perchild
On1August1974î 'i764033■+63670perchild
On1January1975* j802235 +66854perchild
On1July1975* I842
I347 •.+70197perchild
On1January197^:i884464■+73707 ;perchild
On1October197^s i928687 .+77392perchild
On1July1977: |975121 +81262perchild
On1October1978*,1023877 ♦85325perchild
On1November 1979s :1075071.+89591perchild
/
Thisrepresentsa79*17$increaseinceilings.
TheABEXindexshowsa155-46%increaseinbuildingcosts
1November1971 "to1November1979.overtheperiod

STATISTICS ASAT31DECEMBER 1979
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I.Loansgranted(objectofloan)
Purchaseof"buildingland 83
Purchaseofhouse 254
Purchaseofflat .363
Purchase +repayment (flat) 2
Purchase +repayment (house) 3
Purchase +conversion (house) 59
Purchase +conversion (flat) 6
Building offlat 10
Building ofhouse 626
Building +repayment (house) 6
Repayment ofloan(flat) ^
Repaymentofloan(house) 146
Conversion offlat 7
Conversion ofhouse 89
Conversion +repayment (house) 5
TOTAL 1690
•NB«Ofthese1690loans103weregrantedintwoinstalments ,
whichmeansthatatotalof1587officials wereinvolved.
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IIoRecipients
(a)Bvinstitution
Council / 135
Parliament 65
CourtofJustice 22
Economic andSocialCommittee 26
CourtofAuditors 6
Commission ,;Brussels 821
Commission ,Luxembourg 149
Commission ,Ispra ,239
Commission ,Karlsruhe 8
Commission ,Geel–Mol 48
Commission ,Petten 24
i •
Commission ,other 44
TOTAL 1587

("b)nationality .
Belgian
German
French
Italian
Luxembourg
Dutch
British
Irish
Danish
Other
(c)Bysex
Pemale
Maie
(d)"Bymaritalstatus
Single
Married
Separated
Divorced
Widowed375
331
249-
448
46
116
16
2
3
1
'TOTAL 1587
513
1074
TOTAL 1587
183
1286
11
92
'15
TOTAL 1587
(e)Bycategory .
Category A
Category B
«.
Category C
Category D390=24.57$
492=31.0$
582=36.67$
123«7.76$
1587

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(?)Byageattimeofapplication
24years 2
25η4
26M10
27H•20
28Η'21
29M
■27.
30η38
31ιι44
32η80
33Μ62
34n76
35i»81
36«94
37«.100
38»86
39n95
40II93
41«75
42n76
'43II66
44η56
:45Vf51
:46JJ
«
M41
■47 41
'48 49
;49II30
:50II35
51Η34
52Ν19
53η14
54II
■15
,55II19
56η.10
57II8
58η4
59II4s-
60II2
61η2
62«.3
■. . ■. .
TOTAL 1587 i
(g)Bylengthofserviceattimeofapplication
3years 40 16years 35
4»! 54 17 Η 26
5H 192 18 n 35
6η122 19 n18
7n144 '20 4
8Η131 '21«I6
9M137 23II1
10η 169 '24 η i,
:11II 128 '25« 1
12n119 26ή 1
■13η123
14nu63 TOTAL 1587
15II 37 ■s::--

TABLE I
OFFICIALS TOWHOM ALOAN WASGRANTED
HIRING THE PERIOD
f FROM FROM FROM FROM
16/8/1971 1H/1977 1/1/1978 1/1/1979
GRADE TO • TO TO . TO
31/12/1976 31/12/1977 31/12/1978 31/12/1979
" " _ -- - 2.
A1 '}-■>' - - '■ - 12
A2 \l ' - - . - 33
'A3 ?3 - _ _ . - 64
A4 64>• " _ _ • 147
A5 H7 - - , : ■ ■«3 o/ 3 " 1 VSA6 94 . - ! 1 33
A? 3 ' 2 - 1•••■
A8 1 -. ,
"ZT~' '* - "2 390
TOTAL A 384 *
" ,R 7 - 1 66 •
B1 99 I 11 6 8 124
«T 127 1* 9• 13 'cl!? 1, . 12 •« I ! " m ' 1<i oil84 72 7 I 1 I2 42B5 32 (
55 22 27TOTAL B 388 - I I I
~Γ77 Η 9 1? Η°
?I « 19 ?». ?»r2 157 11 y, 1« ■ 1A7«i 'ina 28 13 18 ™03 1« 12 2 5 42
c4 •" : 3 1 9
C5 5 -
'TOTAL c ro-:- •"» 46 " 583
»1 l7, 15 8 6 50
02 '2J 10 6 2 20
03 . ; "
AO 32 16 15 123TOTAL D 60
"GRAND 1202 . ,194 84 107 1587
TOTAL , – ,1 –
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