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COMMISSION OF
1978GENERALBUDGET
SECTIONIII_COMMISSIONTHEEURQPEÀN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)157final.
Brussels,3April1978.
TRANSFERSOPAPPROPRIATIONS BETWEENCHAPTERS
CCM(78)I57final>

11973GENEMLBUDGET
SECTIONIII(COMMISSION)
TRANSFERS OPAPPROPRIATIONS BETWEENCHAPTERS
(ProposalNoIII/78/2)r
*Chapter100
(1)toChat)ter20
Article202
(2)toChapter36
Article361
Item3611inEIJA
Provisional appropriations
Immovablepropertyinvestments
\
Otherexpenditurepreliminary to
theacquisition ofimmovable
propertyortotheconstruction
ofbuildings
Expenditure onscientificand
technicalinformation andon
information management
Dissemination ,circulation and
utilization ofscientific and
technicalknowledge
Assessment andutilization of
researchfindings295000
145000
150000
B.jEVomChapter101
(1)toChapter26
Article260
(2)toChapter95
Article950Contingency reserve
Expenditvireonstudies,
andconsultations620000
surveys
Consultations ,surveysana
studiesoflimitedscope
Exceptional measurestoassist
developingcountriesandnon-
membercountries
Communityaidtodisastervictims
indeveloping andnon-member
countries120000
500000
ThepositionwithregardtoChapter101appropriations isasfollows:
5000000
175000
Availablefunds:4825000Amountinthe1978Budget:
TransferproposaiIIl/78/l
(International OliveOilAgreement);

JUSTIFICATION
A.1.Transferof145000EUAfromChapter100toChapter20
InthePreliminaryDraftBudgetforthefinancialyear19?8»the
Committeeassigned145000EUAtoArticle ;202forconsultants *fees •
inconnection withtheconstruction ofthe,thirdsectionofthe
JeanMonnetBuildinginLuxembourg.
OnitsfirstreadingofthePreliminary DraftBudget,theCouncildid '
notthinkthatithadsufficientinformationtobeabletoassessthe (
meritsofthisrequest,andsodecidedtoincludethisamountin
Chapter100andinstructedthebudgetaryexpertstoexaminethejoint
reportoftheCourtof-JusticeandtheCommission ontheextensionof
theJeanMonnetBuilding.Afterthisexamination wascarriedouton ,
14and25July1977»theyrecommendedthatthePermanentRepresentatives
Committeeagreetotheplannedoperations,andapprovalwasgivenon
27July1977, ',...■■/
Oncompletionofthebudgetaryprocedure,Chapter100(item2ofthe
remarks)ofthe1978Budgetstillcontainedthissumof.145000EUA.
ItisnowurgentfortheCommissiontohavethismoneyatitsdisposal.
Onthebasisofthe'Council'sagreementinprinciple(giveninJuly1977)»
on16/19DecembertheCommissionsignedthelear>ewiththebuilderof,
thethirdsectionoftheJeanMonnetBuilding(theSocieteironK&iliere .
ay.Kirchberg)..AspartofthebuildingisintendedtohousetheComputer
Centraandveryspecialconditionswill,therefore,havetobesatisfied,
thebuilderis-waitingfortheCommissiontoprovidethe.necessary
technicalspecifications .Astherearenotechnicians ontheCommission ,
staffcapableofdrawingupandsupervisingtheobservanceofthestandards
andspecifications required,theCommissionisobligedtoresortto
consultants ,inparticularinordertoavoidalterationslater,alterations
whichmightproveverycostly. <
A.2Transferof150000EUAfromChapter100toChapter36
On14January1977»'theCommissiondecidedtocontinueorlaunchcertain
measuresfortheprogressiveestablishment ofaninnovationpolicy.•
Theoutcomeoftheworkdoneasaresultofthisdecisionhas'beensetoutina
reportontheCommunityandindustrialinnovationwhichwasexaminedbytheassist­
ants.totheheadsofindustryintheMemberStatesinSeptember1977andbythe
headsofindustrythemselveson17February1978.ThelatterqLecidedtosetupan
ad.hocgroup.ThsreporthasalsobeenthesubjectofmanyconsultationsindifferentMemberStates.Thetimehasnowcometodefineindepthandformulate
moreclearlycertainproposalsandlaunchsomemodestexperiments '
•Accordingly,a.startshouldbemadeonthethreecategoriesofmeasures
belowin1978s

1973QJÏÏM2M1,BUDGET
SECTIONIII(COMMISSION)
TRANSFERSOPAPPROPRIATIONS BETWEENCHAPTERS
(ProposalNoIII/78/2)
^romChapter100
(^)toChaptgitr20
Article202
(2)toChapter
Article361
Item3611mEUA
Provisionalappropriations
Immovablepropertyinvestments
Othere:xpenditurepreliminaryto
theacquisition ofimmovable
propertyortotheconstruction
ofbuildings
Expenditure onscientificand
technicalinformation andon
information management
Dissemination ,circulation and
utilization ofscientific and.1
technicalknowledge
Assessmentandutilizationof.
researchfindings295000
145000
150000
B..FromChapter101
(1)toChapter26
Article260
(2)toChapter
Article950Contingencyreserve 620000
Expenditure onstudies,surveys
andconsultations
Consultations ,surveysand
studiesoflimitedscope 120000
Exceptional measurestoassist
developingcountriesandnon-
membercountries
/ ;-
Communityaidtodisastervictims
indevelopingandnon-member *-
countries '500000
epositionwithregardtoChapter101appropriations isasfollows:
Amountinthe1978Budget; 5000000TransferproposaiIIl/78/l
(International OliveOilA&Agreement): 1.75000
Availablefunds:4825000

JUSTIFICATION ■
A.1„Transferof145OOPEUAfromChapter100"boChapter20■^
InthePreliminaryDraftBudgetforthefinancialyear1978/the -
Committeeassigned.145000EUAtoArticle202forconsultants *fees i
■'inconnectionwiththeconstruction ofthethirdsectionofthe- ''
JeanMonnetBuildinginLuxembourg.
OnitsfirstreadingofthePreliminary DraftBudget,theCouncildid 1
notthinkthatithadsufficientinformationtobeabletoassessthe .j
meritsofthisrequest,andsodecidedtoincludethisamountin ,;
Chapter100andinstructedthebudgetaryexpertstoexaminethejoint ''j
i-reportoftheCourtofJusticeandtheCommission ontheextension6f '.
theJeanMonnetBuilding.Afterthisexamination wascarriedouton 1,,
14and25July1977,theyrecommendedthatthePermanentRepresentatives
Committeeagreetotheplannedoperations,andapprovalwasgivenon • !
-■27July1977. '• ' !
>'■■■- ■<.' . . !
.Oncompletionofthebudgetaryprocedure,Chapter100(item2ofthe '|
remarks)ofthe1978Budgetstillcontainedthissumof145000EUA. j
ItisnowurgentfortheCommissiontohavethismoneyatitsdisposal..
~OnthebasisoftheCouncil,sagreementinprinciple(giveninJuly1977),
on16/19DecembertheCommissionsignedtheleasewiththebuildejrof,thethirdsectionoftheJeanMonnetBuilding(theSocieteimmcfciliere
duKirchberg).AspartofthebuildingisintendedtohousetheComputer
Centreandveryspecialconditionswill,therefore,havetobesatisfied,
(thebuilderiswaitingfortheCommissiontoprovidethenecessary
technicalspecifications .Astherearenotechnicians ontheCommission
staffcapableofdrawingupandsupervisingtheobservanceofthestandards
andspecifications required,theCommissionisobligedtoresortto
consultants ,inparticularinordertoavoidalterationslater,alterations
whichmightproveverycostly. .
,A.2Transferof150000EUAfromChapter100toChapter36
■On14January1977,theCommission .decidedtocontinueorlaunchcertain •
measuresfortheprogressiveestablishment of"aninnovationpolicy.-
Theoutcomeoftheworkdoneasaresultofthisdecisionhasbeensetoutina
reportontheCommunityandindustrialinnovationwhichwasexaminedbytheassist­
antstotheheadsofindustryintheMemberStatesinSeptember1977andbythe
.headsofindustrythemselveson17February1978.Thelatterdecidedtosetupan
.adhocgroup.Th<ireporthasalsobeenthesubjectofman»yconsultationsindifferentMemberStates.Thetimehasnowcometodefineindepthandformulate *
moreclearlycertainproposalsand.launchsomemodestexperiments.
•Accordingly,astartshouldbemadeonthethreecategoriesofmeasures , !
belowin1978:
ν

inparticulfr^rnrTr fo*technologicand,inparticular,servicesanastudiesin'thecontextofastandingIncludw'Si/cfr6"08?f'l0Calauthor"iesintheEuropeanCommunity,evaSaS!265oSe;:^'8°retai'ial »eing
f^/,SerV1CeSTf'ndstudiestoe.couragetechnologicalinnovation
consultant!^medium-sizelfirms;makinguseoftechnicaltants;,entailingexpenditureestimatedat50000u.a.
±t\™t+StU^ieSandBervicesrelatingtoothergeneralmeasures
and+aJSUSX/ialinnova'tio;',>inparticular,legal,financialmeasures(taxmeasuresrelatingtotheoperation ,ofthe
II5-sIcI*O"IT"^JMAM^.1___1_f\ *apitalmarketetc.),entailingexpenditureestiraatedat'35000u.a.
rImsr2illtyTjftheSe^Pter100appropriations (item14ofthe..V°uldenablea/starttobemadeonthepreparationof
wh-ioh1-^Proposalstooesubmittedtotheadhocgrouponinnovationwhichvhenationalauthoritieshavedecided~tosetup.
t •
120000u.a.fromChapter101toChanter26
*^S®eeting16November1977»theComiriissionapproveda
+Udy(37500withavi-ewt0a"trialrun"to
*ma-rV«+BP°H^^ionarelatingtobuyingandsellingontheoilno^i^o^r?~WeStEuroP®*',Ihispreparatorystudyshouldmakeit
n+ri°eterminethepracticalarrangementsfororganizingtheir+i1S-Ud?rProP®rwhichitisproposedtofinanceunder
ofi:u,°^ne^978Budget(120000SUA).InitsResolution
the* ®^53»9July1975)»"theCouncilapproved
tT-iM^ar,^e°aconsumerpricepolicybasedoncompetitionand
afnmm-enCyjcostsandpricesofhydrocarbons.Cnthebasisof
®t^f®10"Joc^ent.(COM/™/3V76),the.EnergyCommitteehas .
thevain"~r–workingpartyxjhichhasdrawnupareportconfirming
n-f+1^^r-3°-arecordingofspottransactions -undertheaegisoitheCommission(COM/EMER/I8/77).■
hirf^rin+^v!213^0^3^^.-^P-^cationsofthisinthefinancialyear1978
thpane^n^"^icipatedandwillputaconsiderablestrainon
finanp-ia?aX1°nsarmarkedtoArticle260(900000u.a.)forthecurrent
•in-i+^r^year'theCommissiontakestheviewthatArticle260*sinitialallocationshould"beincreased.

B»2Transferof500000EUAfromChapter101to"Chapter95
(a)EarlyinJanuary1978,theTurkish .Governmentappealedtotjae
Communityforhelpinthofighttocontrolmalariainthoprovinces
intheSou^hofTurkey,thediseasehavingreachedcatastrophic
proportions in1977andbeinglikelytospread,totherestofthe
countryandtootherEuropeancountries.Itisestimatedthat
106000peoplewereinfectedinmid-October 1977,comparedwith
29000in1976,and'10000in1974,andthat'700000willbeinfected
in1978unlesseffectiveaction .istakenswiftly. ..
TheTurkishGovernmenthasdeclaredastatepfemergencyandtaken
specialactiontodealwiththesituation:provisionofspecialfunds,,
reorganization andcoordination ofthenational vanti-malariaservices
inaccordancewiththerecommendations oftheWorldHealthOrganization
(WHO)etc. -
WHOhasappealedto>allEuropeancountriesandtotheCommission.
ItisintheprocessofcarryingoutoperationsinEuropear*dis
helpingthelocalauthorities onthespot.TheUnitedNations
DisasterReliefOffice(UJJDRd1),whichisresponsibleforinternational
coordination intheeventofdisasters,launchedanappealon
8February1978forcontributions inkindanpLincash.
(b)Requirementsfor1978areevaluatedatabout$4million(drugs,
insecticides ,meansoftransportetc.).S,ofarpi272000hasbeen
provided.Underthecoordination proceduredecidedonbytheCouncil
on28November1977,theMemberStateshaveinformedtheCommission .
ofdecisionstakenalready*Atotalof020000isinvolved. ,
Twotypesofrequirementsstillneedtobemeti
(i)insecticides ,spraysanddrugs(aboutsTl032000),
(ii)meansoftransport(aboutp1718000).
(c)The-Co-missionhasthereforedecidedtoallocateTurkey1million
EUAwhichwillbQpaidovertotheWHOwhichwillactasanintermediary
fortheCommunity.•''

ThisistobechargedagainstArticle950ofthe1978Budget
(Communityaidtodisastervictimsindevelopingandnon-member
countries).Asthisheadingwasallocatedonly900000u.a.
thorewillhavetoboatransferfromChapter101:itwouldbo
inadequatetotransfer100000EUAasthatwouldonlycoverthe
Turkishoperationandwouldnotleaveanymoneyforanythingelse.
Transfering 1millionEUAtoraiseArticle95°*sallocationto
itsinitiallevelwouldputagreatstrainonChapter101which
hasbeenallottedonly5millionEUA.-Itthereforeseemsadvisable
tomakeamedium-scaletransfer,i.e.500000EUA.Afterpayingfor
theTurkishoperation,thiswillleaveArticle950with400000EUA
forpossibledisasters,
Iriviewoftheneedforatransfer,theTurkishoperationwill
becarriedoutintwostages,thefirstinstalmentof500000EUA
tobepaidimmediately ,andthesecondinstalmentof500000EUA
afterapprovalofthetransferbyParliament.TheCommiseiohtrusts
thatthisrequestwill.behandledasamatterofurgencysincethe
effectiveness oftheanti-malaria campaigndependstoagreatextent
ontheon-the-spotoperationsbeingcarriedoutnolaterthaninApril.