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GENERALBUDGETFORI98I
SECTIONIII-COMMISSION'
TRANSFEROFAPPROPRIATIONS No.30/81
(Compulsoryexpenditure)
FROMCHAPTER41APPLICATION OFTHEFINANCIAL MECHANISM
PURSUANT TOTHECOUNCILDECISIONS OF-
17MAY1976and27OCTOBERI98O~
Article410 Application oftheFinancial Mechanism
pursuanttotheCouncilDecisionsof
17May1976and27October1980
TOCHAPTER58
Article$QQSUPPLEMENTARY MEASURESINFAVOUROF
THEUNITEDKINGDOM
Supplementary measuresinfavourof
theUnitedKingdom
469.OOO.OOO Ecus
TheFinancialControllerapprovedthisproposalon23.X.1981in
accordancewithArticle21(4)oftheFinancialRepilationand,certifiedthat
theappropriations areavailable.

GROUNDS
Aprovisional appropriation of469million ECUforthefinancial mechanism
was entered ,under Article 410 ,
Inaccordance with thefirst paragraph ofArticle 7ofCouncil Regulation
(EEC)NO.II72/76of17May1976setting upafinancial mechanism ^\an
advance of75$of "this sumhas "been made totheUnited Kingdom ,Thesecond
paragraph ofArticle 7ofthis Regulation ,asamended byCouncil Regulation
No.2743/80of27October 1980^\provides that'after drawing uptherevenue
andexpenditure account for theyear inwhich theapplication referred toin
î
Article 2has "been submitted ,andassoon asithas atitsdisposal allthe
data referred tointhis Regulation ,theCommission shall ,onthebasis of
these data ,calculate thefinal amount ofthepayment andsettle the "balance .
Theabovementioned GDPdata shall "bethefirst figures calculated "bythe
Statistical Office oftheEuropean Communities after therevenue andexpend­
iture account has "been drawn up.'GDPdata forI98O calculated "bytheStat­
istical Office for seven Member States and estimates for the other two
lead theCommission toconclude that thecondition contained inArticle 2(c)
ofRegulation No.II72/76,asamended ,hasnot "been satisfied .Thecondition
isthat 'the payments made "bytheMember State tothebudget oftheCommunities
forthefinancial year inprogress pursuant toDecision 70/243/ECSC ,EEC ,Eur–
atom of21April 1970 onthereplacement offinancial contributions from Member
States bytheCommunities *ownresources ^^,exceed bymorethan10$theamount
itwould have topayifthepart ofthebudget covered bytheaforementioned
Decision were financed bytheMember States onthebasis oftheproportion of
their GNP tothetotal GNPoftheMember States forthesame financial yeari '
Payments bytheUnited Kingdom totheI98O budget under theDecision ofApril
1970 donotexceed GDP–based payments bymore than 10% .
(1) .._
v'0JL131,20.5.197 6^0JL284,29.10.1980
(3) vBelgium ,Denmark ,Prance ,Germany ,Italy ,Netherlands andtheUnited
Kingdom
(4VH'0JL94,28.4.1970

The "budget appropriation ox"4^9million ECUforthefinancial mechanism should ,
therefore hecancelled . ?!naccordance with Article 5(l) Council Regulation
(EEC)No.2744/30of27October 1980 instituting supplementary measures infavour
oftheUnited Kingdom ^\these appropriations musthatransferred toArticle
58O (Supplementary measures infavour oftheUnited Kingdom ).
^'OJL284,29,10.1980