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SECTIONIII-COMMISSION
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GENERALBUDGETFOR1978
SECTION "III-COMMISSION
TRANSFER CPAPPROPRIATIONS BETWEENCHAPTERS
(NON-CQMPULSCRY EXPENDITURES)
TRANSFERNO19/78
FromChapter101–Contingencyreserve –580000EUA
T6Chapter35*"ProtectionofManandhisenvironment
Article354–Communityenvironmental protectionœeaaures
Item3540–Environmental étudiés +580000SUA
PursuanttoArticle21(4)oftheFinancialRegulation,theFinancial
Controllerapprovedthisproposalon17Julythusattestingthatthe
appropriations areavailable *

JUSTIFICATION
Transfer No1(
FollowingtheAmocoCadizdisaster,theEuropeanCouncilcalleduponthe
Community,atitsmeetingon7and8AprilinCopenhagen,togivepriority
topreventingandcombatingmarinepollutioncausedbyoil.Initsfinal
communique'',theEuropeanCouncilasked"theCouncil,actingonproposals
fromtheCommission,andtheMemberStatesforthwithtot^.keappropriate
measuresi-jithintheCommunity".
Atth~t,ndofApril,theCommissionforwardedtotheCouncilaComnrunication
onma.aepollutionarisingfromthecarriageofoil;thiscontainedin
particalaradraftCouncilresolutioncreatinganactionprogrammeofthe
EuropeanCommunities onthecontrolandreductionofpollutioncausedby
hydrocarbons dischargedatsea.Thisdraftwasaccompanied byafinancial
recordsheetrelatingtothecostofpreparingtheproposalsmadeinthe
actionprogramme;itcallsforexpendituretotalling580000EUAtobe
committedinfullbytheendofthisyear.Thecorresponding resolution
wasadoptedbytheCouncilon26June(OJNoC162of8July1978)•
AsaresultofthechangesmadebytheCounciltotheCommission *sproposal
thisresolutionwillnowonlygiverisetoexpendituretotalling510000EUA,
tobecommittedbytheendofthisyear,tocoverthecostsofpreparingthe
proposalscontainedintheactionprogramme(seeAnnexl).
Atitsmeetingontheenvironment on30May,theCouncilinstructedtheCommission'totakethenecessarystepstoinitiateresearchworktoimprove
scientificknowledgeaboutthepopulationtrendsofninespeciesofbird
whichmightb9affeotedbytrade.TheCommissionputsthecostofthis
researchworkat70000EUA.
InboththesecasestheCommissionhasbeengivenadditionaltasksbythe
Councilthisyear;consequently ,noappropriations havebeanallocatedto
theminthe1978Budget,Sincebothinstancescoverstudies(seeAnnexI),
theappropriateheadingisItem3540(Environmental studies).
By30June,halftheappropriations allottedtothisArticlehadbeencommitted;
theentireremainingfundshavealreadybeenearmarkedfortheCommissions
1978programmeofstudies.Itshouldalsobenotedthatalltheappropriations
allocatedtothisheadinghavealwaysbeenfullyutilizedinpreviousyears.
Asumof58O000EUA(510000+JO000)willthereforehavetobetransferred
toItem3540inordertofinancethesenewstudies.TheCommissionrequests
approvalforthetransferofthissumfromChapter101(Contingencyreserve)
toItem3540(Environmental studies)ofChapter35(ProtectionofManand
hisenvironment)*
Λ
SeeCouncildocumentR/1406/78(EUV81)of5June1978(Progressreporton
theproposalforaCouncilDirective(AORI422)onbirdconservationfollowing
theCouncil*smeetingon3QHay)*

Expsndxturetobecommittedin1973forthepreparation ofthe
proposalscontainedintheactionprogrammeoftheEuropeanCommunities
ontheoouiroiandreductionofpollutioncausedbyhydrocarbons discharged
atseaset-upbytheCouncilResolutionof26June19?8«
ProposalstobeputtotheCouncil Expenditurearisingfromtb.«3
inrespectofthefollowingmeasures ?preparation ofthesemeasur *a
tobecommittedin1978(inFJA)
(a)Computerprocessingof"existingdata,ordatastilltobe
collectedonmethodsofdealingwithmarinapollution
byoilwithaviewtoimmediateuseofthesedatain
theeventofaccidentalpollution 85000
(b)AstudyoftheMemberStates*accessibilityto
relevantdataontankersliabletopollutethe
Community'swatersorcoastandonman-made
structuresundertheMemberStates*jurisdiction 120000
(o)AssessmentofwhethertheCommunityshouldadopt
itsownmeasurestoenhancecooperation between,
andtheefficiencyof,theemergencyteamswhich
havebeenoraretobesetupbytheMemberStates 90000
(d)StudyofapossibleCommunitycontributiontothe
designanddevelopment ofclean–upvesselsto
whichmaybefittedtheequipment "neededforthe
effectivetreatmentofoilspills 100000
(e)Studyoftheamendmentsandimprovements whichmay
havetobemadetotherulesoflawregarding
insuranceagainsttherisksofpollutionfromoil
spills 40000
(f)ReporttotheCouncilonthepollutionofthe
Community'sooastbyoilandmeasurestakenby
theresponsibleauthoritiestocombatit 75000
TOTAL 510000

BREAKDOWN "(FAPPROPRIATIONS INCHAPTER101
AT15JULY
AmountenteredintheBudget:5millionEUA
| .Transfersapprovedbythe .I
| BudgetaryAuthority I
ArticleorItem Mo Amouirt(inEUA)
260 4120000!
2981 1 175ooo
|9505500oooj
Total 795000
ITransferspendingbeforethe I
I BudgetaryAuthority |
2550, 166350001
2722 12 600000
3365* 13 500oooI
34317250oooj
Total 1985000
Balance:2220000EUA