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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(?9)53final.
Brussels ,9January 1979*
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BUILTING OFINFANTS •CENTRE INLUXEMBOURG
(Communication ...fromthe«"Commission )
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COM(79)53final.

PlantobuildanEarlyChildhood CentreinLuxembourg
(creche,nurseryandsupervised studycentre!
1.Reasons andobjectives
Forsome15yearsnowtherehavebeenacreche,anurseryanda
supervised studycentreinLuxembourg fortheconvenience ofstaff
oftheEuropean Parliament ,theCommission ,theCourtofJustice ,
theEuropean Investment Bankandmorerecently theCourtofAuditors .
Runningcostsarechargedtothewelfarebudget,whichisfinanced
bysubscriptions fromtheCommunity institutions andbodies
(Chapter14)andbyparents 1contributions ,thelatterbeing
deducted fromtheamountchargedtotheChapter.Thecoetofthe
properties ,i.e.rentsandcharges ,arecurrently chargedtoChapter 21
ofParliament 'sandtheCommission 'sBudgets.
Useofthefacilities isrestricted tochildren fromfamilies inwhich
atleastoneparentworksfortheCommunity .Thefacilities can
accommodate only280children perday,whichisalreadyinadequate .
WhentheCourtofAuditors andtheSecretariat ofthedirectly–elected
Parliament areinstalled inLuxembourg ,thenumberofchildren
wishingtousethefacilities isboundtoincrease .
2.Theprésentsituation
Thereisnosinglebuilding inLuxembourg capableofaccommodating
eventhenumbersalreadyattending thecrecheandthenursery.The
facilities aretherefore scattered betweensevendifferent buildings ,
mostofthemdwellings invaryingstatesofdecay.Wowthatmost
oftheCommunity departments havebeentransferred topremises onthe
Kirchberg ,parentsareobligedtotakeacircuitous routearound
variouspartsofthetowncentrebeforegoingtotheoffice.
Theriseinthenumbersattending thecrecheandthenurserywill
inevitably exacerbate thesituation ,andyetmorebuildings willhave
tobeusedforapurposeforwhichtheywillbelessandless
suitably locatedandequipped .
3.Projectcurrently underdiscussion
TheLuxembourg Government provedtobeextremely attentive whenthe
institutions resolvedtoapproachitwiththeirdifficulties .It
immediately instructed itsAdministration desBatiments Publics
(PublicBuildings Department )tocarryoutapreliminary studyand
drawupplansforasinglebuilding –tobecalledtheEarlyChildhood
Centre-whichmightaccommodate alltheseactivities ontheKirchberg ,
neartheEuropeaninstitutions andSchools.

ThenewCentrewouldbebigenough "toallowattendance figuresto
risegraduallytoatotalof400children.Thiswouldseemtobeareasonable totalinviewoftheforeseeable demand;itisalsothe
maximumpracticable capacity .
Inpracticalterms,theLuxembourg Statewouldactasdeveloper/lessor
ofthenewCentre.Workcouldcommence extremely quiclclyandthe
buildingcouldbefinishedinthecourseof1980.
Oncecompleted (atanestimatedcostofapproximately Lfrs265million),
theEarlyChildhood Centrewouldbelettotheinstitutions .The
annualrentwouldbebetweenLfrs24»825«000 andLfrs23»540.000 depen­
dinguponaleaseof25or30years.Thiswouldrepresent areturnof
8%ontheinvestedcapital.Alltheinstitutions ,including the
EuropeanInvestment Bank,wouldpaytowardstherent(*)•
Acarefulstudyoftherunningcostsoftheplannedbuilding ,
undertaken withtheassistance oftheBouwcentrum inRotterdam ,has
producedthefigureofapproximately Lfrs3million,whichwouldbe
sharedinthesameway.
4.Management ofthebuilding
Theinstitutions haveagreedthattheexisting management methods ,
whichhavegradually evolvedfromtherudimentary arrangements
introduced 15yearsago,cannolongerbeusedtomanageacomplexof
thissize.
Intheinterests ofsoundfinancial andbudgetary management the
institutions wouldliketosetupaseparate management bodyforthe
nowEarlyChildhood Centrewithanoperating budgetdesignedto
balanceexpenditure (rent,runningcosts,staff)andincome
(parents *contributions ,paymentsfromalltheinstitutions andthe
EuropeanInvestment Bank).Thebudgetary management wouldbe
subjecttotheinstitutions *internal financial control andexternal
controlbytheCourtofAuditors .
The^rentandchargesforthebuildingscurrently accommodating the
(creche,thenurseryandthesupervised studycentreamountedto
Lfrs6100000in1978.Thisexpenditure wassharedbythe
Commission andParliament .Withtheincreaseinattendance
figuresandtheimminentabandoning ofthemoredilapidated buildingsthisamountmustinevitably increase.

rj.Conclusions
Thetimehasnowcome,beforetheprojectisfinalized withthe
appropriate Luxembourg authorities ,fortheinstitutions togivethe
Luxembourg Government anundertaking astotheprinciple thatthoy
willrentthenewCentreforthepurposes described above.
TheBudgetary Authority isaccordingly invitedtotakenoteofthe
plan,therebyenablingtheheadsoftheadministrative departments in
therelevantinstitutions inLuxembourg tomakethenecessary local
commitments asregardscontracts andfinanceinaccordance withthe
provisions andprocedures oftheFinancial Regulation .TheBureau
ofParliament gaveitsagreement astoprinciple whenitmeton
25Kay1978;theEuropean Investment BankandtheCourtofAuditors
havealreadycommitted themselves totheprinciple .

Financial RecordSheet
A.Fart1:Existin,?andnewprojects
1.and2.Codesandtitlesofrelevant budgetheadings
Chapter 21–Article 210–Rent
Article 211-Insurance
Article 212-Water,gas,electricity and
heating
Article 213–Cleaning andmaintenance
Article 214–Fitting^-out ofpremises
Article 219–Otherexpenditure
3.Leralbasis
Thepowersoftheinstitutions toorganize social
activities fortheirstaffmembers.
4.Description .objectives s)and.justification oftheproject
Tosetupandoperate onarational basisanew
EarlyChildhood Centreavailable tochildren having
atleastoneparentservingwiththeEuropeaninstitutions
orbodies(includingtheEuropeanInvestment Bank)in
Luxembourg .
5.Financial implications oftheproject(inEUA=Bfrs40)
Rent_and__associatedexpenditure (Chapter 21)
1978(*) 1981(**)
leaseof
Commission ofthe 25years30years
European Communities 90000264.850 251.150
European Parliament 62500245.450 232.750
CourtofJustioe 44.650 42.300
CourtofAuditors 14.850 14.100
European Investment Bank 50.825 48.200
152500620.625 588.500
(*)Actualpositionin1978,excludingtheinevitable increases owingto
expansion between 1978and1981.
(**)Firstfullfinancialyear,sinoethebuildingwillberentedforonly
afewmonthsattheendof1980.Thebreakdownbetweeninstitutions ,
whichisgivenasanexample,iscaloulated byanarbitrary methodbasedonBtaffcomplements in1978.

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6.Typeofcontroltobeapplied
Internal controlbytheInstitutions *
ExternalcontrolbytheCourtofAuditors
B.Part2:Additional datatobeprovided foranewpro.ject
7.Overallfinancial implications ofthepro.ject (forthe
wholeofitsexpected duration )
7.0Inrespectofexpenditure
Annualexpenditure asindicated atpoint5»will
havetobeincreased ifrentisraised.
7.1Inrespectofrevenue
None.
8.Information regarding staffing andtheappropriations
foradministrative expenditure necessary forthe
implementation ofthepro.ject
Nonewstaffneedbetakenonwhenthebuildingis
rented.
Exrtrastaffmaybetakenontocaterforanyincrease
inattendance figuresattheEarlyChildhood Centre.
Thereisnoadministrative expenditure otherthanthat
indicated atpoint5»
9.Projectfinanced from:
Community Budget(Chapter 21).