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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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GENERAL BUDGET
SECTION III-COMMISSION
TRANSFERS OFAPPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN CHAPTERS
-'v. (Non-compulsory expenditure )
*
Transfer No34/?8
From Chapter 100-Provisional appropriations
ToChapter 32 -Expenditure under theenergy policy 5000000
inpayments
Article 320 -Projects inthehydrocarbon sector 150°0
incommitments
Item 3201 -Joint projects inprospecting for
hydrocarbonsEUA
5oooooo
inpayments
Article 320
Item 3201
Pursuant totheprovisions ofArticle 21(4/oftheFinancial Regulation ,
thefinancial controller hasapproved this proposal toattest that the
appropriations areavailable on24October 1978®

Explanatory memorandum
(a)Legalandoperational
Duringimplementation oftheCommunity®aenergysupplypolicy,the
Conuniseion „on29Kovensber1974,putforwardaproposalfora
Regulationconcerningsupporttocommonprojectsforhydrocarbon
exploration(OJC18of25January1975yP®3)o
FollowingtheguidelinesissuedbytheCouncilon26June1975an&the
outcomeoftheactivitiesoiagroupofgeologicalexperts,the
Commissionmadeanumberofamendmentstoitsoriginalproposaland
accompanieditwithconcretesupportmeasures.Thisnet*proposalwas
senttotheCouncilon31October1977(Doc»COM(77)532final)O
TheEuropeanParliamentexpresseditsviewon8May1978after
consultation bytheCouncilonth©Commission'samendedproposal#
Followingthisopinion,theCommissionamendeditsproposalforan
outlineRegulation®ThisamendmentwassenttotheCouncilon8August1978
(Doc.COM(78)383final)*
(b)Budgetarysituation
Differentiated appropriations of25mu»a»forcommitmentand9®tua.
forpaymentwereenteredinItem3201"Jointprojectsinprospectingfor
hydrocarbons "oftheBudgetforthefinancialyear1977®These
appropriations wereautomatically carriedovertothefinancialyear1978»
WiththesupportoftheEuropeanParliament,newappropriations of15aEUA
forcommitmentand5mEUAforpaymentweresatasideforthismeasureand
wereenteredinChapter100oftheBudgetforthefinancialyear1978•
Inviewofthestagetowhich.theprocedurehasprogressed,itisunlikely
thatcommitments canbemadetothehydrocarbonprospectingprojectsbefore
theendofthefinancialyear1978*Th®appropriations carriedoverfrom
thefinancialyear1977wouldlapse#Ontheotherhand,theappropriations
forthefinancialyear1978havetobecarriedovertothefinancialyear1979*

Inviewoftheuncertainlegalpositionasregardsthepossibilityof•
carryingforwardamountsinChapterICQ,acarry–overofthe1979Budget
oftheappropriations enteredinChapter100ofthe1978Budgetis
possibleonlyiftheyarepreviouslytransferredtotheappropriate
Budgetheadingforthefinancialyear1978.
Consequently ,inordertoavoidthelapsingofappropriations of15mEUA
incommitmentand5mEUAinpaymententeredinChapter100forjoint
projectsinprospectingforhydrocarbons ,theCommissionasksthatits
requestforatransferoftheseappropriations beexaminedassoonas
possiblesothattheymaybeapprovedbytheBudgetaryAuthorityby
theendofthefinancialyear1978andsubsequentlycarriedoverto.
the1979Budget.

Appropriations inChapter100on24October1973
(EUA)
Totalapprops.
forTotalapprope
for
Ioonuoitmenta payments
1ΟTotalallocation56393
I5C0 Sr2Z5ICQ
2»Appropriations alreadytransferrer ,toexisting
budgetheadings'1622000t
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!V.£?.•>SCO
3»Transfersstillawaitingthedecision
oftheBudgetaryAuthority
Appropriations remaininginChapter100
ofwhich!63791C0617)-,-rj1WJ
4*t>339270C31zs77uO
r~–"
Title1 2G79 500 2c?<.->
Article210andItem2353(operatingexpenditure) j614,000 61'.iZ'o
Article202–EuropeanCommunities 7Institutefor
EconomicAnalysisandResearch 3C500003c:,:CG0
Article289–Europeanschools(supplementary "budgets
forthefinancialyear197^) 1.082000 1C22CC0
Item3201-Jointprojectsinprospectingfor J
hydrocarbons 1•1S0C00005GC0GC0
Item3351–Appropriations forth9JETfusionproject 802920015.CCS.C-.0
!
IItem3358–Irradiatedfuelreprocessing 1000000 1,CCQCC0
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!Item3359-Phasing-out ofnuclearinstallations 500C0Q 5C3.cco
!Item3371–Implementation ofcoordinatedprojects 38OCO 32200
Item3710–Operationsintheaerospacesector–
technological researoh15000:co
IC00000
Article390-Researchprojectsinthefieldof
technologyandindustry20000002CO0CC0
48,39270C31.357700
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