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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1979 COM(79)207 final
SECTION III -COMMISSION
Brussels ,6thApril 1979
TRANSFER OFAPPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN CHAPTERS N°7/79
(CEtoNCE )
/• . •
3.
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IV
C0MC79 )207 final

REASONS
FollowingtherecenteventsinIndo–China,another79000refugees,
including30000fromLaos,47000fromVietnamand2000fromCambodia
havefledtoneighbouring countries:32000toThailand,36000to
Malaysiaand11000toothercountries.Thisnewmassexodusmeans
thattheUMHCR*budgetintendedtohelpthesegroupsofpeoplewill
havetobeincreasedfromtheoriginalsumofUS£>28millionto
US$47million.
Becauseofthepoliticalanddemographicsituationinthecountriesin
whichtheyarefirstseekingrefuge,thereisverylittleopportunity
forresettlingthemlocally.Forthisreason,mostUNHCRaidisbeing
usedforemergencyneedsuntilthesepeoplecanbemovedtoacountryof
permanentsettlement..-
Theseneedscanbebrokendownasfollows:
USgmillion
–accommodation 7
-foodpurchasedlocallyorintheregion(vegetable
oil,beans,rice,fishsauce,spicesandsugar)
andwater 22
–medicinesandmedicalcare •2.5
–teachingandtraining ^3
–transporttohostcountries .7
–localtransport 2.5
-otherexpenditure (includingadministrative costs)3
47
Asthesituationischangingrapidly,thebudgetmayhavetobefurther
increasedorsubstantial chargesmadefor,certainitems.Thefiguresbelow
canthereforeonlybeaguide.
Thecontributions earmarkedtocoverthisaidprogrammecurrentlystand
atUS219.2millionasfollows:
Japan ^511.5million
USA S(7.5million
FederalRepublicofGermany Z170000
Philippines 210000
*
UnitedNationsHighCommissionforRefugees

Ontheoccasion ofhisvisit totheCommission on15February 1979 »
MrPoul Hartling ,theUnited Nations High Commissioner forrefugees ,
asked foremergency financial aidfrom theCommunity toimplement his
programme tohelp south –east Asian refugees ,whose needs have increased
considerably asaresult oftherecent newflood ofrefugees .
Inview oftheforegoing ,theCommission hasrecently decided to
allocate 5000000 charged toArticle 950ofthe 1979 Budget ,
"Community aidtodisaster victims indeveloping countries andnon-member
countries ". Afirst instalment of 1million EUAhasalready been paid
over .Astheappropriation entered inArticle 950isonly 3million EUA
and asitwould beinadvisable touseupallthis amount soearly inthe
year ,itwill have tobeincreased bymeans ofatransfer of4million EUA .
This amount of4million EUAmaybedrawn from Chapter 100 ,Ho25inthe
remarks column ,which isthereserve ofappropriations forArticle 813
(8.1mEUAinappropriations forcommitment and6.1mEUAinappropriations
forpayment ). This isbecause theappropriations entered under
Article 813 (Mountain andhill farming andfarming incertain less-favoured
areas )inthe1979 Budget considerably exceed actual requirements ,owing to
overestimation bysome Member States .

GENERALBUDGETFORTHEFINANCIAL YEAR1979
SECTIONIII:COMMISSION
TRANSFEROFAPPROPRIATIONS No7/79
(Compulsoryexpendituretonon-compulsory expenditure),
FromChapter100:Provisional appropnations
(No25:Artide813)
appropriations forpayment 4000000EUA
appropriations forcommitment 4000000EUA
ToChapter95:Exceptional measurestoassist
developingcountriesandnon-member
countries
Article950:-Communityaidtodisastervictims •
indevelopingcountriesand
non-membercountries 4000000EUA
TheFinancialControllerhasapprovedthisproposal,attestingthatthe
appropriations areavailableat30March1979*

Appropriations mChapter100
at29March1979
Total
appropriations
forcommitmentTotal
appropriations
forpayment
1.Totalallocation
2.Appropriations already
transferred .
3.Appropriations nowincourseof
transfer
4.Appropriations stillenteredin
Chapter100193833000
nil
6022000106401200
nil
3302200
187811000103099000