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COMMISSION  OF THE  EUROPEAN  COMMUNITIES 
GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1982 
SECTION III - COMMISSION  - PART B COM(83)  final. 
Brussels,  28 February  1983. 
TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS N°  50/82 
(Compulsory  Expenditure) 
ECU 
A. DEDUCTIONS  FROM 
CHAPTER 10 - CEREALS AND  RICE 
Article 100 - Refunds  on cereals 
Item 1000 -  Refunds 
CHAPTER 20 - MILK AND MILK  PRODUCTS 
Article 200 - Refunds  on milk and 
Item 2000 
Item 2001 milk oroducts 
Refunds 
It-.'in ?003 Refunds on skirnmed  milk powder 
supplied  under the foodaid  pro­
gramme for the  current  financial 
year 
Refunds on butteroil  supplied 
under the foodaid  programme for 
the current  financial  year 114 ^cy. 000 
256.600.000 
24.800.000 
11.900.00C 
B. ADDITIONS TO 
CHAPTZi; 11 - SUGAR AMD ISOGLUCOSE 
Article 110 - Refunds  on sugar and isoglucose  
Item 1100 -  Refunds 
CUM(83) 114 final. 

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CHAPTER 13 - OIL SEEDS AND PROTEIN PLANTS 
Article 130 - Oil seeds 
Item 1301 -  Production  aid for  colza and 
rape seed  . 108.000.000 
Item 1302 -  Production  aid for  sunflower 
seed 86.000.000 
CHAPTER 14 - TEXTILE  PLANTS AND  SILKWORMS 
Article 141 - Cotton 3.000.000 
CHAPTER 15 - FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 
Article 150 - Fresh fruit and vegetables 
Item 1501 -  Compensation  for withdrawals 
and buyingin  and for  proces­
sing and free distribution 
operations  20.000.000 
Article 151 - Processed  fruit and vegetables 
Item 1510 -  Export refunds  500.000 
Item 1511 -  Production  aid for  tomato 
based products  44.000.000 
Item 1512 -  Production  aid for  fruit based 
products  1.500.000 
CHAPTER 16 - PRODUCTS  OF THE WINEGROWING 
SECTOR 
Article 161 - Intervention  for products  of  
the wine-growing  sector 
Item 1611 -  Distillation  of wine 56.000.000 
CHAPTER 17 - TOBACCO 
Article 171 - Premiums for  tobacco 22.300.000 
Article 172 - Intervention storage  for tobacco 
Item 1720 -  Technical cost  of public storage  4.000.000 
Item 1722 -  Other public  storage costs  9.000.000 

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CHAPTER 22 - SHEEPMEAT  AND GOATMEAT 
Article 221 - Intervention  for sheepmeat  
and goatmeat 
Item 2210 - Premiums 28.000.000 
CHAPTER 25 - REFUNDS  ON CERTAIN  GOODS 
OBTAINED  BY PROCESSING AGRI­
CULTURAL  PRODUCTS 
Article 251 - Refunds  on certain  goods obtai­ 
ned by processing  agricultural  
products 5.500.000 
CHAPTER 40 - COMMON ORGANIZATION  OF THE 
MARKET IN FISHERY  PRODUCTS 
Article 401 - Intervention  for fishery  products 
Item 4010 -  Withdrawal  and buyingin  2.400.000 
TOTAL 408.200.000 408.200.000 
The Financial  Controller  approved  this proposal  on 21 February  1983 in  accor­
dance with Article  21(4) of the  Financial Regulation  and certified  that the 
appropriations  are available. 

GROUNDS 
I. In accordance with  Commission  Regulation (EEC) n°  380/78  on the operation 
of the system of  advances  in respect of expenditure financed by the 
Guarantee  Section 0f the EAGGF,  the Member  States  send a monthly  summary 
of their expenditure to the  Commission  by the 20th day of the  following 
month, i.e., by  20 January for expenditure in  December.  In the case of 
expenditure  relating  to storage,  however,  amendments  may be sent to the 
Commission  until 20 February. 
On the basis of these  monthly  summaries,  the Commission  needs to make a 
number of transfers  from chapter to chapter in accordance with  Article 
101 (1)  of the  Financial  Regulation. 
II. The rhythm  of expenditure in  1982 has been erratic.  It slowed conside­
rably between  April and August,  only to increase sharply in the  months 
which followed. In  November  and December  it was  45% above  the average 
for the previous ten  months. 
The proposed  transfers,  amounting  to 408 200 000  ECU or  3.3% of total 
expenditure, are adjustments required to permit the  commitment  and 
charging  provided for by  Article  97 of the  Financial  Regulation.  These 
are the  final adjustments required to  1982 appropriations as a  result 
of expenditure declared by paying bodies in the  Member  States, 
III. TRANSFERS  PROPOSED 
a) Reductions in appropriations are proposed for cereals and milk and 
milk products. 
In the case of cereals the savings are due to world  prices  holding 
steady for  most of the  1981/82  marketing years  : until  April for 
wheat and June for barley.  Refunds  have been much lower than 
expected as a  result, 
The savings on milk and milk products  come from refunds too. 
Expenditure has  been lower than expected  because  of the sharp 
contraction  of export  markets  in non Member  countries. 
Exports of butter and  buttei —oil were down by 25%, skimmed  milk 
powder by 40% and all other milk products by  5%, on 1981. 
Added to which the rate of refund  actually  applied proved lower 
than anticipated. 

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b) It is  proposed  to increase appropriations for sugar, oil  seeds, 
textile  plants,  fruit and vegetables,  wine,  tobacco,  non-Annex  II 
products, and  fisheries  products. 
Appropriations for  sugar proved  inadequate  because  world prices 
fell more sharply  than expected.  They went from 330 ECU per  tonne, 
between  February  and September  1982, a  drop of nearly 40%. 
The allocation  for oil  seeds needs  to be increased  following 
record harvests for  colza and sunflower  seeds  in 1982. 
Appropriations for  textile  plants  proved  inadequate  due to a 
sharp increase in expenditure on cotton in  Greece. 
Appropriations for  fruit and vegetables  need topping-up 
because  of the scale of withdrawal operations for apples at the 
end of 1982  following  a particularly  good harvest. 
The shortfall  for processed  fruit  and vegetables  is due to 
accelerated  payments  for tomatoes,  which means  that payments 
made in 1982 in respect of  1983 production  were higher  than 
expected. 
Despite an increase in appropriations during the  financial  year 
there is  still a shortfall  for wine. The need for additional 
funds is due to a  sharp increase in the  rhythm  of expenditure 
on distillation  which absorbed  virtually  all appropriations 
remaining  from previous marketing years. 
Further appropriations are required for tobacco,  partly  because 
of increased expenditure on  premium  following  a better-than-
expected  harvest (+ 10 000 tonnes),  partly  because  of increased 
expenditure on storage costs associated with increased secourse 
to tendering. 

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Increased expenditure  on sheepmeat is due to the  fall in market  prices, 
notably in the  United  Kingdom.  This meant that expenditure  on 
slaughter  premiums was  higher  than expected,  the increase being only 
partly offset  by savings  on storage  costs. 
The shortfall  for fisheries  products  is largely  due to an  expansion 
of exports, despite  a reduction  in export refunds,  and to  more 
withdrawal  and buying-in operations  than expected.