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SECTIONIII-COMMISSION
TRANSFEROFAPPROPRIATIONS No9/81
(non-compulsory expenditure)
FROMCHAPTER101-CONTINGENCY RESERVE
TOCHAPTER26-EXPENDITURE ONSTUDIES,SURVEYSANDCOivoULTATIONS
Article262–Comprehensive Comnrani-tystudiesandgeneralsurveys
900000ECU
TheFinancialControllerapprovedthisproposalon5May1981inaccordance
withArticle21(4)oftheFinancialRegulationandcertifiedthat
appropriations areavailable.

GROUNDS
1.On4MarchtheCommissionsubmittedTransferNo2/81*Thichinvolved,
interalia,atransferof1millionECUfromChapter101toArticle262
tofinancechecksonsteelproductionquotas.
3yletterdated10April,Parliament'sSecretary–GeneralinformedthePresident
oftheCouncilthattheCommitteeonBudgetshadnotauthorizedthetransfer
althoughitwouldreconsiderthematterwhentheCommissionsubmitteda
requestrevisedinthelightoftheCommittee'sdiscussions.
ThepresentrequestseekstomeettheCommittee'srequirements .
2.On31OctobertheCommissionissuedDecision2794/8o/ECSCintroducing
aschemeofproductionquotastohelpdealwiththemanifestcrisisinthe
Communitysteelindustry.
Tohelpwiththeimplementation ofthisDecisiontheCommissiondecidedto
securetheservicesofupto100productionengineerssecondedfromsteel
firmsandabout45expertsfromauditingfirms. ■.■
CheckshavebeenmadeatsteelfirmssincetheverybeginningofNovember;
nearly300firmsrepresenting morethanSOfoofCommunityoutpiareinvolved.
3.Checksaremadeonallproductssubjecttothequotascheme,andtwo
complementary techniquesareapplied.First,alltherelevantfirmsare
requiredtomakeadailyreturnbytelexoftheiroutputofsteelproducts
coveredbyDecision2794/8o/EC3C;thedailyreturnsarefollowedbyweekly
andmonthlytelfexreturnsgivingtotaloutputfortherelevantperiod,
withcorrectionsifnecessary.
Thesereturnsarethencheckedonthespotbyinspections which,inthelarge
firmsatleast,areproceedingconstantly ;inpracticeactualoutputis
comparedwiththefiguresgiveninthereturns.
ThechecksaremadeTjyinspectionteamsconsistingofengineersandaccountants
theirfunctionistomonitortheproductionprocessatthefirmitselfand
comparetheirownfindingswiththefirm'sreturn.

Tne checks cover :
–total output ofcrude steel (ordinary andspecial );
–output ofrolled products ofthe categories specified inthe Decision ;
–deliveries ofrolled products inthose categories .
Thefigures obtained from thetelex returns andfrom theinspectors' own
checks arefedinto thecomputer inLuxembourg ,where aspecial programme
has been designed tocalculate thequotas and check that output ateach
firm iswithin thelimits .Tobeeffective ,these checks must becarried
outfrequently andbyhighly-qualified experts .
4.Thetotal cost oftheoperation was estimated at9million ECU ,of
which 7million would beborne bythe 1981 budget .Theaccuracy ofthe
estimate has been confirmed byactual costs inthe first fewmonths .
Expenditure onthese checks ,undertaken chiefly onthebasis ofArticle 47
ECSC ,isfinanced from Article 262ofthegeneral budget (Community studies
andsurveys ).
5.Atthebeginning oftheyear theCommission provisionally earmarked
1.2million ECU from Article 262 for these checks .
6.On24April Parliament 'sCommittee onBudgets gave afavourable
opinion accompanied byanumber ofcomments andsuggestions onthe
provisional transfer (No7/81)of4*8million ECUfrom Chapter 33 "to
Article 262 tofinance these checks .
7.This leaves 1million ECUoutstanding .TheCommission hashowever
renegotiated some clauses' relating tofees inthe contracts andthe
resulting reduction inexpenditure means that 900000ECU should suffice .
The Commission considers that theunexpected nature ofthis operation
justifies atransfer ofappropriations from Chapter 101 (Contingency
reserve ).
8.TheCommission therefore requests thebudgetary authority toapprove
atransfer of900000ECUtoArticle 262from appropriations entered in
Chapter 101ofthe 1981 budget .