CELEX: 51983DC0794
Language: en
Date: 1983-12-22
Title: GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983 SECTION III - COMMISSION - PART B TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 38/83 (Compulsory expenditure)

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DE LA COMMISSION
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COM (83) 794
Vol. 1983/0276
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  COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
        GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983                                   COM(83) 7 9 4 f i n a l
        SECTION I I I - COMMISSION - PART B
                                                                  Brussels, 22 December 1983
                          TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 3 8/8 3
                               (Compulsory e x p e n d it u r e )
                                                                                          ECU
        FROM CHAPTER 20         MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS
           A rtic le  200       Refunds on m ilk and m ilk
                                p ro d u c ts
           Ite m 2000           Refunds on b u t t e r and
                               b u tte ro il                               140 000 000
       FROM CHAPTER 22          SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT
           A rtic le 221        I n t e r v e n t i o n f o r sheepmeat
                               and goatmeat
           Ite m 2210          Premiums                                     60 000 000
       FROM CHAPTER 23         PIGMEAT
          A rtic le  230    -  Refunds on p ig m e a t                      20 000 000
       TO CHAPTER 12           OLIVE OIL
          A rtic le  121       P r o d u c t io n and consum ption
                               a id on o l i v e o i l
          Ite m 1210           P r o d u c t io n a id                                        20 000 000
          Ite m 1211           Consumption a id                                               30 000 000
   C O M (83) 794 final
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                                                                                                 ECU
TO CHAPTER 16                 -   PRODUCTS OF THE WINE-GROWING
                                  SECTOR
    A rtic le      161        -   In te r v e n tio n f o r p ro d u c ts o f
                                  t h e w in e - g r o w in g s e c t o r
    Ite m 1610                    I n t e r v e n t i o n s t o r a g e o f w in e
                                  and g ra pe must                                                         12 0 0 0 000
    Ite m 1611                -   D is tilla tio n          o f w in e                                     23 000 000
TO CHAPTER 17                 -   TOBACCO
    A rtic le      171         -   Refunds on to b a c c o                                                 30 000 000
TO CHAPTER 21                  -   BEEF AND VEAL
    A rtic le      211         -   In te rv e n tio n       s to ra g e o f beef
                                   and v e a l
    I t e m 2113               -   O th e r p u b l i c s t o r a g e c o s t s                            80 000 000
 TO CHAPTER 25                     REFUNDS ON CERTAIN GOODS OBTAINED
                                   BY PROCESSING AGRICULTURAL
                                   PRODUCTS
     A rtic le      250        -   Refunds on c e r e a l s e x p o rte d i n t h e
                                   fo rm o f s p i r i t u o u s b e ve ra g es                             5 000 000
     A rtic le      251         -  Refunds on c e r t a i n goods o b t a in e d
                                    by p r o c e s s in g a g r i c u l t u r a l
                                    p ro d u cts                                                           20 000 000
                                                                                         220 000 000 220 000 000
 The F i n a n c i a l C o n t r o l l e r a pp ro ve d t h i s p r o p o s a l on 12 December 1983
 i n a c c o rd a n c e w i t h A r t i c l e 2 1 (4 ) o f t h e F i n a n c i a l R e g u l a t i o n and
 c e r t i f i e d t h a t t h e a p p r o p r i a t i o n s a re a v a i l a b l e .
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                                                            GROUNDS
 I.        Each month t h e Member S t a t e s a re r e q u i r e d t o s u b m it s t a t e m e n t s o f
 e x p e n d i t u r e d u r i n g t h e p r e v i o u s month and e s t i m a t e s f o r t h e c u r r e n t
month and t h e two f o l l o w i n g m o n th s.
 The s t a t e m e n ts f o r O c to b e r showed t h a t a p p r o p r i a t i o n s w o u ld be in a d e q u a te
 i n c e r t a i n c h a p t e r s . I n a c c o rd a n c e w i t h A r t i c l e 101 o f t h e F i n a n c i a l
 R e g u l a t i o n , t h e s h o r t a g e s can be met by t r a n s f e r s w i t h i n T i t l e s 1 and
 2 o f P a r t B o f t h e b u d g e t , w h ich w ould p e r m i t e x p e n d i t u r e up t o 30 November
t o be c o v e re d by t h e b u d g e t ( A r t i c l e 97 o f t h e F i n a n c i a l R e g u l a t i o n ) .
I I .     T r a n s f e r s p ro p o s e d
 (a )      I t i s p ro p o s e d t h a t a p p r o p r i a t i o n s be t r a n s f e r r e d fro m t h e c h a p t e r s
c o n c e rn e d w i t h m i l k and m i l k p r o d u c t s , sheepmeat and g oa tm e at and p ig m e a t .
The r e d u c t i o n i n e x p e n d i t u r e i n C h a p te r 20 ( M i l k and m i l k p r o d u c t s )
i s p r i n c i p a l l y t h e r e s u l t o f lo w e r e x p o r t r e f u n d s on b u t t e r and b u t t e r o i l
b r o u g h t a b o u t by t h e s i t u a t i o n on w o r ld m a rk e ts w h ich has a p p r e c i a b l y
r e s t r i c t e d e x p o r t o p p o r t u n i t i e s . F u r t h e r s a v in g s have been a c h ie v e d
by t h e C o m m is s io n 's d e c i s i o n t o suspend advance r e f u n d s u n t i l t h e end
o f December.
The s a v in g s i n C h a p te r 22 (Sheepmeat and g o a tm e a t) a r e due t o t h e s u s p e n s io n
o f payment i n 1983 o f ewe premiums f o r t h e 1 98 2 /8 3 a g r i c u l t u r a l y e a r .
Reduced e x p o r t o p p o r t u n i t i e s have a l s o              le d t o   s a v in g s on e x p o r t re fu n d s
p a y a b le u n d e r C h a p te r 23 ( P ig m e a t ) .
(b )       I t i s p ro p o s e d t h a t a p p r o p r i a t i o n s be t r a n s f e r r e d t o t h e c h a p t e r s
d e a l i n g w i t h o l i v e o i l , p r o d u c t s o f t h e w in e - g r o w in g s e c t o r , t o b a c c o ,
r e f u n d s on c e r t a i n goods o b t a i n e d by p r o c e s s in g a g r i c u l t u r a l p r o d u c t s
and b e e f and v e a l .
The e x t r a r e q u ir e m e n t s i n C h a p te r 12 ( O l i v e o i l ) a re because payments
o f p r o d u c t i o n a i d s i n Greece and I t a l y f o r t h e 1 9 8 2 /8 3 a g r i c u l t u r a l
y e a r have speeded up and t h e q u a n t i t i e s e l i g i b l e f o r c o n s u m p tio n a i d
have p ro v e d l a r g e r th a n e x p e c t e d .
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F u r t h e r a p p r o p r i a t i o n s a re r e q u ir e d i n Chapter 16 (P ro d u c ts o f th e
w in e -g ro w in g s e c t o r ) because o f th e v e ry Large q u a n t i t i e s o f wine and
grape must f o r which s to r a g e c o n t r a c t s have been co n clu d e d and because
payments r e l a t i n g t o p r o d u c t io n in p r e v io u s y e a rs a re h ig h e r th a n e x p e c te d .
Since t h e r e was no com p ulso ry d i s t i l l a t i o n          i n 1982, e x p e n d it u r e on v o l u n t a r y
d i s t i l l a t i o n i n 1983 has been v e r y h ig h .
A t r a n s f e r t o C h a pte r 17 (Tobacco) i s r e q u ir e d because t h e 1982 c r o p ,
on which premiums a re based, was l a r g e r th a n a llo w e d f o r i n th e o r i g i n a l
e s tim a te s (329 000 ton n es as a g a in s t 300 000 t o n n e s ) .
A t r a n s f e r t o C h a pte r 21 (Beef and v e a l ) i s n e c e s s it a t e d by th e f a c t
t h a t e x p e n d i t u r e on s to r a g e has been c o n s i d e r a b l y g r e a t e r th a n o r i g i n a l l y
e s t i m a t e d . E n d - o f - y e a r s to c k s s tan d a t about 400 00Û to n n e s compared
w i t h an e s tim a te d 200 000 to n n e s .
The t r a n s f e r t o C hapter 25 (Refunds on c e r t a i n goods o b t a in e d by p r o c e s s in g
a g r i c u l t u r a l p r o d u c t s ) i s r e q u ir e d because r e fu n d r a t e s on th e b a s ic
p r o d u c t s used f o r p r o c e s s in g a re h ig h e r th a n e x p e c te d .
III.          At i t s m e e tin g o f 14 November th e EAGGF Committee r a is e d no o b j e c t i o n s
t o th e s e p r o p o s a ls .