CELEX: 51983DC0230
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Date: 1983-04-20
Title: GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983 SECTION III - COMMISSION - PART B TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 7/83 (non-compulsory expenditure)

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COM (83) 230
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 ---pagebreak---     COMMISSION OF THE E U R O P E A N COMMUNITIES
        GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983                                                      COM(83)    230        final.
        SECTION I I I - COMMISSION -                      PART B
                                                                                     Brussels,      20      April    1983.
                                                        TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS               No 7 / 8 3
                                                              (non-compulsory           expenditure)
                                                                                                                        (ECU)
                                                                                                 APPROPRIATIONS
                                                                                      for   commitments               for   payments
        FROM CHAPTER 7 3 -              RESEARCH AND INVESTMENT
        Article          736         -  Indirect          and c o n c e r t e d
                                        action -          Q u a l i t y of l i f e
        Item 7367                    -  M e d i c a l r e s e a r c h I I and
                                        III       - Concerted a c t i o n                2 200 000                    1 400 000
        I t e m 7369                 -  S e c t o r a l programme -
                                        Environment - I n d i r e c t
                                        and c o n c e r t e d a c t i o n                1 000 000                        600 000
        FROM CHAPTER 101 -                CONTINGENCY RESERVE                             2 000 000                   2 000 000
                                       TOTAL       DEDUCTIONS                             5 200 000                   4 000 000
        TO CHAPTER 77                -  INDUSTRY AND THE
                                        INTERNAL MARKET
        Article          771         -  O p e r a t i o n s i n the f i e l d
                                        o f new i n f o r m a t i o n
                                        technologies
        Item 7718                    -  S t u d i e s on new
                                        information technologies                          2 000 000                   2 000 000
        Article          773         -  Community s t r a t e g y on
                                        information technology
        Item 7730                    -  P r e p a r a t o r y measures
                                        f o r the E s p r i t
                                        programme                                         3 200 000                   2 000 000
                                       TOTAL ADDITIONS                                    5 200 000                   4 000 000
        The F i n a n c i a l C o n t r o l l e r a p p r o v e d t h i s p r o p o s a l on 8 A p r i l 1983 i n a c c o r d 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 are a v a i l a b l e .
COM(83)    23O f i n a l .
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1.       TRANSFER TO ITEM 7718
I f t h e C o m m i s s i o n ' s d i s c u s s i o n s w i t h t h e Member S t a t e s on t h e
Community d i m e n s i o n i n i n f o r m a t i o n t e c h n o l o g y a r e t o be f r u i t f u l ,
t h e a v a i l a b l e k n o w l e d g e of r e l e v a n t c o n d i t i o n s , f a c t o r s , o b j e c t i v e s ,
c o n s t r a i n t s , s t r a t e g i e s and i n s t r u m e n t s w i l l have t o be expanded
considerably.                   In 1 9 8 3 , t h e a p p r o p r i a t e d e p a r t m e n t s w i l l have t o
g a t h e r d a t a , map o u t i d e a s , t e s t i n s t r u m e n t s , d e t e r m i n e t h e main
p r i n c i p l e s o f t h e m e a s u r e s t o be t a k e n , e v a l u a t e s t r a t e g i e s and
f i n a l l y draw up a p l a n o f c o n c e r t e d a c t i o n c o v e r i n g :
-    i d e n t i f i c a t i o n and c r i t i c a l e v a l u a t i o n of t h e v a r i o u s o b j e c t i v e s
    o f Community p o l i c y on i n f o r m a t i o n t e c h n o l o g y and t h e s t r a t e g y f o r
     a t t a i n i n g them;
-    a n a l y s i s of the        situation             and t r e n d s b o t h       i n the    European Communities
     and e l s e w h e r e ;
-    e s t a b l i s h m e n t o f a f r a m e of r e f e r e n c e f o r a Community s t r a t e g y ,
     and c r i t i c a l e v a l u a t i o n of p o l i c y and p r a c t i c a l s t r a t e g y on
     i n f o r m a t i o n t e c h n o l o g y w i t h i n the Community;
- d e f i n i t i o n o f s p e c i f i c p r o p o s a l s f o r c o n c e r t e d a c t i o n when t h e
     C o m m u n i t y ' s main p o l i t i c a l and s t r a t e g i c i n t e r e s t s a r e i n v o l v e d ;
- d e f i n i t i o n o f t h e r o l e s t o be p l a y e d by t h e main p a r t i c i p a n t s                       in
     each of t h e p r o p o s e d c o n c e r t e d a c t i o n s ;
- p r o p o s e d ways and means o f                       i m p l e m e n t i n g t h e c o n c e r t e d a c t i o n s most
     efficiently.
A l a r g e p a r t o f t h i s work w i l l have t o be c a r r i e d ou*" w i t h i n t h e
C o m m i s s i o n by t h e Task F o r c e f o r I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g i e s , a s s i s t e d
by o t h e r d e p a r t m e n t s i n t h e a r e a s f o r w h i c h t h e y a r e r e s p o n s i b l e .
C o n s u l t a n t s w i l l a l s o be r e q u i r e d t o a s s i s t i n t h i s w o r k , p r i n c i p a l l y
by p r o v i d i n g t h e i n f o r m a t i o n r e q u i r e d t o j u s t i f y and m o n i t o r t h e
C o m m i s s i o n ' s work on t h e s t r a t e g y .
Item 7718 c o n t a i n s an a p p r o p r i a t i o n o f 1.5 m i l l i o n ECU f o r 1 9 8 3 , w h i c h
has t o c o v e r t h e n e e d s o f a l l C o m m i s s i o n d e p a r t m e n t s f o r s t u d i e s
i n v o l v i n g among o t h e r s , t h e c u l t u r a l , p o l i t i c a l , s o c i a l , e d u c a t i o n a l
and s c i e n t i f i c a s p e c t s o f i n f o r m a t i o n t e c h o l o g y .
The        appropriation is                i n s u f f i c i e n t t o meet t h i s        further        need.
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The C o m m i s s i o n c o n s i d e r s t h a t t h e p a u c i t y of           r e s u l t s y i e l d e d Dy
the i n f o r m a t i o n t e c h n o l o g y s e c t o r w i t h i n the          Community and i t s
r a p i d d e t e r i o r a t i o n make t h i s work e x t r e m e l y            urgent.          Hence t h e
need f o r a t r a n s f e r of 2 m i l l i o n ECU t o Item                       7718.
2.       TRANSFER TO ITEM 7730
In t h e 1983 b u d g e t Item 7730 c o n t a i n e d 1 1 . 5 m i l l i o n ECU i n commitment
a p p r o p r i a t i o n s and 7 . 5 m i l l i o n ECU i n payment a p p r o p r i a t i o n s .
The p i l o t p h a s e o f E s p r i c o n s i s t s o f m u l t i a n n u a l p r o j e c t s , w i t h an
i n i t i a l commitment f o r o n l y t h e f i r s t y e a r , d e s i g n e d t o a c q u i r e
e x p e r i e n c e f a r c o o p e r a t i o n i n r e s e a r c h and i n d u s t r i a l d e v e l o p m e n t .
 F u l l - s c a l e r e p r e s e n t a t i v e p r o j e c t s have been p r e p a r e d and l a u n c h e d
 f o r t h i s p u r p o s e and w i l l be merged i n t o t h e main programme when
 t h i s has been a p p r o v e d .
 The p i l o t        projects          are the      following:
 - advanced i n t e r c o n n e c t             for   VLSI;
 -    high-level           computer-aided design for                        interactive          layout      and d e s i g n ;
 - portable             common t o o l         environment;
 -     formal       s p e c i f i c a t i o n and s y s t e m a t i c p r o g r a m    development;
 -    software          production           and m a i n t e n a n c e management s y s t e m s             (SPMMS);
  -   advanced a l g o r i t h m s           and a r c h i t e c t u r e    for  signal processing;
  -    knowledge          information:management: system;. •
  -    interactive            query        system;
  -    functional          a n a l y s i s of     office        requirements;
  - multi-media               user i n t e r f a c e     and t h e o f f i c e      workstation;
  -    l o c a l wideband communication s y s t e m ;
   - office         filing         and r e t r i e v a l   of     unstructured          information;
   - design rules for                     computer      integrated           manufacturing          systems;
   -   integrated          microelectronic               sub-systems for              plant       automation;
   -   p r o c e s s and p r o d u c t i o n      control         b a s e d on r e a l - t i m e   imaging systems;
   - d e s i g n and i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f an i n f o r m a t i o n e x c h a n g e s y s t e m as a               tool
       f o r c o o p e r a t i o n i n r e s e a r c h and d e v e l o p m e n t .
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 T h i s i t e m a l s o c o v e r s t h e c o s t of e x p e r t s and s p e c i a l i s t s e r v i c e s ,
t h e o r g a n i z a t i o n o f m e e t i n g s t o r e v i e w o b j e c t i v e s and t h e i n f o r m a t i o n
g a i n e d f r o m t h e p l a n n e d p r o j e c t s and t h e c o s t of c i r c u l a t i n g t h i s
 information.
The r e q u e s t i n t h e 1983 budget was b a s e d on i n i t i a l e s t i m a t e s w h i c h ,
when t h e p r o p o s a l s were b e i n g c o s t e d i n F e b r u a r y 1 9 8 2 , p r o v e d t o o
modest.
The p o s s i b i l i t y o f a b a n d o n i n g one o f t h e p i l o t p r o j e c t s o r r e d u c i n g
f i n a n c e b e l o w t h e 50% c o n t r i b u t i o n l a i d down i n t h e C o m m i s s i o n
d e c i s i o n has been c o n s i d e r e d , but t h e s i z e and u r g e n c y o f t h e
a c t i o n as a w h o l e mean t h a t t h i s would not be a s a t i s f a c t o r y s o l u t i o n .
The p i l o t p r o j e c t s a r e a c a r e f u l l y b a l a n c e d a c t i o n i n t h e r e s e a r c h
and d e v e l o p m e n t f i e l d i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r t h e main p r o g r a m m e , and
they are i n t e r d e p e n d e n t .          The d e l e t i o n of any one of t h e p r o j e c t s
w o u l d r e d u c e t h e v a l u e of t h e o t h e r s .          Hence a t r a n s f e r o f
3 . 2 m i l l i o n ECU t o i t e m 7730 i s r e q u i r e d .
3.       REDUCTION OF EXISTING APPROPRIATIONS
Not a l l t h e f u n d s r e q u i r e d can be o b t a i n e d f r o m C h a p t e r 101
 ( C o n t i n g e n c y r e s e r v e ) , nor from o t h e r items i n Chapter 7 7 .                   However,
some c o u l d be t r a n s f e r r e d f r o m C h a p t e r 7 3 , w h i c h has a l a r g e
endowment.
CHAPTER 101 -              CONTINGENCY RESERVE
2 million            ECU i n commitment           and payment           appropriations.
Item 7367 - R e s e a r c h and d e v e l o p m e n t              i n the f i e l d  of   m e d i c a l and p u b l i c
health research
T h i s m u l t i a n n u a l programme (1 J a n u a r y 1982 t o 31 December 1986) was
a d o p t e d by t h e C o u n c i l on 17 A u g u s t 1982 (0J No L 2 4 8 , 2 4 . 8 . 1 9 8 2 ) .
The f i r s t f u n d s ( 1 . 8 m i l l i o n ECU i n commitment and payment a p p r o p r i a t i o n s )
were not made a v a i l a b l e u n t i l November 1982 ( T r a n s f e r No 3 0 / 1 9 8 2 ) .
As a r e s u l t t h e programme i s e l e v e n months b e h i n d s c h e d u l e and u s e d
v i r t u a l l y no a p p r o p r i a t i o n s i n 1982 (100 000 ECU out o f 1.8 m i l l i o n E C U ) .
I t w o u l d t h e r e f o r e be p o s s i b l e t o t r a n s f e r 2 . 2 m i l l i o n ECU i n commitment
a p p r o p r i a t i o n s and 1.4 m i l l i o n ECU i n payment a p p r o p r i a t i o n s i n 1983
without p r e j u d i c i n g i t s implementation.
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The    revised s c h e d u l e o f budget forecasts f o r t h i s programme i s as follows:
                                                                                                ( m i l l i o n ECU)
                                                   1982         1983 J          1984    1985        1986         1987 TOTAL >
                                                                                                                                 J
 Commitment                                        0.010                                                               0.010 J
 Commitment appropriations                                     1 .300          5.000  4.050       1.150               11.500
                                                                          I
 Appropriations r e m a i n i n g                                         I
 a t 31 December 1982                                          1.790                                                    1.790
 TOTAL                                              0.010      3.090 | 5.000          4.050       1.150           -   13.300
                                                                          i
 Payment                                            0.008                                                               0.008
 Payment appropriations                                        0.963           1.900  4.510       2.985         1.142 11.500
 Appropriations r e m a i n i n g
 a t 31 December 1982                                          1.792                                                    1.792
 TOTAL                                              0.008      2.755 J 1.900           4.510      2.985 I 1.142       13.300
                                                                   ..      i —   . .
 Item 7369 -              Sectoral r e s e a r c h and d e v e l o p m e n t i n t h e f i e l d o f t h e e n v i r o n m e n t
 T h i s f i v e - y e a r programme (1 J a n u a r y 1981 t o 31 December 1985) was a d o p t e d
 by t h e C o u n c i l on 3 March 1981 ( 0 J No L 1 0 1 , 1 1 . 4 . 1 9 8 1 ) .
 The a p p r o p r i a t i o n s ( 5 . 8 m i l l i o n ECU i n commitment a p p r o p r i a t i o n s and
  1 . 7 m i l l i o n ECU i n payment a p p r o p r i a t i o n s ) were n o t a v a i l a b l e u n t i l
  1 O c t o b e r 1981 ( s u p p l e m e n t a r y and amending b u d g e t No 1 / 1 9 8 1 ) and s o t h e
 programme began t e n months b e h i n d s c h e d u l e . U n f o r t u n a t e l y , i t was n o t
  p o s s i b l e t o make up a l l t h i s d e l a y i n 1982 ( 3 . 6 m i l l i o n ECU i n
  a p p r o p r i a t i o n s r e m a i n i n g and 1.1 m i l l i o n ECU i n c a r r y o v e r s ) .
  I n c o n s e q u e n c e , • 1 m i l l i o n ECU i n commitment a p p r o p r i a t i o n s and 600 000 ECU
  i n payment a p p r o p r i a t i o n s may be t r a n s f e r r e d i n 1983 w i t h o u t c a u s i n g
  further delays.
  H o w e v e r , t h e c a l l f o r t e n d e r s f o r t h e s e c o n d s t a g e o f t h e programme c l o s e s
  on 31 May and t h e p r o p o s a l s w i l l be c o n s i d e r e d by November s o t h a t c o n t r a c t s
  can be drawn up b e f o r e t h e end o f 1 9 8 3 ; t h e C o m m i s s i o n c o n s i d e r s t h a t ,
  d e s p i t e t h e i n i t i a l d e l a y , t o t a l r e q u i r e m e n t s i n commitment a p p r o p r i a t i o n s
  f o r 1983 and 1984 s h o u l d n o t , t h e r e f o r e , be r e d u c e d b e l o w t h e l e v e l o f t h e
  o r i g i n a l s c h e d u l e (10 m i l l i o n ECU i n 1983 and 8 . 7 m i l l i o n ECU i n 1 9 8 4 ) .
  R e q u e s t s f o r commitment a p p r o p r i a t i o n s i n 1984 w i l l           a c c o r d i n g l y be
  i n c r e a s e d by 1 m i l l i o n ECU t o 9 . 7 m i l l i o n E C U .
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        The f i n a n c i a l  situation     a t 3 0 March 1 9 8 3 i s a s f o l l o w s :
                                                                                            ECU
Chapter/Item                     Budget       Uti Ii zation          Transfer                New
                                                                     requested               balance
        commitment             3 500 000       (-)  191 0 2 6        (-)   2 200 000        1 108 974
i Sot
        payment                3 000 000       (-)   39 548          (-)   1 400 000        1 560 4 5 2
y-^o     commitment           10 0 0 0 0 0 0   (-)  474 409          (-)   1 000 000        8 5 2 5 591
        payment               10 0 0 0 0 0 0   (-)  424 766          (-)     600 000        8 975 234
7718       non-differ­
        entiated              1 500 000              0               ( + ) 2 000 000        3 500 000
        approp.
         c o m m     m e n t 11 5 0 0 0 0 0    (-)  311 6 8 7        ( + ) 3 200 000       14 3 8 8 3 1 3
7730             ''t
        payment               7 500 000        (-)   18 4 2 9        ( + ) 2 000 000        9 481 571
101     non-differ­
       entiated
       approp.                4 333 000        (-)  667 000   (*)    (-)   2 000 000        2 333 000
  i fetus f e r No 5 / 1 9 8 3  (in    pioyiesa)