CELEX: 51975PC0497
Language: en
Date: 1975-10-02
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION AMENDING THE FINANCIAL REGULATION AS REGARDS THE TRANSFERS BETWEEN THE "FOOD AID" CHAPTER AND THE EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND, "GUARANTEE" SECTION (submitted, to the Council by the Commission)

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COM (75) 497
Vol. 1975/0190
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 ---pagebreak---         COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                       COM(75)497 final.
                                                      Brussels , 2 October 1975
                               PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION
                AMENDING THE FINANCIAL REGULATION AS REGARDS THE
                TRANSFERS BETWEEN THE "FOOD AID" CHAPTER AND THE
                EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND ,
                                  "GUARANTEE" SECTION
                     ( submitted, to the Council "by the Commission)
COM(75 ) 497 final .
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                              PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION
                 AMENDING THE FINANCIAL RECREATION AS REGARDS THE
                 TRANSFERS BETWEEN THE "FOOD AID" CHAPTER AND THE
                 EUROPEAN AGRICUI/PURAL GUIDANCE AND GUARANTEE FUND ,
                 " GUARANTEE" SECTION
The Council of the European Communities f
Having regard, to the Treaty establishing the European Economio Community, and
in particular Article 209 thereof ;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament }
Whereas Articles 21 , 113 and 115 of the Financial Regulation of 25 April 1973
applicable to the general budget of the European Communities* restrict the
Commis8ion*s powers of transferring appropriations to transfers from one
article to another within aohapter ;
Whereas
  - Regulation (EEC ) No 268l/74 of the Council of 21 October 1974 on Community
    financing of expenditure incurred in respect of the supply of agricultural
    products as food aid lays down the conditions for financing the products in
    question supplied to the developing countries or disaster victims ;
  – it rules that part of this expenditure should be charged, to various chapters
    of the Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee
    Fund and part to the Food. Aid chapter ;
Whereas the amount of expenditure to be charged, to the chapters in question is
liable to variation during the course of a finanoial year as a result of changes
in the level of world prices and of refunds ;
*
  OJ No L 116 , 1 May 1973
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                                                   V
Whereas
– variations of this type necessitate amendment of the amount of appropriations
   entered into the chapters referred to above so as to ensure the correct charging
   of expenditure ;
– this amendment is achieved by means of transfers between the chapters in question ;
Whereas , as regards the purpose of the expenditure , there is no basic difference
between the transfers in question and the transfers from one article to another
within a chapter, which are the responsibility of the Commission ;
Whereas in order to avoid application of a purely formal procedure in cases of this
type, it is therefore necessary to amend the restriction imposed by Articles 21 , 113
and 113 of the Financial Regulation and to establish that the Commission should
transfer appropriations from one chapter to another for expenditure on food aid ;
Whereas it is appropriate for the budgetary authority to be informed of the transfers
made in order to maintain full budgetary olarity ;
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Artide 1
The Financial Regulation of 25 April 1973 applicable to the general budget of
the European Communities shall be amended as follows :
– The first subparagraph of Article 21 ( 3 ) shall be replaced by the following:
"3«   However the Commission may
(a ) transfer appropriations between the food aid chapter and the ohapters of the
      Guarantee Section of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund , at
      the latest by one month before 31 March , within the limits set out by the
      provisions of Regulation (EEC) Ho 2681 /74 of the Counoil of 21 October 1974 ;
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 (b) propose to the Counoil other transfers of appropriations from one chapter
     to another *  Proposals made by other institutions for transfers from one
     chapter to another shall he automatically forwarded to the Counoil ; the
     Commission may when forwarding these attach its opinion to these proposals . n
– Article 21 shall receive a new paragraph 3 b as follows t
   nA list of appropriations transferred under the provisions of the first
    subparagraph of paragraph 3 above shall be forwarded to the European
    Parliament and the Council for information purposes annually following the
    end of the financial year."
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into foroe on 1 January 1976 •
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States .