CELEX: 51984DC0247
Language: en
Date: 1984-04-18
Title: GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1984 SECTION III - COMMISSION - PART B TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 9/84 (Non-compulsory expenditure to compulsory expenditure)

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (84) 247
Vol. 1984/0117
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 ---pagebreak---      C O M M I S S IO N                  OF THE                 EUROPEAN                          COMMUNITIES
       GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1 9 8 4                                                        COM(84) 247 final.
        SECTION I I I         -   COMMISSION ~ PART B
                                                                                         Brussels, 18 April 1984.
                                                 TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 9 / 8 4
                                 (N o n-com pulsory          e x p e n d itu re    to   c o m p u ls o ry e x p e n d itu re )
        FROM CHAPTER 70                -    ENERGY POLICY
        A rtic le        701                P ro je c ts     c o n c e rn in g   n u c le a r   energy
        Item       7010                     P ro s p e c tin g     fo r   u ra n iu m   in    th e   Community
                                                   Payment        a p p ro p ria tio n s      c a rrie d  over                800 000   ECU
        A rtic le        7 02               Com m unity        p ro je c ts    c o n c e rn in g   coat
        Item       7020                -    New t e c h n o l o g i e s f o r b u r n i n g s o l i d     fu e ls
                                            and u s i n g t h e r e s i d u e s t h e r e o f
                                                   Payment         a p p ro p ria tio n s     c a rrie d  over           11   000 000   ECU
        Item       7021                -    P ro je c ts fo r        th e liq u e f a c t io n     and
                                            g a s ific a tio n       of s o lid fu e ls
                                                   Payment         a p p ro p ria tio n s     c a rrie d  over             2 000 000     ECU
        TO CHAPTER 96                  -    COOPERATION WITH MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES
        A rtic le        963                 F in a n c ia l   co o p e ra tio n     w ith    Turkey
        Item      9630                      T h ird    F in a n c ia l    P ro to c o l w ith      Turkey
                                                   Payment         a p p ro p ria tio n s     c a rrie d  over                    13 8 0 0 000 ECU
        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 o n 5 A p r i l 1 9 8 4          in
        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 th a t th e a p p r o p r ia tio n s are a v a ila b le .
COM (84) 247 final.
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  1.      The T h i r d F i n a n c i a l P r o t o c o l w i t h T u r k e y p r o v i d e s t o r t h e g r a n t i n g o f
  2 2 0 m i l l i o n ECU a s l o a n s o n s p e c i a l t e r m s .           By t h e e n d o f 1 9 8 3
  1 0 8 . 5 m i l l i o n ECU o f t h i s sum h a d b e e n p a i d t o t h e E u r o p e a n I n v e s t m e n t B a n k
  ( EIB) t o f i n a n c e a p p r o v e d p r o j e c t s .         At t h e b e g i n n i n g o f 1 9 8 4 , t h e EIB i n d i c a t e d
 b y t e l e x t h a t i t w o u l d r e q u i r e a p p r o x i m a t e l y 6 0 m i l l i o n ECU d u r i n g t h e y e a r
 t o meet e x i s t i n g c o n t r a c t u a l o b l i g a t i o n s .
 2.       O n l y 5 m i l l i o n ECU a r e e n t e r e d i n t h e 1 9 8 4 b u d g e t f o r         t h is purpose.
 To t h i s may b e a d d e d a c a r r y o v e r o f 7 0 0 0 0 0 ECU, b r i n g i n g                t o t a l a v a ila b le
 a p p r o p r i a t i o n s t o 5 . 7 m i l l i o n ECU.
 3.       The E IB i s u n a b l e t o g i v e e x a c t d a t e s f o r p a y m e n t s d u r i n g t h e y e a r , b u t
 i t h a s a l r e a d y c a l l e d f o r 9 . 2 6 m i l l i o n ECU b y t h e e n d o f M a r c h .                 I t c a n be
 a s s u m e d t h a t t h e B a n k w i l l r e q u i r e a p p r o x i m a t e l y 2 0 m i l l i o n ECU d u r i n g t h e
 f i r s t s i x m o n th s        o f 1 9 8 4 t o make p a y m e n t s u n d e r c o n t r a c t s a l r e a d y s i g n e d
 and b e i n g im p le m e n te d .           D e la yed paym ents w o u ld pose s e r i o u s l e g a l p ro b le m s
 and j e o p a r d i z e c o m p l e t i o n o f p r o j e c t s s u c h as t h e E l b i s t a n p o w e r s t a t i o n
 a n d t h e K a r a k a y a dam w h i c h t h e C o m m u n i t y i s c o - f i n a n c i n g w i t h o t h e r o u t s i d e
 in te re s ts .          An i n i t i a l t r a n s f e r o f 1 3 . 8 m i l l i o n ECU, b r i n g i n g t o t a l
 a p p r o p r i a t i o n s a v a i l a b l e t o 1 9 . 5 m i l l i o n ECU, i s t h e r e f o r e p r o p o s e d .
 In v ie w o f th e p a r t i c u l a r l y d i f f i c u l t b u d g e ta ry s i t u a t i o n in th e           f i r s t h a lf
o f t h e y e a r , t h e C o m m issio n i n t e n d s t o r e v ie w e x p e n d i t u r e u n d e r            th is
 F i n a n c i a l P r o t o c o l a t a l a t e r d a t e so t h a t i t can t a k e w h a t e v e r             budgeta ry
m easures a re n e c e s s a ry t o e n s u re i t s im p le m e n t a t io n .
The C o m m i s s i o n p r o p o s e s t o make t h e t r a n s f e r f r o m C h a p t e r 7 0 ( E n e r g y P o l i c y ) .
The a p p r o p r i a t i o n s c o n c e r n e d w e r e c a r r i e d o v e r a n d w o u l d l a p s e a t t h e e n d
o f the y e a r.            I n th e case o f Ite m s 7010 ( P r o s p e c t i n g f o r u ra n iu m i n th e
C o m m u n ity ) an d 7021 ( P r o j e c t s f o r t h e l i q u e f a c t i o n a nd g a s i f i c a t i o n o f s o l i d
f u e l s ) , th e a p p r o p r i a t i o n s c a r r i e d o v e r exceed e s t i m a t e d p a y m e n ts , w h ich
a r e p u t a t 8 0 0 0 0 0 ECU a n d 2 m i l l i o n ECU r e s p e c t i v e l y .                 In th e case o f
I t e m 7 0 2 0 (New t e c h n o l o g i e s f o r b u r n i n g s o l i d f u e l s a n d u s i n g t h e r e s i d u e s
t h e r e o f ) , o n l y 6 m i l l i o n ECU o f t h e 1 7 . 5 m i l l i o n ECU a d d e d b y me a n s o f a
s u p p l e m e n t a r y b u d g e t i n 1 9 8 3 w i l l b e u s e d , l e a v i n g some 11 m i l l i o n ECU a v a i l a b l e
fo r tra n s fe r.
The C o m m i s s i o n w o u l d e m p h a s i z e t h a t i t i s p r o p o s i n g t h e t r a n s f e r o f a p p r o p r i a t i o n s
c a r r ie d o ver p u r e ly because o f the p a r t i c u l a r l y d i f f i c u l t b u d g e ta ry s i t u a t i o n
a t th e b e g in n in g o f t h i s f in a n c ia l y e a r.               I t r e g a r d s i t s p r o p o s a l as an
e x c e p t i o n a l m easure and t h e b e s t s o l u t i o n t o a v e r y d i f f i c u l t and u r g e n t
p ro b le m .