CELEX: 51983DC0650
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Date: 1983-10-27
Title: GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983 SECTION III - COMMISSION - PART B I. TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 22/83 (Non-compulsory expenditure) From Item 7352 to Item 7359: Commitment appropriations: 441 000 ECU Payment appropriations : 441 000 ECU Research into uranium prospecting and extraction#II. TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 23/83 (Compulsory and non-compulsory expenditure) From Chapter 92 to Chapter 95 16 000 000 ECU Supplementary aid to UNRWA

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (83) 650
Vol. 1983/0239
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 ---pagebreak---    COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
           GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983                                                 COM(83) 6 5 0           fin al.
           SECTION I I I - COMMISSION - PART B
                                                                                   B ru ssels,        27 O c t o b e r 1983.
                                  I.       TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 2 2 / 8 3
                                              (N on-com pulsory e x p e n d i t u r e )
              From I t e m 7352 t o I t e m 7 35 9:             Commitment a p p r o p r i a t i o n s :        441 000 ECU
                                                                 Payment a p p r o p r i a t i o n s        :   441 000 ECU
                            Research       i n t o u r a n i u m p r o s p e c t i n g and e x t r a c t i o n
                                 II.        TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 2 3 / 8 3
                               ( C o m p u l s o r y and n o n - c o m p u l s o r y e x p e n d i t u r e )
                           From C h a p t e r 92 t o C h a p t e r 95                                        16 000 000 ECU
                                                S u p p l e m e n t a r y a i d t o UNRWA
COM(83) 650 f i n a l .
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GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983
SECTION I I I - COMMISSION - PART B
                                 TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 2 2 / 8 3
                                          (Non-compulsory e x p e n d it u r e )
FROM CHAPTER 73 - RESEARCH AND INVESTMENT
A r t i c l e 735           - I n d i r e c t a c t i o n - Raw m a t e r i a l s
I t e m 7352                  Ur an iu m o r e p r o s p e c t i n g and
                              processing - In d ire c t actio n
TO CHAPTER 73                 RESEARCH AND INVESTMENT
A r t i c l e 735              I n d i r e c t a c t i o n - Raw m a t e r i a l s
I t e m 7359                   R e s e a r c h a n d d e v e l o p m e n t i n t h e raw
                              m aterials sector - In d irect action
                               Commitment a p p r o p r i a t i o n s :                        441 000 ECU
                               P ayment a p p r o p r i a t i o n s        :                   441 00 0 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 on 11 O c t o b e r 1983 i n
a c c o r d a n c e w i t h A r t i c l e s 2 1 ( 4 ) ^ 9 3 ( 1 ) a nd 9 4 ( 1 ) 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 r e a v a i l a b l e .
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 C o u n c i l D e c i s i o n 8 3 / 3 3 2 / E E C , E u r a t o m o f 28 J u n e 1 98 3 (OJ No L 181 o f
 6 J u l y 1983) added r e s e a r c h i n t o u ran iu m p r o s p e c t i n g and e x t r a c t i o n
   t o t h e 1982 - 1 9 8 5 r a w . m a t e r i a l s R&D p r o g r a m m e .
 A t h r e e - y e a r E u r a t o m R&D p r o g ra m m e on u r a n i u m p r o s p e c t i n g a n d e x t r a c t i o n
 b e g a n on 1 J a n u a r y 1 97 8 ( D e c i s i o n 7 8 / 2 6 4 / E u r a t o m o f 6 March 1 9 7 8 ,
 OJ No L 72 o f 14 March 1 9 7 8 ) ;                      i t was e x t e n d e d f o r a f u r t h e r t wo y e a r s ,
 i . e . t o 31 December 1 9 8 2 , by D e c i s i o n 8 1 / 3 6 4 / E u r a t o m o f 28 A p r i l 1 9 8 1 ,
 OJ No L 137 o f 23 May 1 9 8 1 .                        G i v e n p r o g r e s s by t h e e n d o f 1982 and
 t h e f a c t t h a t E u r a t o m p r o g r a m m e s may n o t r u n f o r more t h a n f i v e y e a r s ,
 t h e C o u n c i l d e c i d e d t h a t r e s e a r c h i n t h i s f i e l d w o u l d t h e n be
 t r a n s f e r r e d t o t h e m e t a l s a nd m i n e r a l s u b s t a n c e s s u b - p r o g r a m m e o f t h e
 raw m a t e r i a l s p r o g r a m m e .
 The a p p r o p r i a t i o n s r e m a i n i n g f r o m t h e f o r m e r u r a n i u m p r o s p e c t i n g and
 e x t r a c t i o n p r o g r a m m e h a v e n o t b e e n u s e d s i n c e 1 J a n u a r y 1983 f o r want o f
 a legal base.                  The f o l l o w i n g e x t r a c t f r o m t h e s c h e d u l e on p a g e s 826 a nd
 8 27 o f Annex 1 t o t h e 1983 b u d g e t (OJ No L 19 o f 19 J a n u a r y 19 83 ) s hows
 t h a t 441 0 0 0 ECU r e m a i n i n I t e m 7 3 5 2 :
                                    1978/79/80            1981            1982         1983           1984        Total
                Commitments           2 369 234      1 090 448      1 498 918        441 000                    5 399 600
Item 7352
               Payments               1 450 274         792 010     1 904 249        900 000      353 000       5 399 533
The      C o m m i s s i o n i s r e q u e s t i n g t h e t r a n s f e r o f 441 0 0 0 ECU i n          comm it me nt
and      p a y m e n t a p p r o p r i a t i o n s t o I t e m 7 3 5 9 s o t h a t work on t h e          prospecting
and      e x t r a c t i o n o f u ran iu m can c o n t i n u e u n d e r t h e 1982-1985                raw m a t e r i a l s
R&D      p r o g r a m m e i n l i n e w i t h t h e C o u n c i l D e c i s i o n o f 28 J u n e        1983.
S i t u a t i o n o f Ite m 7359 ( R e s e a r c h and d e v e lo p m e n t             in th e    raw m a t e r i a l s
secto r - In d ire c t action)
 (a)       In itial        appropriations             in th e     1983 b u d g e t :
           Co mm it me nt s                         23 00 0 00 0 ECU
           Payments                                    6 00 0 00 0 ECU
           No t r a n s f e r     h a s b e e n made t o I t e m 7 3 5 9 t o d a t e .
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(b)      Utilization of appropriations at the time of writing
          ( 2 6 September 1 9 8 3 ) :
          Commitments amount to 18 419 930 ECU and a second batch of contracts,
         totalling 7 97 0 648 ECU, is in process of signature.                                         At the end
         of September the utilization rate (including appropriations remaining
          from 1982 )was therefore 82%.
          So f a r , 72% o f t h e p a y me n t 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 a n d 11% o f
          a p p r o p r i a t i o n s f o r 1983 h a v e b e e n u s e d ( t h i s e x c l u d e s p a y m e n t s t o be
          made o n c e t h e c o n t r a c t s r e f e r r e d t o a b o v e a r e s i g n e d ) .
S i t u a t i o n o f I t e m 73 52 ( U r a n i u m o r e p r o s p e c t i n g a n d p r o c e s s i n g - I n d i r e c t
action)
 (a)      In itial          appropriations           i n t h e 1983 b u d g e t :
           Co mm it me nt s                          441 000 ECU
           Payments                                  900 000 ECU
           No t r a n s f e r h a s b e e n made f rom I t e m 7352 t o d a t e .
 (b)       Utilization of appropriations at the time of writing
           ( 2 6 September 1 9 8 3 ) :
           Of t h e a p p r o p r i a t i o n s r e m a i n i n g f r om 1 9 8 2 , 39 917 ECU h a v e b e e n
           com m itted;            no c o m m i t m e n t s o r p a y m e n t s h a v e b e e n made f r o m 1983
           a p p r o p r i a t i o n s so f a r .         Of t h e 720 07 6 ECU i n p a y m e n t 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 , 82% ( 5 9 2 964 ECU) h a s b e e n u t i l i z e d .            As we h a v e
           a l r e a d y s e e n , t h e r e m a i n i n g 441 000 ECU c a n n o t be u s e d f o r w a n t o f
            a legal base.                 T h i s amount i n comm it me nt a n d p a y m e n t a p p r o p r i a t i o n s
            c a n t h e r e f o r e be t r a n s f e r r e d t o I t e m 7359 s o t h a t t h e r e s e a r c h
            a c t i v i t i e s c o n c e r n e d c a n be p u r s u e d u n d e r t h e raw m a t e r i a l s R&D
            programme.
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GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983
SECTION I I I - COMMISSION - PART B
                                    TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 2 3 / 8 3
                            ( C o m p u l s o r y a nd n o n - c o m p u l s o r y e x p e n d i t u r e )
                                                                                                             ECU
FROM CHAPTER 92 -                FOOD AID AND FOOD PROJECTS IN
                                 PLACE OF FOOD AID
A r t i c l e 9 20           -   Food a i d i n c e r e a l s
I t e m 9201                 - C u r r e n t programmes f o r c e r e a l s
                                 o th er than ric e                                                        6 455 000
A r t i c l e 921            -   Food a i d       in milk p r o d u c t s
I t e m 9211                 - C u r r e n t p r o gr a m me f o r mi Ik p o w d e r                       4 00 0 000
A r t i c l e 922            -   Food a i d       in sugar
I t e m 9 2 22               -   Food a i d i n t h e f o r m o f s u g a r
                                 f o r t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s R e l i e f and
                                 Works Agency f o r P a l e s t i n e R e f u g e e s
                                 i n t h e Near E a s t                                                    1 40 0 000
A r t i c l e 9 24            -  Food a i d       ( o th e r com m odities)                                4 145 000
TO CHAPTER 95                 -  EXCEPTIONAL MEASURES TO ASSIST
                                 DEVELOPING AND OTHER NON-MEMBER
                                 COUNTRIES
A r t i c l e 9 59            - S u p p l e m e n t a r y a i d t o UNRWA                                         16 00 0 000
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 12 O c t o b e r 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 a nd c e r t i f i e d
th a t the a p p ro p ria tio n s are a v a ila b le .
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1.          On 21 December 1981 t h e C o u n c i l a p p r o v e d t h e f o u r t h C o n v e n t i o n
b e t w e e n t h e E u r o p e a n Economic Community a nd t h e U n i t e d N a t i o n s R e l i e f
a n d Works Agency f o r P a l e s t i n e R e f u g e e s (UNRWA).                     The C o n v e n t i o n , w hi ch
i s f o r a t h r e e - y e a r p e r i o d , e x p i r e s on 31 December 1 9 8 3 .
2.          Un de r t h e C o n v e n t i o n t h e Community s u p p l i e s UNRWA w i t h :
- f o o d a i d f o r u s e u n d e r t h e B a s i c R a t i o n s Programme a n d t h e S u p p l e m e n t a r y
      F e e d i n g P rog ramme f o r t h e most n e e d y ;           and
- f i n a n c i a l a i d t o c o v e r t h e c o s t o f b u y i n g f o o d on t h e s p o t a n d o p e r a t i n g
     t h e S u p p l e m e n t a r y F e e d i n g P r o gr a m me .
3.          I n 1982 t h e Co m mi ss io n p r o p o s e d t h a t t h e Community s h o u l d a c c e d e t o
a r e q u e s t f r o m UNRWA t h a t i t s h o u l d p r o v i d e l e s s b u t more v a r i e d f o o d a i d
a n d c o n t r i b u t e 16 m i l l i o n ECU t o UNRWA's e d u c a t i o n p r o g r a m m e .
On 27 J u l y 1982 t h e C o u n c i l a g r e e d i n p r i n c i p l e t o t h e C o m m i s s i o n ' s
p r o p o s a l a n d on 21 December 1982 g a v e c o n c r e t e f o r m t o t h i s a g r e e m e n t
by e n d o r s i n g t h e C o m m i s s i o n ' s p r o p o s a l t h a t t h e EEC-UNRWA C o n v e n t i o n be
am en de d a c c o r d i n g l y .
4.          For 1 9 8 2 , t h e 16 m i l l i o n ECU was f o u n d by c a n c e l l i n g p a r t o f t h e f o o d
a i d a l r e a d y a l l o c a t e d t o UNRWA u n d e r t h e 1982 pr o gr a mm e ( 4 2 00 0 t o n n e s o f
 c e r e a l s , 3 32 8 t o n n e s o f b u t t e r o i l a nd 5 349 t o n n e s o f s u g a r ) .                UNRWA
th e n r e c e i v e d t h e cash e q u i v a l e n t of t h e v a lu e o f t h e s e p ro d u c ts
 ( 1 6 mi l l ion ECU) .
 5.         On 1 J u l y 1983 t h e C ommis sion p r o p o s e d a s i m i l a r o p e r a t i o n f o r 1983
 ( C 0 M (8 3 ) 4 2 8 f i n a l ) ( P r o p o s a l f o r a C o u n c i l D e c i s i o n c o n c l u d i n g a c o n v e n t i o n
 s u p p l e m e n t i n g t h e EEC-UNRWA C o n v e n t i o n ) .        Provision for co n trib u tin g to
 t h e e d u c a t i o n p r og ra mm e was made i n t h e 1983 b u d g e t by g i v i n g A r t i c l e 959
 a token e n tr y .
 The C o m m i s s i o n t h e r e f o r e p r o p o s e s , i n l i n e w i t h t h e comm it me nt g i v e n on
 11 J u l y 1983 i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h a d o p t i o n by t h e C o u n c i l o f t h e r e g u l a t i o n
  l a y i n g down t h e i m p l e m e n t i n g r u l e s f o r 1983 f o r t h e f r a m e w o r k r e g u l a t i o n
 c o n c e r n i n g f o o d - a i d p o l i c y and f o o d - a i d managem ent, t o t r a n s f e r
 16 m i l l i o n ECU f r o m v a r i o u s h e a d i n g s i n C h a p t e r 92 (F oo d a i d ) t o
 A r t i c l e 95 9 ( S u p p l e m e n t a r y a i d t o UNRWA).
 The a p p r o p r i a t i o n s w h i c h t h e C om mi ss io n p r o p o s e s t o t r a n s f e r c o r r e s p o n d
 to the follow ing c a n c e lla tio n s:
 - c e re a ls o th er than ric e                  (Ite m 9201)      42 0 00 t o n n e s o r 6 455            00 0 ECU
 - m ilk powder (It e m 9211)                                          3 900 t o n n e s o r 4 0 00           000 ECU
 - s u g a r ( I t e m 9222)                                           6 0 86 t o n n e s o r 1 400           00 0 ECU.
 T h e s e c a n c e l l a t i o n s make 11 855 0 00 ECU a v a i l a b l e ;              th e rem aining
 4 145 0 00 ECU c a n be t r a n s f e r r e d f r o m A r t i c l e 9 24 (F oo d a i d ( o t h e r
 com m odities)).