CELEX: 51982DC0383
Language: en
Date: 1982-06-15
Title: TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 21/82 (Non-compulsory expenditure to compulsory expenditure)

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (82) 383
Vol. 1982/0132
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                                            COM(82)383 final
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  GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1982                                                j *<>     k~i a/
  SECTION III - COMMISSION
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                       TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 21/82
               (Non-compulsory expenditure to compulsory expenditure )
  FROM CHAPTER B - 101   -  CONTINGENCY RESERVE
  TO CHAPTER A - 23      -  CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE
                            EXFENDITURE
  Article A - 233        –  Le^al expenses
                                                    100.000 ECU
  The Financial Controller approved this proposal on 2 June 1982 in
  accordance with Article 21(4) of the Financial Regulation and certified
  that the appropriations are available .
 ---pagebreak---                                         GROUKDS
1.      In view of "the current rate of expenditure , it rjeotns lixeiy that the
appropriation of 200.000 IiC(J entered in the 1932 budgat will be insufficient ;
it should be increased to 300.000 ECU to fulfil the requirements .
Foreseeable expenditure is estimated on the basis of the following four
factors :
( a)     the number of court cases has increased ;
(b)       lawyers' fees have risen ;
( c)     the Court of Justice is increasingly tending to award costs
         against the Commission in cases involving staff ;
( d)     revenue available for re-use is lower than forecast .
2.     Number of cases brought
           Financial year
                              •
                                  Total
                                                       Number of cases at I5 May j
                                                      Number    Percentage of total
                I97S               268                 112             41,8
                I979        1322 - IO89 = 233           76              31 s 7
                                    - * '
                1930               280                 121              43,2
                1931               323                 116              35,9
At 15 Kay 1932 , the number of cases brought since the beginning of the year wa
146 , suggesting that the annual total would be 379 , a figure that has never be
exceeded , except by the 1,090 joint cases brought in 1979 *
3.     Expenditure
           Finance   year    Appropriations         Commitments     Payaient s
                1973             200 . GC0            I08 ..        155.579
                1979            250 . 000             24o.93S       234.991
                1930            200 . 000                           181.075
                1981            250.000               249.04I       237 . 0703
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   I.090 joint cases ( by members of staff);    ' *
           gate of payments for the year and payments against appropriations carri
   over to the following year ;
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      ; iiuate based on the average rate of settling commitment s ( 94 . 9 &/'•>) »
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 It should be explained that the difference between commitments and payments
 is because the actual amount, of expenditure is not known when the legal
conmitcient gives rise to a carryover of- the appropriations in accordance
with Article o(l)(c ) of the Financial Regulation.
4*   Reverse and re-i- ss
           Financial year             Estimate            Outturn       j
                I98O                   5O.OOO             26.116
                I98I                   60.000             2I.O9I
                1982                   70.000              ω
     (' ) The amount of revenue recovered in I98O and 1981 and entirely re–vised
          in accordance with Article 22(2)(a) of the Financial Regulation suggests
          that the amount for 1982 will be more or less the same .
5.   Conclusion
ror the abovementioned reasons , the Commission proposes that the budgetary
authority approve the transfer of 100.000 ECU from Chapter B 101 ( Contingency reserve )
to Article A 233 ( Legal expenses).
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                   APPROPRIATIONS I.N CHAPTER B - 101
                              AT 26 I4AY 1982
                                                      ECU
  1. Amount entered in 1982 budget                    5.000.000
  2. Transfers in progress to
     - Item A - 2721                       .  141.000
     - Item A - 2722                          156.000
     - Item B - 7130                          200.000
                                                        497.000
  3. Transfer authorized to Item A – 2988                 52.000
  4. Amount available                                 4.451.000