CELEX: 51980DC0665
Language: en
Date: 1980-11-26
Title: TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS N° 22/80 (non-compulsory expenditure)

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COM (80) 665
Vol. 1980/0213
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SECTION III - COMMISSION
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                             TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS N° 22 / 80
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SECTION III - COMMISSION
                          TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS N° 22 / 80
                              ( Non-compulsory expenditure )
                                                              1979 commitment •  1979 payment
                                                              appropriations    appropriations
                                                                 remaining       carried over
FROM CHAPTER 93 - COOPERATION WITH NON-ASSOCIATED
                   DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Article 930     - Financial and technical cooperation
                   with non-associated developing
                   countries                                    20.000.000       20.000.000
TO CHAPTER 95   - EXCEPTIONAL MEASURES TO ASSIST
                   DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND OTHER
                 ' NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES
Article 950     - Aid to disaster victims in develo­
                   ping and other non-member countries                 20.000.000
On 24 November the Financial Controller endorsed the proposal and certified that
appropriations were available , in accordance with Article 21 ( 4 ) of the Financial
Regulation .                                                ,
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 In its communication regarding a second tranche of emergency aid worth
 20 million EUA for the victim ^ of the disastrous events in Kampuchea , the
 Commission announced that it was planning to propose a transfer from Chapter 92
 ( food aid ) to Article 950 ( aid to disaster victims in developing and other non-
 member countries ). Following adoption of the 1981 budget this would be fllowed
 by a second transfer , the other way round , so as to reconstitute the appropria­
 tions £ Chapter 92 . Implementation of the food aid programme would not have
 been affected by this tempory cut in the appropriations at Chapter 92 .
 It seemed quit possible to reconstitute the appropriations in 1981 by using
 Article 950 as Parliament was proposing to enter a substantial volume of funds
•there by means of an amendment .                                                          I
 The Counci I. refused to accept this solution as it did not wish to anticipate            J
 the outcome of the budgetary procedure on this po,int .   The Council also noted
 that at Article 930 ( financial and technical cooperation with non-associated             j
 developing countries ) there was a spare 23.6 million EUA which would be can-             j
 celled at the end of 1980 ; it stated that it would prefer to use the appro­
 priations available here .
 The 1979 budget reentered an appropriation for commitment and payment of
 23.6 mi llion EUA .
 Reentry was considered to be necessary as a result of the changeover from             . (
 the system of non-differentiated appropriations to the system of differentiated - . j
 appropriations ; it reflected commitments entered into in 1976 and 1977 but not           j
 yet paid out .     -                                   .
 These reentered commitments will be cancelled at the end of this year .,   Of the
 55.6 million EUA entered as appropriations for payment in t.he 1979 budget ,     /
 25,5 million carried over to 1980 are still available as at 24 November . This
 is because , as the budgetary authority is already well aware projects in the
 non-associated developing countries are being implemented only very slowly.'
 It is very difficult to say whether this carryover will be fully used up by the
 end of the year . At any rate the 1980 appropriations of 22 million EUA are
 still enti rely intact .
 It follows that a transfer of 20 million EUA from the appropriations outstanding
 or carried over at Article 930 is quite possible arid would have no effect on
 the volume of the 1980 programme for the non-associated developing countries .
 The Commission is very keen to provide assistance to Kampuchea in the 1980 budget [.
 year .  It has been informed that the Council cannot accept the original budget           j
 technique . - But it would be wrong to allow internal budgetary difficulties to          j
 hold aid back from those who need it . ^The Commission is accordingly proposing          [
 to use appropriations available at Article 930, as this appears to be the only       : |
 way of getting the quick agreement it reeds .                                           .j
 It accordingly proposes to transfer 20 million EUA by way of appropriations for          ^
 commitment and appropriations for payment from . Article 930 ( financial and techni - ;
 cal cooperation with non-associated developing countries ) to Article 950 ( aid          ;
 to disaster victims 3n developing and other non-member countries ).