CELEX: 51983DC0362
Language: en
Date: 1983-06-07
Title: GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983 SECTION III - COMMISSION - PART B TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 13/83 (Non-compulsory expenditure)

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (83) 362
Vol. 1983/0142
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 ---pagebreak---      COMMISSION                        OF THE E U R O P E A N                                COMMUNITIES
         GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983                                                            COM(83) 362          final.
         SECTION I I I - COMMISSION - PART B                                                B r u s s e l s , 7 June 1983.
                                    TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS N o 1 3 / 8 3
                                           (Non-compulsory           expenditure)
        FROM CHAPTER 100 - P R O V I S I O N A L APPROPRIATIONS
        TO CHAPTER 77                 - INDUSTRY AND THE INTERNAL MARKET
        Article          7  7     5   - Monitoring application of certain
                                          s t e e l i n d u s t r y measures
                                                                                                             6 056 000 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 on 31 May 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 and
        c e r t i f i e d that the appropriations are a v a i l a b l e .
COM(83) 362       final.
 ---pagebreak---                                                           GROUNDS
  1.      I n O c t o b e r 1980 t h e s t a t e of m a n i f e s t c r i s i s i n t h e s t e e l i n d u s t r y
  l e d t h e C o m m i s s i o n , f o l l o w i n g c o n s u l t a t i o n o f t h e ECSC C o n s u l t a t i v e
  Committee and C o u n c i l a s s e n t , t o e s t a b l i s h a s y s t e m o f p r o d u c t i o n
 q u o t a s u n d e r A r t i c l e 58 o f t h e ECSC T r e a t y .
 The a n t i - c r i s i s m e a s u r e s i n v o l v e d m o n i t o r i n g    and   inspection to        ensure
 t h a t f i r m s were a d h e r i n g t o t h e i r q u o t a s .
 The s y s t e m o f m o n i t o r i n g and p r o d u c t i o n q u o t a s was renewed t w i c e ,
 i n J u l y 1981 and J u l y 1982, each t i m e f o r a p e r i o d o f t w e l v e months.
 The l e g a l b a s i s f o r t h e e x i s t i n g c o n t r o l s i s C o m m i s s i o n D e c i s i o n
 No 1696/82/ECSC o f 30 June 1982, w h i c h e x p i r e s on 30 June 1983.
 2.       The 1983 b u d g e t had an a p p r o p r i a t i o n o f 7 000 00C ECU u n d e r
 A r t i c l e 775 ( M o n i t o r i n g a p p l i c a t i o n o f c e r t a i n s t e e l i n d u s t r y
 measures).             To meet a c t u a l needs t h i s was i n c r e a s e d t o 7 650 000                     ECU
 by means o f a t r a n s f e r f r o m Item 7711 ( I n t e r - i n s t i t u t i o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n
 s y s t e m s ) and 7 637 215 ECU has been c o m m i t t e d .
 3.      S i n c e the s t a t e of manifest c r i s i s i s c o n t i n u i n g , the system of
 m o n i t o r i n g and p r o d u c t i o n q u o t a s must be r e t a i n e d t o a l l o w s u p p l y
 t o be b r o u g h t i n t o L i n e w i t h t h e r e d u c e d l e v e l of demand and t o
 e n a b l e f i r m s t o u n d e r t a k e t h e r e s t r u c t u r i n g r e q u i r e d by t h e new
 economic s i t u a t i o n .
 The     v a s t m a j o r i t y o f t h o s e c o n c e r n e d - p r o d u c e r s , d e a l e r s , consumers
 and     w o r k e r s - a g r e e t h a t t h e measures s h o u l d be e x t e n d e d .              Parliament
 has     also given a favourable opinion.
On 25 A p r i l t h e 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 d t o t h e C o u n c i l t h a t t h e
market c o n t r o l m e a s u r e s t a k e n under A r t i c l e 58 o f t h e ECSC T r e a t y
s h o u l d be e x t e n d e d f o r 2 1/2 y e a r s f r o m 1 J u l y 1983, t h a t i s u n t i l
t h e end o f           1985.
4.       S i n c e 1980 t h e q u o t a s y s t e m has been a d a p t e d on a number o f
o c c a s i o n s , i n t h e l i g h t o f c h a n g i n g c i r c u m s t a n c e s and       experience
g a i n e d , t o improve m o n i t o r i n g of the market.
I n a d d i t i o n t o t h e b i n d i n g q u o t a s p r e v i o u s l y imposed on most f l a t
and l o n g p r o d u c t s , t h e p r o p o s e d e x t e n s i o n f r o m 1 J u l y i n t r o d u c e s
c o m p u l s o r y q u o t a s f o r heavy p l a t e and heavy s e c t i o n s - p r o d u c t s
w h i c h have h i t h e r t o been s u b j e c t o n l y t o m o n i t o r i n g on t h e b a s i s
of v o l u n t a r y p r o d u c t i o n r e s t r i c t i o n s .
5.       The C o m m i s s i o n w i l l adopt t h e g e n e r a l d e c i s i o n on e x t e n s i o n o f
t h e s y s t e m d u r i n g t h e month o f J u n e , a f t e r t h e p r o p o s a l has r e c e i v e d
Council assent.
P e n d i n g a f o r m a l d e c i s i o n s t e p s must be t a k e n t o e n s u r e t h a t
e x p e n d i t u r e on c o n t r o l s i n t h e s t e e l i n d u s t r y can be c o v e r e d a f t e r
30 J u n e .         The b u d g e t a r y a u t h o r i t y i s r e q u e s t e d t o make t h e n e c e s s a r y
p r o v i s i o n by t r a n s f e r r i n g 6 056 000 ECU f r o m C h a p t e r 100.
 ---pagebreak---                      APPROPRIATIONS IN CHAPTER 100 - PART B
                              AT 20 MAY 1983
                                       Appropriations   Appropriations
                                       f o r commitment f o r payment
1. Initial  provision                     116  316 000     117  316 000
2. Appropriations  being                       990 000          990 000
   transferred
3. Transfers  made                          18 500 000        1 500 000
4. Appropriations   remaining               96 826 000     114  826 000