CELEX: 51977PC0552
Language: en
Date: 1977-10-27
Title: TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN CHAPTERS

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (77) 552
Vol. 1977/0181
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 ---pagebreak---   COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                     COM(77)552 final
 GENERAL BUDGET 1977                                 Brussels , 8 November
 SECTION III - COMMISSION
                 TRANSFER OP APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN CHAPTERS
COM(77 ) 552 final
 ---pagebreak--- GENERAL BUDGET 1977
SECTION III - COMMISSION
          PROPOSAL FOR THE TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN CHAPTERS
                           (Proposal No IIl/77/lO)
Prom Chapter 101 - Contingency reserve                     22 000 ιι·&·
to Chapter 29     - Subsidies and financial contributions
Artide 298        - EEXJ contribution to administrative
                    expenditure connected with
                    international agreements
Item 2980           Implementation of the 1971
                    International Wheat Agreement          14 000 u.a .
Article 299       - Other subsidies                         6 000 U*&a
JUSTIFICATION
1.  Article 298 - Item 2980
An appropriation of 202 000 u.a . is entered under Item 2980 of the Commission
Budget for 1977 "to cover the Community 's contribution to the administrative
expenditure of the International Wheat Office whose financial year runs from
1 July to 30 June .
In January the Commission paid 94 980 u.a . as its budgetary contribution for the
second half of the 1976-77 financial year (l January to 30 June ).
The amount remaining under Item 2980 after this payment was 106 020 u.a .
In June the Commission was invited to pay its share of the first tranche of
the 1977-78 budget , i.e. £49 703 , i.e. 120 000 u.a .  The shortfall of appropriations
is therefore 14 000 u.a . in round, figures .
It should be borne in mind that it is not usually until October , i.e. , when the       j
budgetary procedure is well under way , that details of the International Wheat Office
budget are known. As a result , the appropriations entered in the Commission
Budget are approximate and based on information obtained from this body . The
Community ^ contribution also depends on the number of votes it obtains on the
International Wheat Council ; this may vary according to the number of importing
and exporting countries which are party to the International Agreement in question. !
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Under these circumstances , it is very difficult to maxe accurate estimates
and in 1975 and- 1976 it was already necessary to increase appropriations by means
of transfer#
2.  Article 299
Between 1974 and 197° "the Commission granted 50 000 u.a . in
operating subsidy to the Choirs of the European Communities .
At this time the Commission considered it necessary to provide
substantial aid to the Choirs in ordei* to place them on a
firmer footing and enhance the image of the European Community .
From 1977 onwards it considered that this effort should be
reduced, especially in view of the increased demands for
subsidies .   Since the budgetary allocation for this year was
merely a carry-over of the funds available in 1976 , the
Commission has made an internal redistribution which made it
impossible to allocate more than 25 000 u.a . in subsidy to the
Choirs .
This reduction is now making it very difficult for the Choirs
to continue their activities .    The Commission has been
apprised of the situation and the matter was brought before
C0REPER at their meeting of 20 April 1 977 •
For its part , the Commission has endeavoured to increase the
subsidy by making transfers within Chapter 29 and has , in the
end, been able to make 28 000 u.a . available to the Choirs .
In order to raise this subsidy in 1977 to 36 000 u.a ., which
is the minimum amount on which the Choirs can operate
satisfactorily, the Commission requests the Budgetary
Authority to approve a transfer of 8 000 u.a. from Chapter 101
to Article 299 of Chapter 29#