CELEX: 51983DC0105
Language: en
Date: 1983-02-21
Title: GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983 SECTION III - COMMISSION - PART B TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS N° 3/83 (Non-compulsory expenditure)

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (83) 105
Vol. 1983/0032
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 ---pagebreak---   COMMISSION OF THE E U R O P E A N COMMUNITIES
    GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983                                             COM(83)         105  final.
    SECTION I I I - COMMISSION                 - PART B
                                                                        B r u s s e l s , 21  Febrary          1983.
                                         TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS N° 3/83
                                                (Non-compulsory            expenditure)
                                                                                                                          ECU
                                                                                      DIFFERENTIATED APPROPRIATIONS
                                                                                        Commitment                  Payment
                                                                                      appropriations         appropriations
        FROM CHAPTER 93 - COOPERATION WITH NON ASSO-
                                     CIATED DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
            Article        930 - F i n a n c i a l a n d t e c h n i c a l
                                     c o o p e r a t i o n w i t h non a s s o -
                                     c i a t e d developing coun-
                                     tries                                              20.000.000               20.000.000
                                                                                            NON-DIFFERENTIATED
                                                                                               APPROPRIATIONS
         TO     CHAPTER 95 -         EXCEPTIONAL MEASURES TO
                                     A S S I S T DEVELOPING AND
                                     OTHER NON-MEMBER COUN-
                                     TRIES
             Article       952 - S p e c i a l a i d t o L e b a n o n                            20.000.000
     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 1 6 F e b r u a r y 1983 i n a c c o r -
     d a n c e w i t h a r t i c l e 21 ( 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) 105 final.
 ---pagebreak---                                                     Grouncjfs
1. B y a m e n d m e n t n ° 5 8 0 ,        t h e European Parliament                introduced       a new a r ­
    ticle        952 : S p e c i a l a i d t o Lebanon, with a token                      entry, i nt h e 1983
    draft budget, thus                   creating t h enecessary                framework f o r t h e f i n a n c i n g
    of r e c o n s t r u c t i o n a i d i n Lebanon.              This     amendment was n o t m o d i f i e d b y
    the      Council         at i t s second reading             o f t h e d r a f t budget ; t h i s new a r t i c l e
    therefore            appears i n t h e 1983 budget.
2. T h e p o l i t i c a l      and economic reasons for t r a n s f e r r i n g appropriations t o
    this       line aregiven               i n t h e Commission communication t o t h e Council
    concerning             community a i d f o r t h e r e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f Lebanon.                    It i s
    also mentioned t h e r e i n that                  t h e amount t o be t r a n s f e r r e d ( i . e 20 M i o ECU)
    represents             t h e cost      o f a water-supply           p r o j e c t t o be c a r r i e d o u t i n
    Beyrouth.
3. A s f a r a s t h e o r i g i n o f t h e c r e d i t s i s c o n c e r n e d , t h e C o m m i s s i o n ' s            pro­
    posal        i st o take         t h e amounts r e q u i r e d      from a r t i c l e   930 : F i n a n c i a l and
    technical            cooperation          with non associated               developing       c o u n t r i e s , which i s
    the only budget                line within t i t l e          IX, with t h e exception               o f t h e food
    aid chapter,               t o have enough c r e d i t s t o be a b l e t o bear such an                           important
    deduction             at t h ebeginning           o f t h e budget          year.
 4.  I t should           be p o s s i b l e t o implement t h e c r e d i t s thus            transferred t o
     a r t i c l e 952 over          a two-year period.                The Commission suggests                  therefore
    that these              20 M i o ECU s h o u l d     be n o n d i f f e r e n t i a t e d a p p r o p r i a t i o n s .
     To t h i s e n d ,        i ti snecessary           t o d e d u c t 20 M i o ECU b o t h        from the           com­
     mitment a p p r o p r i a t i o n s        a n d from t h e payment a p p r o p r i a t i o n s         of article
     930.
5. I t i s the Commission's view t h a t the a i d t o Lebanon should not i n v o l v e a net
     r e d u c t i o n of the o v e r a l l amount of c r e d i t s which have a l r e a d y been a l l o c a t e d
    to     development c o o p e r a t i o n f o r the 1983 budget y e a r .                       As a consequence
    the      d e d u c t i o n t o be made from a r t i c l e 930 can o n l y be p r o v i s i o n a l and
     the      r e d u c t i o n i n the a p p r o p r i a t i o n s should be r e i n s t a t e d b e f o r e the end
     of    t h e budget y e a r .