CELEX: 51983DC0114
Language: en
Date: 1983-02-28
Title: GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1982 SECTION III - COMMISSION - PART B TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS N° 50/82 (Compulsory Expenditure)

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (83) 114
Vol. 1983/0035
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p. 1), tel que modifié par le règlement (CE, Euratom) n° 1700/2003 du 22 septembre 2003
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 ---pagebreak---     COMMISSION OF THE E U R O P E A N COMMUNITIES
    GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1982                                             COM(83)              final.
    SECTION I I I - COMMISSION - PART B
                                                                        B r u s s e l s , 28 F e b r u a r y 1983.
                                    TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS N° 50/82
                                           (Compulsory Expenditure)
                                                                                                     ECU
    A. DEDUCTIONS FROM
       CHAPTER     10 - CEREALS AND RICE
       Article    100 - Refunds on c e r e a l s
          Item 1000 - Refunds                                                         114 ^cy. 000
       CHAPTER     20 - MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS
       Article    200 - Refunds on milk and
                        milk oroducts
          Item 2000     Refunds                                                       256.600.000
          Item 2001     Refunds on skirnmed milk powder
                        s u p p l i e d under the f o o d a i d p r o ­
                        gramme f o r the c u r r e n t f i n a n c i a l
                        year                                                            24.800.000
         It-.'in ?003   Refunds on b u t t e r o i l s u p p l i e d
                        under the f o o d a i d programme f o r
                        the c u r r e n t f i n a n c i a l year                        11.900.00C
    B. ADDITIONS TO
       CHAPTZi;    11 - SUGAR AMD ISOGLUCOSE
       Article    110 - Refunds on sugar and i s o g l u c o s e
         Item 1100 - Refunds
CUM(83) 114     final.
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CHAPTER          13 - OIL SEEDS AND PROTEIN PLANTS
A r t i c l e 130 - O i l seeds
    Item 1301 - P r o d u c t i o n a i d f o r c o l z a and
                      rape seed                                      .     108.000.000
     Item 1302 - P r o d u c t i o n a i d f o r sunflower
                      seed                                                  86.000.000
CHAPTER          14 - TEXTILE PLANTS AND SILKWORMS
A r t i c l e 141 - Cotton                                                    3.000.000
 CHAPTER         15 - FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
 A r t i c l e 150 - F r e s h f r u i t and vegetables
     Item 1501 - Compensation f o r withdrawals
                       and b u y i n g i n and f o r p r o c e s ­
                       s i n g and f r e e d i s t r i b u t i o n
                       operations                                            20.000.000
 A r t i c l e 151 - Processed f r u i t and vegetables
      Item 1510 - Export refunds                                                 500.000
      Item 1511 - P r o d u c t i o n a i d f o r tomato
                       based products                                        44.000.000
      Item 1512 - P r o d u c t i o n a i d f o r f r u i t       based
                       products                                                1.500.000
  CHAPTER         16 - PRODUCTS OF THE WINEGROWING
                        SECTOR
  A r t i c l e 161 - I n t e r v e n t i o n f o r products o f
                        the wine-growing s e c t o r
       Item 1611 - D i s t i l l a t i o n o f wine                           56.000.000
  CHAPTER         17 - TOBACCO
  A r t i c l e 171 - Premiums f o r tobacco                                  22.300.000
   A r t i c l e 172 - I n t e r v e n t i o n s t o r a g e f o r tobacco
       Item 1720 - T e c h n i c a l c o s t o f p u b l i c storage           4.000.000
       Item 1722 - Other p u b l i c storage c o s t s                          9.000.000
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CHAPTER          22 - SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT
A r t i c l e 221 - I n t e r v e n t i o n f o r sheepmeat
                            and goatmeat
     Item 2210 - Premiums                                                                               28.000.000
 CHAPTER          25 - REFUNDS ON CERTAIN GOODS
                            OBTAINED BY PROCESSING AGRI­
                            CULTURAL PRODUCTS
 A r t i c l e 251 - Refunds on c e r t a i n goods o b t a i ­
                             ned by p r o c e s s i n g a g r i c u l t u r a l
                             products                                                                      5.500.000
 CHAPTER           40 - COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE
                             MARKET IN FISHERY PRODUCTS
  A r t i c l e 401 - I n t e r v e n t i o n f o r f i s h e r y      products
      Item 4010 - Withdrawal and b u y i n g i n                                                            2.400.000
                                                                     TOTAL          408.200.000          408.200.000
   The F i n a n c i a l C o n t r o l l e r approved t h i s proposal on 21 February 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 the 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 t h a t the
   a p p r o p r i a t i o n s are a v a i l a b l e .
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  I.    I n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h C o m m i s s i o n R e g u l a t i o n (EEC) n° 380/78 on t h e o p e r a t i o n
       o f t h e s y s t e m o f a d v a n c e s i n r e s p e c t o f e x p e n d i t u r e f i n a n c e d by t h e
       G u a r a n t e e S e c t i o n f t h e EAGGF, t h e Member S t a t e s s e n d a m o n t h l y summary
                                         0
        of t h e i r e x p e n d i t u r e t o t h e C o m m i s s i o n by t h e 2 0 t h day o f t h e f o l l o w i n g
        m o n t h , i . e . , by 20 J a n u a r y f o r e x p e n d i t u r e i n December.                  In the case of
        e x p e n d i t u r e r e l a t i n g t o s t o r a g e , h o w e v e r , amendments may be s e n t t o t h e
        C o m m i s s i o n u n t i l 20 F e b r u a r y .
        On t h e b a s i s of t h e s e m o n t h l y s u m m a r i e s , t h e C o m m i s s i o n n e e d s t o make a
        number o f t r a n s f e r s f r o m c h a p t e r t o c h a p t e r i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h A r t i c l e
        101 (1) o f t h e F i n a n c i a l R e g u l a t i o n .
 I I . The rhythm o f e x p e n d i t u r e i n 1982 has been e r r a t i c .                          I t slowed c o n s i d e ­
         r a b l y between A p r i l and A u g u s t , o n l y t o i n c r e a s e s h a r p l y i n t h e months
         w h i c h f o l l o w e d . I n November and December i t was 4 5 % above t h e a v e r a g e
         f o r the p r e v i o u s t e n months.
         The p r o p o s e d t r a n s f e r s , a m o u n t i n g t o 408 200 000 ECU o r 3.3% o f t o t a l
         e x p e n d i t u r e , a r e a d j u s t m e n t s r e q u i r e d t o p e r m i t t h e commitment and
         c h a r g i n g p r o v i d e d f o r by A r t i c l e 97 o f t h e F i n a n c i a l R e g u l a t i o n . T h e s e
         a r e t h e f i n a l a d j u s t m e n t s r e q u i r e d t o 1982 a p p r o p r i a t i o n s as a r e s u l t
         o f e x p e n d i t u r e d e c l a r e d by p a y i n g b o d i e s i n t h e Member S t a t e s ,
III.      TRANSFERS PROPOSED
          a) R e d u c t i o n s i n a p p r o p r i a t i o n s a r e p r o p o s e d    f o r c e r e a l s and   milk  and
                 milk products.
                 In the case of             c e r e a l s t h e s a v i n g s a r e due t o w o r l d p r i c e s h o l d i n g
                s t e a d y f o r most      o f t h e 1981/82 m a r k e t i n g y e a r s : u n t i l A p r i l f o r
                 wheat and June             f o r b a r l e y . R e f u n d s have been much l o w e r t h a n
                 e x p e c t e d as a      result,
                 The s a v i n g s on m i l k and m i l k p r o d u c t s come f r o m r e f u n d s              too.
                 E x p e n d i t u r e has been l o w e r t h a n e x p e c t e d b e c a u s e o f t h e         sharp
                 c o n t r a c t i o n o f e x p o r t m a r k e t s i n non Member c o u n t r i e s .
                 E x p o r t s o f b u t t e r and b u t t e i — o i l were down by 2 5 % , skimmed m i l k
                 powder by 40% and a l l o t h e r m i l k p r o d u c t s by 5%, on 1 9 8 1 .
                  Added t o w h i c h t h e r a t e o f r e f u n d a c t u a l l y a p p l i e d p r o v e d l o w e r
                  than a n t i c i p a t e d .
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b) I t i s proposed to i n c r e a s e a p p r o p r i a t i o n s f o r sugar,                   o i l seeds,
   t e x t i l e p l a n t s , f r u i t and v e g e t a b l e s , w i n e , t o b a c c o ,       non-Annex I I
   p r o d u c t s , and f i s h e r i e s p r o d u c t s .
   A p p r o p r i a t i o n s f o r sugar proved inadequate because world p r i c e s
   f e l l more s h a r p l y t h a n e x p e c t e d .          They went f r o m 330 ECU p e r t o n n e ,
   between F e b r u a r y and S e p t e m b e r 1 9 8 2 , a d r o p o f n e a r l y 40%.
    The a l l o c a t i o n f o r o i l s e e d s n e e d s t o be i n c r e a s e d f o l l o w i n g
    r e c o r d h a r v e s t s f o r c o l z a and s u n f l o w e r s e e d s i n 1982.
    Appropriations for t e x t i l e plants                        p r o v e d i n a d e q u a t e due   to a
    s h a r p i n c r e a s e i n e x p e n d i t u r e on c o t t o n i n G r e e c e .
    A p p r o p r i a t i o n s f o r f r u i t and v e g e t a b l e s need t o p p i n g - u p
     b e c a u s e of t h e s c a l e o f w i t h d r a w a l o p e r a t i o n s f o r a p p l e s      at    the
     end o f 1982 f o l l o w i n g a p a r t i c u l a r l y good h a r v e s t .
     The s h o r t f a l l f o r p r o c e s s e d f r u i t and v e g e t a b l e s i s due t o
     a c c e l e r a t e d p a y m e n t s f o r t o m a t o e s , w h i c h means t h a t p a y m e n t s
     made i n 1982 i n r e s p e c t o f 1983 p r o d u c t i o n were h i g h e r t h a n
     expected.
      D e s p i t e an i n c r e a s e i n a p p r o p r i a t i o n s d u r i n g t h e f i n a n c i a l y e a r
      there i s s t i l l a s h o r t f a l l f o r wine.                    The need f o r a d d i t i o n a l
      f u n d s i s due t o a s h a r p i n c r e a s e i n t h e r h y t h m o f e x p e n d i t u r e
      on d i s t i l l a t i o n w h i c h a b s o r b e d v i r t u a l l y a l l a p p r o p r i a t i o n s
      remaining from p r e v i o u s marketing                     years.
       Further a p p r o p r i a t i o n s are r e q u i r e d f o r tobacco, p a r t l y because
      o f i n c r e a s e d e x p e n d i t u r e on premium f o l l o w i n g a b e t t e r - t h a n -
       e x p e c t e d h a r v e s t (+ 10 000 t o n n e s ) , p a r t l y b e c a u s e o f i n c r e a s e d
       e x p e n d i t u r e on s t o r a g e c o s t s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h i n c r e a s e d    secourse
       to t e n d e r i n g .
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I n c r e a s e d e x p e n d i t u r e on sheepmeat i s due t o t h e f a l l i n m a r k e t p r i c e s ,
n o t a b l y i n t h e U n i t e d K i n g d o m . T h i s meant t h a t e x p e n d i t u r e on
s l a u g h t e r premiums was h i g h e r t h a n e x p e c t e d , t h e i n c r e a s e b e i n g o n l y
p a r t l y o f f s e t by s a v i n g s on s t o r a g e c o s t s .
The s h o r t f a l l f o r f i s h e r i e s p r o d u c t s i s l a r g e l y due t o an e x p a n s i o n
o f e x p o r t s , d e s p i t e a r e d u c t i o n i n e x p o r t r e f u n d s , and t o more
w i t h d r a w a l and b u y i n g - i n o p e r a t i o n s t h a n e x p e c t e d .