CELEX: 51981DC0241
Language: en
Date: 1981-05-07
Title: TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No. 10/81 (non-compulsory expenditure)

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (81) 241
Vol. 1981/0085
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GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1981                      COM(81)241 final
SECTION III - COMMISSION
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SECTION III - COMMISSION
                       TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS NO 1 0/8 1
                          ( Non-compulsory expenditure )
FROM CHAPTER 100     -   PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
TO CHAPTER 26 '      - EXPENDITURE ON STUDIES , SURVEY'S AND CONSULTATIONS '
     Article 260 -       Limited consullra^ions , studies and surveys
                                                                    1 000 000 Εσα
The Financial Controller approved this proposal on 5 May 1981 in accordance
with Article 21 ( 4 ) of the Financial Regulation and certified that
appropriations are available .
 ---pagebreak---                                    GROUNDS
Following an amendment introduced by Parliament in the context of the 1 98 1
budget procedure , a sum of 1 000 000 ECU proposed for Article 260 in the
draft budget was entered in Chapter 100 .        For this reason appropriations
must now be transferred to Article 260 .        •
On 4 March 1981 the Commission presented an appropriation transfer request
 (No 2/81 ) which involved , inter alia , the transfer of 1 000 000 ECU from
Chapter 100 to Article 260 for the purpose of financing studies .
By letter dated 10 April 1981 Parliament 's Secretary-General informe'd the
President of the Council that the Committee on Biidgets had not authorized
the transfer . . He indicated that the request could be reexamined if the
Commission were to present it again , taking the Committee 's comments into        '
account .     •                 \
The present appropriation transfer request attempts to meet the Committee 's
requirements.                -       Vs"--~
The appropriations in question are earmarked , by definition , for the financing .
of consultations , studies mid surveys , and in particular specialized studies
conducted by highly-qualified experts under contract in areas where Commission
staff are unable to cope®
In short the appropriations are an endowment given - the Commission to enable
it to attain certain objectives® An analysis of the utilization of Article 260
appropriations reveals that they were channelled to four main areas :
I.    Studies and surveys allowing the" Commission ( as guardian of the Treaties )
      to monitor compliance with Community law, .
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II .  Studies and surveys conducted to comply with a Community requirement .
III . Studies and surveys conducted to honour commitments entered into by the
      Commission .           _                                 - 1 ■  .
IV .  Collection of economic , technical and scientific data required for the
      preparation of proposals for regulations , decisions or directives .
Examples of studies or surveys in each of these categories conducted in 1979
and 1980 are given below.
I«    Monitoring compliance with Community law
      ( a ) Statistical analysis of IBM 's market, position. ^
      Priority action      :   investigation of the IBM dossier called for a study
      on user or act ice .
 ---pagebreak---   Calling for s interrogation of . more than 1 000 usees of EDP equipment
  by telephone or 'by letter', a task which- Commission department s were unable
  to handle .                                                                  '
  Cost         ;   9 682 ECU    ' . •                         .
   (b)' Study on the parallel application of Community and national competition
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  Priority action          t    a number of recent cases and "the implementation . of
  certain decisions adopted in application - of. Article 35(3 } EEC have demonstra
  ted - that the - parallel application of Community and national law can give
  rise to disputes , ' notably in relation, to the assessment of joint -under­
  takings and selective distribution* The study could lead to the drafting
  of Community rules governing the relationship between a decision in
  application of Article 85O ) EEC and stricter national laws .
  Calling for             a thorough knowledge of the specific features of each body "
  of law and the attitudes of each national legislature and judiciary to the
  relationship between .Community and national law® ,
  Cost         s   29 592 ECU
  ( c ) Periodic^ reports on the application of Community provisions on free
       ' .movement ! of workers,, national immigration policies and associated
          problems^                          ■■    -
  Priority action s these reports help Commission departments to discharge
, their duties under the Treaty and regulations on free movement to the full
  ( opening of infringement files where appropriate ).
                             '•                           /
  Calling for . j the setting up of a network of national correspondent s
  supplying the Commission'1' s departments with continuous information in this
  field - a task which " could dnly be carried out by the Commission ^ depart­
  ments at a much higher cost in terms of- time and travelling expenses .
  Cost        s    12 930 ECU .                 -
  Compliance with a Community' requirement
  ( a ) Studies on the social situation in the Member States.
  Priority action ;             Article 122" EEC requires the Commission to make an
 annual report to Parliament on the social situation in the Community ,
 giving the facts and figures ( employment , vocational training , industrial
 relations , labour law , working conditions , earnings , social services arid
 family affairs ) and commenting on the main developments in each country.
 ---pagebreak---        These studies allow the Commission to perform its information function
        vis-a-vis Parliament , the other Community institutions , governments ,
        employers' and workers' organizations , the press , and educational and
        research circles . The Commission uses the main developments in the
       Member States as a basis for social policy projections .
        Calling for : recourse to experts and research institutes in each of '
       the Member States , given the complexity and diversity of national
       developments .
       Cost     :  41 440 ECU ( in 198O )    .             7
        ( b ) Education of handicapped children.
       Priority action : a resolution adopted by the Council and the Education
       Ministers urged the Commission to promote equal opportunity in education
       systems . This was onfe of the priority themes of the Commission 's programme
       for 1980 . The study will enable the Commission to supplement its proposal
       for an action programme to be submitted to the Council in 1981 , the Year
       of the Handicapped . The section of the study " devoted to -the impact of
       micro-processors on the education of handicapped children flows from the
       Commission 's decision to implement the projects set out in '"Hew information
       technologies – A Community response ".
       Calling for      :  considerable expertize in a technical field not covered
       within the Commission .
       Cost     :  22 800 ECU                            ;      :  '  •
III . Honouring of commitments entered into by the Commission
       ( a ) Analysis by level III region of manning in the textile and clothing
              industries ( level III * region = Kreis in Germany , Departement in >
              France , county in the United Kingdom ...),
       Priority action      :  the Council and the Commission consider assessment of
      the regional impact of common policies to be essential to a thorough .
      ■understanding of the position of individual industries at regional level .
      This analysis will enable it to formulate the specific projects which •
       will be needed , beginning with the crisis-ridden textile industry.
       Calling for      :  a wider knowledge of level III regions than is available
       within the Commission .
       Cost     :  24 903 ECU    ,
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     V b ) Ar.alyssie of the use made of generalized preferences and recommen­
            dations for the system after 1983 .,
     Priority action i the Coinniurtity is committed to continuing its
     generalized preferences system after 1980 . If its department s are to
     produce proposals on its form and content after 1 9S0 they need an overall
     view of bow the system worked during the fir?<t decade and suggestions
     for revision of the list of beneficiary countries and present quantitative
     limitations *)
      Calliry for : the assist ance of experts from an outside institute ;
      this solution will cost less than the organization of an in-house study .
      Coct     :   20 846 ECU
      ( c ) A study of the law applicable to the relationship "between the
            Member States' competent authorities and the economic agents
             concerning the recovery of debts and the granting of Community
             aid , with particular reference to the Common Agricultural Policy .
      Priority action      :   the difficulties in this context have attracted
      the Council 's attention which , in October 1978 , agreed to study this
      problem . The application of the CAP as well as the recovery of
      customs duties occurs within the administrative system and according
      to the rules of procedure of the Member States * The difference between
      these rules creates distortions among the economic agents and hampers
      recovery of unduly paid sums ,,. The study is to produce an exact
      knowledge of the rules applicable enabling the Commission together with
      the Member States to overcome these difficulties and to pave the way
      towards a future approximation of legislation.
      Calling for : the intervention of a university institute in view of
      the breadth of this study of comparative law.
      Cost     : 40 750 ECU ( over two years - 1979 and 1980 )
IV . Collection of economic and scientific data
     ( a ) JLiirolink project .
     Priority g.ction : the knowledge acquired will help to promote convergence
     of economic policies . This research will attempt to establish a link
     between models for Community countries and models for the main non-
     European countries (USA , Japan and Canada ). The findings will be used
     to test the effects of economic policy measures taken by these countries
     on the Community . They will make it possible to formulate economic and
     monetary policy guidelines .
     Calling for : basic research requiring expertize in specializations
     which need to be developed within the Commission.
 ---pagebreak---       Cost     : - 60 000 ECU ( in 1980 )
      (b ) Factors' influencing location in Europe - FLEUR project .
      Priority action      J  the purpose of this study is to build, a dynamic
      inter-sectoral ( 70 industries ), interregional ( 100 regions ) model which
      will make it possible to       identify , in terms of . employment , the role
      played by- various factors ( transport , property market , urbanization ,
      labour market , regional policy ) in the location of industry . .
     The study should make it possible to integrate concrete approaches to
     regional economies into a coherent whole , essentially in terms of
      employment ., to analyse economic and social change in the . regions , and
     to assess the regional ippact of various Community policies .
      Calling for : the services of a team of highly-qualified specialists
     with extensive experience of model building.
                                       -        *
      Cost 's      90 000 ECU ( in 1980 )
      ( c ) Economic and social situation in and outlook for the fishing
            industry in the northern region of the United Kingdom .
     Priority action : this study fits into the , guideline defined by the
      Council . On the basis of a precise inventory of the present situation
     the study will analyse the economic and social impact of the 200-mile
     limit on the fishing industry in the northern region of the United
     Kingdom . The study should make it possible to define the prospects for
     the industry in the regional context , in terms of production and
     processing , and to assess alternative- economic activities and employment
     opportunities in the region in question. .
     Calling 'for : recourse to highly-qualified experts with a wide
     knowledge of the fishing industry to carry out ,a field study - and
     in-depth analysis 0                           >
     Cost     5    35 000 ECU
It is clear from these examples that the appropriations in question are
drawn on by Commission departments to obtain , by a short deadline , the infor­
mation they need to back up policies that the Commission wants to consider ,
propose or put into practice in line with its priorities for a given year .
The Commission therefore requests the budgetary authority to approve the
transfer to Article 260 of the 1 000 000 ECU entered in Chapter 100 for
limited consultations , studies and surveys .