CELEX: 51984DC0243
Language: en
Date: 1984-04-18
Title: GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1984 SECTION III - COMMISSION TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS N° 10/84 (Non-compulsory expenditure)

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COM (84) 243
Vol. 1984/0117
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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
     GENERAL B U DG ET FOR 1984                         COM(84) 243 final
     S E CT ION III - COMM ISS IO N                     Brussels, 18 April 1984
                          TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS N° 10/84
                             (Non-compulsory expenditure)
                                                                          (ECU)
                                                             Commitment         Payment
                                                           Appropriations   appropriations
  FROM CHAPTER 73     - RESEARCH AND INVESTMENT
    Article      736  - Other activities and
                         conclusion of previous
                         shared-cost action
                         programmes
    Item       7361   - Other activities :
                         Research staff awaiting
                         assignment to a post                   267 000         267 000
  FROM CHAPTER 100 - PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATIONS              2 233 000          502 000
                                             Total           2 500 000          769 000
  TO CHAPTER 73       - RESEARCH AN INVESTMENT
    Article      731   - Shared-cost action
                         programmes - Thermonuclear
                         fusion and nuclear fission
    Item        7316     Nuclear fission -
                         Decommissioning of nuclear
                         power stations                       2 500 000         769 000
  The Financial Controller approved the proposal on 9th April 1984 in accordance
  with Article 21 (§4) of the Financial Regulation and certified that the
  appropriations are available.
 COM(84) 243 f i nal
 ---pagebreak---                               GROUNDS
1. The first research programme concerning the decommissioning of nuclear
   installations adopted by the Council covered the period 1 January to
   31 December 1983.
   Pending a decision on the new programme to take effect from 1 January
   1984, appropriations were entered in the following headings when the
   1984 budget was established:
   - Chapter 100 (operating appropriaitons) in anticipation of a final entry
     in Item 7316;
   - Item 7361 "research staff awaiting assignment to a post" (salaries and
     administrative expenditure).
   The Council took its decision on 31 January 1984 (0J L 36, 8 February 1984).
   A request is now being made to transfer these appropriations to the
   budget heading for the activities in question.
2. The aim of the programme is the joint development of a system of
   management of nuclear installations finally shut down and of the radio­
   active wastes produced in their dismantling which, at its various stages,
   will provide mankind and the environment with the best protection possible;
   the programme seeks to promote:
   A. Research and development projects concerning the following subjects:
      Project N° 1 : Long-term integrity of buildings and systems;
      Project N° 2 : Decontamination for decommissioning purposes;
      Project N°3   : Dismantling techniques;
      Project N° 4 : Treatment of specific waste materials: steel, concrete
                      and graphite;
      Project N° 5 : Large containers for radioactive waste produced in the
                      dismantling of nuclear installations;
      Project N° 6 : Estimation of the quantities of radioactive wastes arising
                      from the decommissioning of nuclear installations in
                      the Community;
      Project N° 7 : Influence of installation design features on decommissioning
 ---pagebreak---     B. Identification of guiding principles, namely:
        - certain guiding principles in the design and operation of nuclear
          installations with a view to simplifying their subsequent
          decommissioning;
        - guiding principles in the decommissioning of nuclear installations
          which could form the initial elements of a Community policy in.this
          field.
    C. Testing of new techniques under real conditions, within the framework
        of large-scale decommissioning operations undertaken in Member Sates.
3.  The programme involves a high proportion of long-term research which will
    have to be covered by multiannual contracts. It would be highly desirable
    if a large proportion of these activities could be got under way as
    quickly as possible to ensure that the research can be conducted effectively
    within the life of the programme and, ideally, to guarantee the continuity
    of the activities begun under the first programme (1979-1983).
    With this in mind, the request for appropriations for 1984 corresponds to
    the original schedule of payments (see C0M(83) 298 final, 16 June 1983).
4. On the basis of the above, it is requested that the appropriations
   considered necessary for 1984 - namely, 2 500 000 ECU in commitment
   appropriations and 769 000 in payment appropriations - be made available
   to the Commission in Item 7316 (Decommissioning of nuclear power stations).
   These appropriations come from:
   - Chapter 100: 2 233 000 ECU in commitment appropriations and 502 000 ECU
      in payment appropriations. Chapter 100 (point 21) contains 83 500 000 ECU
      in commitment appropriations and 28 590 000 ECU in payment appropriations,
      part of which is specifically            for activities relating to
      Item 7316.
   - Item 7361 (Research staff awaiting assignment to a post): 267 000 ECU
      in both commitments and payments. This Item has a total allocation of
      3 500 000 ECU in both commitments and payments and covers inter alia
      staff expenditure on three A officials (241 200 ECU) and administrative
      expenditure connected with activities relating to Item 7316 (25 800 ECU).
   Appropriations were as follows on 29 February 1984:
 ---pagebreak---                           Appropriations
                          entered in the
                          budget (includ­
                          ing any                   Commitments   Appropriat-
                          appropriations            entered into/  ions
                          remaining)      Transfers Payments made available
Commitment appropriations
Item 7316                      p.m.                                         0
(former Item 7345)            53 099                                  53 099
                          (=remaining)
Item 7361                   3 500 000                              3 500 000
(former Item 7391)
Chapter 100
(intended for Chapter 73) 83 500 000                              83 500 000
Payment appropriations
Item 7316                     400 000                                400 000
(former Item 7345)        + 204 128                   37 742         166 386
                          (carried over)
Item 7361                   3 500 000                              3 500 000
(former Item 7391)        +       677                                     677
                          (carried over)
Chapter 100
(intended for Chapter 73) 28 590 000                              28 590 000
 ---pagebreak---                APPROPRIATIONS IN CHAPTER 100 - PART B
                         AT 9 APRIL 1984
                                         Appropriations  Appropriations
                                         for commitments  for payments
1. Initial provision                      1 939 756 000   1 755 196 000
2. Appropriations being
   transferred                               61 233 000      2 0 002 0 0 0
3. Transfers made
4. Appropriations remaining               1 878 523 000   1 735 194 000