CELEX: 51983DC0110
Language: en
Date: 1983-02-24
Title: GENERAL BUDGET 1983 SECTION III - COMMISSION - PART B TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS NO 2/83 (Non-compulsory expenditure)

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (83) 110
Vol. 1983/0034
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 ---pagebreak---          COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
          GENERAL BUDGET 1983                                                                COM(83) 110 final.
          SECTION I I I - COMMISSION -                       PART B
         _______________________________                                                     Brussels, 24 February 1983,
                                                TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS NO 2 / 8 3
                                                       (N o n -c o m p u ls o ry e x p e n d itu r e ) ,
                                                                                                                                         ECU
                                                                                                          C o m m itm e n t          P aym en t
                                                                                                       a p p ro p ria tio n s a p p ro p ria tio n s
         1.      SOURCE OF APPROPRIATIONS
                 FROM CHAPTER 73 -                RESEARCH AND INVESTMENT
                                                  EXPENDITURE
                 A rtic le     739            -   N on-program m e a c t i v i t i e s
                 Ite m     7391               -   R e se arch s t a f f a w a it in g
                                                  a s s ig n m e n t t o a p o s t                          715 0 00                715 0 00
                 FROM CHAPTER 1 0 0 -             PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATIONS                             3 000 000             1 0 0 0 0 00
                                                                                       T o ta l          3 715 0 0 0           1 715 0 00
        2.      USE OF APPROPRIATIONS
                TO CHAPTER 73                -   RESEARCH AND INVESTMENT
                                                 EXPENDITURE
                A r tic le    737           -    I n d i r e c t and c o n c e r t e d
                                                a c tio n - T e c h n o lo g ic a l
                                                d e v e lo p m e n t
                Ite m     7373              -   R e f e r e n c e m a t e r i a l s a nd
                                                m e th o d s ( a p p l i e d m e t r o l o g y ) -
                                                I n d ir e c t a c tio n                                3 715 0 00            1 715 0 00
       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 14 F e b r u a r y 1 9 8 3 i n
       a c c o r d a n c e w i t h A r t i c l e s 2 1 ( 4 ) , 9 3 ( 1 ) a nd 9 4 ( 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
       and c e r t i f i e d t h a t t h e a p p r o p r i a t i o n s a r e a v a i l a b l e .
COM( 83 ) 110 final.
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When t h e       1983 B u d g e t      was e s t a b l i s h e d ,       p a rt   of     th e   a p p ro p ria tio n s        fo r    th e
In d ir e c t   A c tio n     P ro g ra m m e o n R e f e r e n c e M a t e r i a l s          and M e th o d s       (A p p lie d
M e tro lo g y )     w ere    e n te re d ,     p e n d in g   th e    d e c is io n     on t h e      p ro g ra m m e ,    under
C h a p te r   100 as a r e s e r v e           fo r    Ite m    7 3 7 3 a nd p a r t        under       Ite m    7391      (R e s e a rc h
s ta ff    a w a itin g     a s s ig n m e n t    to   a p o s t).
At    its    8 1 7 th   m e e tin g     (21     D e ce m b e r 1 9 8 2 )     th e    C o u n c il    a d o p te d   th e    p ro g r a m m e
(0 J   L 26,       2 8 .1 .1 9 8 3 ,   p.    4 8 ).
T he o b j e c t i v e    of    th e   program m e          is   to     im p ro v e    th e    agreem ent         of    m easurem ent
and a n a l y s i s      re s u lts     in   fie ld s       w h ic h   a re o f      e c o n o m ic    im p o rta n c e     to    th e
C o m m u n ity a nd o f        re le v a n c e     to    th e   o b je c tiv e s      of    th e    T re a ty .    T he p r o j e c t s
w ill    a ls o    r e s u lt   in    e s ta b lis h in g      c a lib ra tio n        means       (tra n s fe r      s ta n d a rd s
a nd   re fe re n c e     m a te r ia ls )      to    e n su re    th e    c o n s is te n c y ,     once      a c h ie v e d ,   ca n
be m a i n t a i n e d .    T he w o r k      c o u ld    a ls o    le a d   to    th e    d e fin itio n        of   m e th o d s     w h e reb y
a c c u ra te    m ea surem e n t       c a n be o b t a i n e d .
T he p r o g r a m m e     in c lu d e s    tw o    c lo s e ly     r e la te d    p a rts :
A p p lie d    m e tro lo g y
T h is   p a rt    co ve rs     m e a su re m e n ts      of    p h y s ic a l   q u a n titie s        a nd p h y s i c a l    p ro p e rtie s
tra c e a b le     to    fu n d a m e n ta l    q u a n titie s .
R e fe re n c e    m a te ria ls
T h is   p a rt    of    th e    program m e        c o n ce rn s     c h e m ic a l    a n a ly s e s    as w e l l     as p h y s i c a l
and t e c h n o l o g i c a l      m e a su re m e n ts     w h ic h    c o u ld    re s u lt     in    e s ta b lis h in g      re fe re n c e
m a te ria ls .
A p p ro x im a te ly      15 m e t r o l o g y     a n d 20 r e f e r e n c e       m a te ria ls        p ro je c ts    a re p la n n e d
fo r    1983.
As a r e s u l t ,       it    is   n e ce ssa ry       to    p ro v id e    th e    C o m m is s io n w i t h       th e   a p p ro p ria tio n s
to    co ve r e x p e n d itu re        a ris in g      fro m     th e    d e c is io n    to    im p le m e n t     th e   p ro g ra m m e
 (p e rs o n n e l    and o p e r a t i n g     e x p e n d itu re      and f u n d s      fo r    s tu d y    a nd r e s e a r c h      c o n tra c ts ),
i.e .     4 m illio n        ECU i n      c o m m it m e n t a p p r o p r i a t i o n s     and 2 m i l l i o n         ECU i n       paym ent
a p p ro p ria tio n s .
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P a rt   of   th e    fu n d s   (2 8 5  0 0 0 ECU i n        c o m m itm e n t a n d p a y m e n t       a p p ro p ria tio n s ,
w h ic h   co rre sp o n d s     to   p erson n el      e x p e n d itu re       on 6 o f f i c i a l s )     a re  a lre a d y
a v a ila b le    in    Ite m    7373.
T he b a l a n c e    of    3 7 1 5 0 0 0 ECU i n         c o m m it m e n t     a p p ro p ria tio n s     a n d 1 715 0 0 0 ECU
 in  paym ent a p p r o p r ia t io n s ,       to    w h ic h    th is      tra n s fe r     r e la te s ,   w ill   have t o       be
o b ta in e d   fro m     tw o   so urces:
-    C h a p te r 1 0 0 :    th e   3 m illio n       ECU i n        c o m m it m e n t   a p p ro p ria tio n s    a nd 1 m i l l i o n    ECU
     in   paym ent        a p p ro p ria tio n s    e n te re d     here       a re   to   cover      o p e ra tin g    e x p e n d itu re
     a nd t h e     c o n c lu s io n   of   s tu d y  and      re se a rch        c o n tra c ts ;
-    Ite m    7391      (R e se a rch    s ta ff    a w a itin g       a s s ig n m e n t   to    a p o s t):    th e s e   a p p ro p ria tio n s ,
     a m o u n tin g   to    715    0 0 0 ECU i n       c o m m it m e n t     and p a y m e n t     a p p ro p ria tio n s ,    a re   to
     co ve r e x p e n d itu re       on 10 o f f i c i a l s .
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                           APPROPRIATIONS I N CHAPTER 1 0 0 -           PART B
                                            AT 3 FEBRUARY 1 9 8 3
                                                                        A p p ro p ri a t i ons  fo r
                                                                c o m m it m e n t s             p a ym e n ts
1. In itia l     a llo c a tio n                                116 316 000                     117 316 000
2. A p p ro p ria tio n s    b e in g  tra n s fe rre d                500 000                        500 000
3. A p p r o p ria tio n s   re m a in in g                     1 15 8 1 6 0 0 0                116 816 000