CELEX: 51980DC0573
Language: en
Date: 1980-10-01
Title: TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 10/80 (Non-compulsory expenditure)

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (80) 573
Vol. 1980/0184
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SECTION III   -  COMMISSION
                TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 10/80
                    (Non-compulsory expenditure )
FROM CHAPTER 100    -   PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATIONS .
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TO CHAPTER 92       -   FOOD AID                                  - v
Article 926         -   Other expenditure
Item 9261           -   Quality control of products supplied
                        as food aid
                                                                 200 000
The Financial Controller endorsed this proposal on 17 September 1980 ,
certifying that the appropriations are available .
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                               REASONS
  1. The recipient countries frequently complain about the quality of
     the products supplied as food aid .
  2. Quality control tests based on the appearance of the product are '
     normally carried out at the loading or purchase stage . Complaints
     are therefore sometimes received as a result of inspections made
     when the products reach their destination .
  3. The European Parliament and the Court of Auditors have raised this
     issue on a number of occasions . In any case the Community 's dual
     role as purchaser and as the institution supplying the food aid
     clearly places it under an obligation to bear both the costs of
     verification when the goods are purchased and the costs which arise
     when the goods axe tested , whether by the recipients alone or by both
     sides , upon arrival at their destination . Failure by the Community
     to take part in the inspections at either end would open the way to
     abuse .
  4* Although the 200 000 EUA entered in Chapter 100 of the 1980 budget
     is not enough for systematic inspection of each delivery of each
     product , the appropriations will nevertheless allow effective
     random checks .
  5. The Commission therefore proposes that the budgetary authority
     transfer the said amount from Chapter 100 to Item 9261 .
 ---pagebreak---                 APPROPRIATIONS IN CHAPTER 100
                     AT 15 SEPTEMBER 1980
                                                        EUA
                               Appropriations Appropriations
                               for commitment  for payment
1· Total appropriations         75.093.900     51.693.900
2 . Appropriations in
    process of "being
    transferred                  1 509 000      1 509 000
3· Appropriations still
    entered, in
    Chapter 100
                              '73 584 900      50 184 900