CELEX: 51980PC0234
Language: en
Date: 1980-04-29
Title: APPROPRIATION TRANSFER No 2/80 (from CE to NCE)

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (80) 234
Vol. 1980/0074
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 ---pagebreak---      COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
FINANCIAL YEAR 1980                             COM(80)234 final
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 ---pagebreak--- FINANCIAL YEAR 1980
SECTION III . COMMISSION
                       APPROPRIATION TRANSFER No 2/80
                             From CE to NCE
From Chapter 92        FOOD AID (Article 921 )
To Chapter 95          EXCEPTIONAL MEASURES TO ASSIST DEVELOPING
                       COUNTRIES AND OTHER NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES
Article 950            Community aid to disaster victims in
                       developing and other non-member countries
                                                        20 000 000 EUA
The Financial Controller endorsed this proposal on 25, IV, 1QQ0
thereby certifying that the appropriations are available * *
 ---pagebreak--- REASONS
1 • Of the $325 million required, to carry out the plan to help those
affected "by the events in Cambodia prepared "by UNICEF , the ICRC , the
WFP, the FAO and the UNHCR, $135 million are extremely urgent (for the
period April-June ) in order to carry out the spring sowing which
determines the harvest for the yeart to prevent an interruption in -
supplies and. deal with the disastrous situation with which Cambodia
will be faced in June . July and. August without international aid *
2*  Taking into acoount the firm commitments entered, into by certain
governments and the availabilities of a number of non–governmental -
organizations , there is an immediate shortfall of around $75 million*
3.  Pending the receipt of other contributions , it is highly desirable
for the Community to help cover this shortfall by granting, as soon as .
possible , cash aid. of 20 m EUA under Article 950 of the Budget - to be
allocated, by the Commission among the various bodies concerned .
With food aid of 35 000 tonnes of cereals ( corresponding to 3*5 m EUA ) –
which can be sent, at short notice – total aid from the Community
immediately would amount to $33 million* A second instalment of
emergency cash aid of 20 m EUA could be paid once the 1980 Budget has
been adopted, depending on the information received as to the
implementation of the first instalment , and in particular the effective
distribution of the aid to those ooncerned *
 ---pagebreak--- 4.   In view of the urgency involved as regards granting -the first
instalment of 20 m EUA , it is impossible to wait for this amount to .
he made available once the 1930 Budget has been adopted. It cannot
be covered under the provisional twelfths arrangement b either , since
the second limit which the Commission has to take into account , i.e.
the appropriation included in the Draft Budget of 23 November 1979 » is
only 3 m EUA .
The Commission is therefore requesting the agreement of the Budgetary
Authority to a transfer of 20 m EUA from Chapter 92 (Food Aid ) to
Article 950#   Of course , this amount will have to be included in
Artiole 950 under the 1980 Budget in order to replenish Chapter 92
so that the implementation of the food aid programme is not jeopardized .