CELEX: 51978PC0132
Language: en
Date: 1978-03-21
Title: TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN CHAPTERS

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (78) 132
Vol. 1978/0046
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 ---pagebreak---           COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
          GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1977                            COM(78)132 final.
                                      \
          SECTION III - COMMISSION                           Brussels , 21 March 1978 .
                         TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN CHAPTERS
COM ( 78 ) 132 final .
 ---pagebreak---   GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1977
  SECTION III - COMMISSION
                   TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN" CHAPTERS
                             (Proposal No Hl/77/19 )
                                                                               in u.a .
 From Chapter 60 – Cereals
 Article 600      – Refunds on cereals
 Item 6000        – Refunds                              126 783 000
 From Chapter 63 - Oils and fats
 Article 631      - Intervention in respeot of
                    olive oil
 Item 6310       – Produotion aid                         26 000 000
 To Chapter 62   – Milk and milk products
Article 623      – Intervention in respeot of
                    other milk produots
Item 6239        – Other intervention                                  21 783 000
     \
To Chapter 64       Sugar
Article 64O         Refunds on sugar
Item 6400           Refunds                                            85 000 000
To Chapter 68    - Fruit and vegetables
Article 68 1     – Intervention in respect of
                    fruit and vegetables
Item 6810        – Withdrawal compensation and
                    buying-in                                          17 400 000
Item 6812        – Compensation for promotion
                    of Community citrus fruits                          2 600 000
To Chapter 70    – Tobacco
Article 701      – Intervention in respeot of
                   tobacco
Item 7010        – Premiums                                             6 000 000
To Chapter 74      Refunds on certain goods
Artiole 740        obtained by processing
                   agricultural products                               20 000 000
                                                      - 152 783 000 + 152 . 783 000
 ---pagebreak--- A.    EXPLANATORY MEMORAKDUM
1.    Budget appropriations
The appropriations available for covering the finanoial expenditure of the
EAGGF Guarantee Section in 1977 came from the following sources :
Initial budget                                   6 167 400 000
First supplementary and amending budget            934 200 000
Transfer from Chapter 100                            1 500 000
                                                 7 103 100 000
In September 1977 the Council also approved a non-automatic carry-over of
92 355 000 u.a . relating to Pood Aid refunds .
2.   Expenditure declared by the Member States
The declarations of the Member States make it possible to propose a
reallocation of expenditure as indicated in the attached table .
As in previous years , the increase in expenditure necessitates additional
adjustments of appropriations within Chapters , Articles and Items on the basis
of the Member States' declarations of expenditure .
The Fund Committee was consulted in acoordance with Article 14 of Regulation
( EEC ) No 729/70 .
3.   Adjustment of available appropriations
(a)    Chapters in which the appropriations are inadequate :
Appropriations have proved insufficient in the following sectors :
– sugar                               85 m u.a .
– fruit and vegetables                20 m u.a .
– tobacco                            . 6 m u.a .
– refunds on certain goods
   obtained by processing
   agricultural products              20 m u.a .
Susrar
Despite the increase in the supplementary budget ( 94 m u.a.) and a transfer of
45 m u.a., already approved by the Council on 30 January 1978 * an additional
increase of 85 m u.a . has proved necessary in view of the decline in world
rates ; this decline continued and intensified in the latter months of the
financial year .
Fruit and vegetables
An additional shortfall in appropriations of 20 m u.a. has resulted with respect
to export refunds and withdrawal compensation as a result of increased peach
production and the catching up of the delays in payments from one of the
Member States .                                                 •
 ---pagebreak---                                         - 2 -
Refunds on certain /roods obtained by processing agricultural products
The substantial increase in expenditure in this sector compared with the
appropriations originally proposed is largely due to the drop in the prices
of basic products on the world market and the unexpectedly high rise in
exports , which have been increasing considerably for some years .
Tobacco
Following the accelerated payment of premiums in Italy , the declared
expenditure is higher than the original estimates .
(h ) Special transaction : transfer permitting the - carry–over of the
        appropriation corresponding to the revenue from " co–responsibility "
        «lmi
The co-responsibility levy took effect on 16 September 1977 «     The return
from this levy amounted to 21 783 000 u.a.
As is known , the expenditure programme was not drawn up until the end of
1977 and effective implementation has not therefore been possible .
The current position is that described in the explanatory memorandum to the
preliminary draft of the first supplementary budget for 1978 *     the
appropriate step must therefore be taken to permit expenditure to be
effected equivalent to the financial participation established in 1 977 •
The following procedure is therefore proposed :
– the transfer of a sum equivalent to 21 783 000 u.a. to Item 6239
    ( other interventions );
                                                 o*
– a carry-over of this amount from 1977 "to 1978 •
This procedure is the simplest conceivable as it has the advantage of
ensuring balance on the basis of the 1977 Budget and prevents, the
appropriations for 1978 from being burdened with this transaction.
( c ) Chapters with available appropriations
Appropriations remain available in other sectors and in particular in the
chapters relating to cereals , oils and fats , beef and veal , pigmeat , the
monetary and accession compensatory amounts and the double exchange rate .
In these circumstances , the Council is asked to approve the transfers
requested by the Commission.
  The request for a non-automatic carry-over will be submitted to the
  Council at the appropriate time , i.e. after the end of the financial year
  on 31 Marbh 1977 .