CELEX: 52008SC0215(03)
Language: ro
Date: 2008-02-14 00:00:00
Title: Decizie a Comisiei - Credite de angajament care trebuie reconstituite în 2008

COMISIA COMUNITĂŢILOR EUROPENE

                           Bruxelles, 14.2.2008
                           SEC(2008) 215 final

              DECIZIE A COMISIEI

          REPORTAREA NEAUTOMATĂ A
          CREDITELOR NEDIFERENŢIATE
                DIN 2007 ÎN 2008

              DECIZIE A COMISIEI

          REPORTAREA NEAUTOMATĂ A
           CREDITELOR DIFERENŢIATE
                DIN 2007 ÎN 2008

              DECIZIE A COMISIEI

     CREDITE DE ANGAJAMENT CARE TREBUIE
             RECONSTITUITE ÎN 2008

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 ---pagebreak---                                             DECIZIE A COMISIEI

                                   REPORTAREA NEAUTOMATĂ A
                                   CREDITELOR NEDIFERENŢIATE
                                         DIN 2007 ÎN 2008

     THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
     având în vedere articolul 9 punctele 1-4 din Regulamentul financiar din 25 iunie 2002
     aplicabil bugetului general al Comunităţilor Europene1, Regulamentul nr. 1605/2002 al
     Consiliului2, astfel cum a fost modificat ultima dată prin Regulamentul financiar din 13
     decembrie 2006 aplicabil bugetului general al Comunităţilor Europene3, Regulamentul nr.
     1995/2006 al Consiliului (JO L 390 30.12.2006).
     HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

                                                    Articol unic
     1.      Următoarele credite din secţiunea III (Comisia) din bugetul 2007 sunt reportate în
             2008 din motivele prezentate în anexă.

             879 770 EUR pentru creditele nediferenţiate.

     2.      Această decizie este notificată Consiliului şi Parlamentului.
     Adoptată la Bruxelles, 14 februarie 2008

                                                        Pentru Comisie
                                                        Dalia Grybauskaitė
                                                        Membru al Comisiei

     1
            JO L 248, 16.9.2002, p.1.
     2
            Regulamentul din 25.6.2002; aceste dispoziţii sunt prezentate în paginile următoare.
     3
            JO L 390, 30.12.2006, p.1.

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 ---pagebreak---                                                ANEXĂ

                                 Extras din Regulamentul financiar

                                              Articolul 9
     (1)   Creditele care nu au fost utilizate la sfârşitul exerciţiului financiar pentru care au fost
           înregistrate se anulează. Cu toate acestea, ele pot fi reportate numai pentru exerciţiul
           financiar următor, printr-o decizie adoptată de instituţia în cauză până la 15 februarie,
           în conformitate cu alineatele (2) şi (3), sau pot fi reportate în mod automat, în
           conformitate cu alineatul (4).
     (2)   Pentru creditele de angajament şi pentru creditele nediferenţiate încă neangajate la
           încheierea exerciţiului financiar se pot reporta:
           (a)    sumele corespunzătoare creditelor de angajament pentru care au fost finalizate
                  până la 31 decembrie cea mai mare parte a etapelor pregătitoare din procedura
                  de angajare. Sumele în cauză pot fi apoi angajate până la data de 31 martie a
                  exerciţiului următor;
           (b)    sumele care sunt necesare în cazul în care autoritatea legislativă adoptată un act
                  de bază în ultimul trimestru al exerciţiului financiar, iar Comisia nu a putut
                  angaja până la data de 31 decembrie creditele prevăzute în acest scop în buget.
     (3)   Pentru creditele de plată se pot reporta sumele necesare pentru acoperirea
           angajamentelor existente sau a angajamentelor legate de creditele de angajament
           reportate, dacă creditele prevăzute pentru liniile relevante din bugetul pentru exerciţiul
           financiar următor nu acoperă nevoile. Instituţia în cauză utilizează mai întâi creditele
           autorizate pentru exerciţiul financiar în curs şi nu utilizează creditele reportate înainte
           de epuizarea primelor credite.
     (4)   Creditele nediferenţiate care corespund unor obligaţii contractate în mod
           corespunzător la închiderea exerciţiului financiar se reportează automat numai pentru
           exerciţiul financiar următor.
     (5)   Instituţia în cauză informează Parlamentul European şi Consiliul (denumite în
           continuare „autoritatea bugetară”) până la data de 15 martie cu privire la decizia de
           reportare luată şi precizează, pentru fiecare linie bugetară, modul în care criteriile
           prevăzute la alineatele (2) şi (3) au fost aplicate pentru fiecare reportare.
     (6)   Creditele plasate în rezervă, precum şi creditele pentru cheltuieli cu personalul nu se
           pot reporta.

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 ---pagebreak---                          REPORTAREA CREDITELOR NEDIFERENŢIATE

                                                                                        Ref.
     Nr.   Buget 2007               Denumirea rubricii               Buget 2008     Regulament       Sumele de reportat
                                                                                     financiar

                         Fondul European Agricol            pentru
                         Dezvoltare Rurală (FEADR) -                               articolul     9
     1     05 01 04 04                                               05 01 04 04                            470.370,00
                                                                                   alineatul (2a)
                         Asistenţă tehnică neoperaţională

                         RUBRICA 2 - TOTAL                                                                  470.370,00

                                                                                   articolul     9
     2     04 01 02 11   Alte cheltuieli de gestiune                 04 01 02 11                            350.000,00
                                                                                   alineatul (2a)

                                                                                   articolul     9
     3     31 01 02 11   Alte cheltuieli de gestiune                 31 01 02 11                             59.400,00
                                                                                   alineatul (2a)

                         RUBRICA 5 - TOTAL                                                                  409.400,00

                         TOTAL GENERAL                                                                      879.770,00

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 ---pagebreak---                   CARRYOVER OF NON-DIFFERENTIATED APPROPRIATIONS
                                                        Grounds
     1.        05 01 04 04 European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) - Non-
               operational technical assistance
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                    5.280.000,00 €
                            Commitments at 31.12.2007:                        4.375.625,88 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                      904.374,12 €
                            Carryover:                                          470.370,00 €

     The request for the carryover of commitment appropriations relates to the contract “European Evaluation
     Network for Rural Development — AGRI-2007-G4-8”. The authorising officer by subdelegation submitted the
     award proposal to DG AGRI’s Procurement Committee and the preparatory working party initially accepted it
     on 26.11.2007. The Procurement Committee’s request for further information was completed and sent to the
     Committee chairman on 10.12.2007. The contract is on the agenda of the first meeting of the Procurement
     Committee in early January 2008. The contractor is European Economic Interest Grouping: EEOG EurEval.
     2.        04 01 02 11 Other management expenditure
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                    8.632.954,00 €
                            Commitments at 31.12.2007:                        7.971.255,09 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                      661.698,91 €
                            Carryover:                                          350.000,00 €

     This carryover is for two pilot studies requested by the European Parliament on the:
     (1)     Relative impact of mechanical stresses, work organisation factors and physiological factors in the
             development of musculoskeletal disorders of the upper limbs and neck;
     (2)     Impact on health and safety at work conditions of the technical innovation in IT equipment.
     The Commission’s desire to respond as effectively as possible to the European Parliament’s expectations led to
     exchanges until the end of June 2007.
     The transfer needed to provide appropriations for DG EMPL was presented to the budgetary authority in late
     June. The appropriations were actually made available to DG EMPL in late July 2007.
     The Commission immediately launched calls for tender VT/2007/0116 and VT/2007/0117, which, however,
     were not fully completed by 31/12/2007.
     However, after the various stages of the procedure and the translation of the specifications, the contract notices
     were published in the Official Journal on 17 and 21/11/2007 with time limits of 28 and 31/12/2007 for the
     submission of tenders.
     The tenders for study 1 were opened on 14/01/2008 and evaluated on 15/01/2008 and at least one tender is
     acceptable.
     The tenders for study 2 were opened on 10/01/2008 and evaluated on 15 and 16/01/2008 and at least one tender
     is acceptable.
     The commitments for these two studies can therefore be concluded by 31 March 2008.

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 ---pagebreak---      3.        31 01 02 11 Other management expenditure
                           Appropriation authorised 2007:                    5.813.909,58 €
                           Commitments at 31.12.2007:                        5.645.909,00 €
                           Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                      168.000,58 €
                           Carryover:                                           59.400,00 €

     To complete the technical documentation of its continually evolving applications, DGT wanted to draw up a
     specific contract based on a DIGIT framework contract for the recruitment of a “writer”. Since July 2007 the
     DGT has taken the steps necessary to draw up this contract. Unfortunately, the cascade had to be applied twice
     and was unsuccessful as the candidates accepted by DGT were finally allocated to other customers at the last
     moment and without advance warning. The other candidates proposed by the contractors did not have the skills
     needed to carry out the tasks required.
     Finally, in agreement with DIGIT, DGT opted for the recruitment of a Senior Analyst Programmer with specific
     expertise in drafting technical operating documents and deploying information systems. The cascade had to be
     applied again, but it did lead to the selection of a service provider. Unfortunately, commitment could not take
     place before 31 December 2007 because of the delay incurred in the first stage of selection.
     However, the preparatory stages for signing the contract were completed by 31.12.2007 in accordance with
     Article 9(2)(a) of the Financial Regulation and Article 6 of the implementing rules.

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 ---pagebreak---                                             DECIZIE A COMISIEI

                                    REPORTAREA NEAUTOMATĂ A
                                     CREDITELOR DIFERENŢIATE
                                          DIN 2007 ÎN 2008

     THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
     având în vedere articolul 9 punctele 1-4 din Regulamentul financiar din 25 iunie 2002
     aplicabil bugetului general al Comunităţilor Europene4, Regulamentul nr. 1605/2002 al
     Consiliului5, astfel cum a fost modificat ultima dată prin Regulamentul financiar din 13
     decembrie 2006 aplicabil bugetului general al Comunităţilor Europene6, Regulamentul nr.
     1995/2006 al Consiliului (JO L 390 30.12.2006).
     HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

                                                    Articol unic
     1.      Următoarele credite din secţiunea III (Comisia) din bugetul 2007 sunt reportate în
             2008 din motivele prezentate în anexă.

             1 597 427 702,16 EUR în credite de angajament
             174 921 376,10 EUR în credite de plată
     2.      Această decizie este notificată Consiliului şi Parlamentului.
     Adoptată la Bruxelles, 14 februarie 2008

                                                        Pentru Comisie
                                                        Dalia Grybauskaitė
                                                        Membru al Comisiei

     4
            JO L 248, 16.9.2002, p.1.
     5
            Regulamentul din 25.6.2002; aceste dispoziţii sunt prezentate în paginile următoare.
     6
            JO L 390, 30.12.2006, p.1.

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 ---pagebreak---                                                ANEXĂ

                                 Extras din Regulamentul financiar

                                              Articolul 9
     (1)   Creditele care nu au fost utilizate la sfârşitul exerciţiului financiar pentru care au fost
           înregistrate se anulează. Cu toate acestea, ele pot fi reportate numai pentru exerciţiul
           financiar următor, printr-o decizie adoptată de instituţia în cauză până la 15 februarie,
           în conformitate cu alineatele (2) şi (3), sau pot fi reportate în mod automat, în
           conformitate cu alineatul (4).
     (2)   Pentru creditele de angajament şi pentru creditele nediferenţiate încă neangajate la
           încheierea exerciţiului financiar se pot reporta:
           (a)    sumele corespunzătoare creditelor de angajament pentru care au fost finalizate
                  până la 31 decembrie cea mai mare parte a etapelor pregătitoare din procedura
                  de angajare. Sumele în cauză pot fi apoi angajate până la data de 31 martie a
                  exerciţiului următor;
           (b)    sumele care sunt necesare în cazul în care autoritatea legislativă adoptată un act
                  de bază în ultimul trimestru al exerciţiului financiar, iar Comisia nu a putut
                  angaja până la data de 31 decembrie creditele prevăzute în acest scop în buget.
     (3)   Pentru creditele de plată se pot reporta sumele necesare pentru acoperirea
           angajamentelor existente sau a angajamentelor legate de creditele de angajament
           reportate, dacă creditele prevăzute pentru liniile relevante din bugetul pentru exerciţiul
           financiar următor nu acoperă nevoile. Instituţia în cauză utilizează mai întâi creditele
           autorizate pentru exerciţiul financiar în curs şi nu utilizează creditele reportate înainte
           de epuizarea primelor credite.
     (4)   Creditele nediferenţiate care corespund unor obligaţii contractate în mod
           corespunzător la închiderea exerciţiului financiar se reportează automat numai pentru
           exerciţiul financiar următor.
     (5)   Instituţia în cauză informează Parlamentul European şi Consiliul (denumite în
           continuare „autoritatea bugetară”) până la data de 15 martie cu privire la decizia de
           reportare luată şi precizează, pentru fiecare linie bugetară, modul în care criteriile
           prevăzute la alineatele (2) şi (3) au fost aplicate pentru fiecare reportare.
     (6)   Creditele plasate în rezervă, precum şi creditele pentru cheltuieli cu personalul nu se
           pot reporta.

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 ---pagebreak---                          REPORTAREA CREDITELOR DE ANGAJAMENT

                                                                                           Ref.
                                                                                                           Sumele de
     Nr.   Buget 2007               Denumirea rubricii                  Buget 2008     Regulament
                                                                                                            reportat
                                                                                        financiar

                         Funcţionarea şi dezvoltarea pieţei interne,
                                                                                      articolul      9
     1     02 03 01      în special în domeniul notificării,            02 03 01                              200.000,00
                                                                                      alineatul (2a)
                         certificării şi apropierii sectoriale

                         Analiză şi studii privind situaţia socială,                  articolul      9
     2     04 03 07                                                     04 03 07                               43.000,00
                         datele demografice şi familia                                alineatul (2a)

                         Piaţa internă şi optimizarea sistemelor de                   articolul      9
     3     06 02 04 01                                                  06 02 04 01                           454.116,00
                         transport                                                    alineatul (2a)

                         RUBRICA 1a - TOTAL                                                                   697.116,00

                         Fondul Social      European      (FSE)     -                 articolul      9
     4     04 02 17                                                     04 02 17                           13.163.237,00
                         Convergenţă                                                  alineatul (2a)

                         Fondul    European   de     Dezvoltare
                                                                                      articolul      9
     5     13 03 19      Regională (FEDR) - Cooperare teritorială       13 03 19                           95.533.659,00
                                                                                      alineatul (2a)
                         europeană

                         Cooperarea transfrontalieră      (CTF)     -                 articolul      9
     6     13 05 03 01                                                  13 05 03 01                        21.532.686,00
                         Contribuţia de la rubrica 1-b                                alineatul (2a)

                         RUBRICA 1b - TOTAL                                                               130.229.582,00

                                                                                      articolul      9
     7     05 04 05 01   Programe de dezvoltare rurală                  05 04 05 01                      1.360.517.165,00
                                                                                      alineatul (2a)

                         Intervenţii pentru produsele piscicole -                     articolul      9
     8     11 02 01 01                                                  11 02 01 01                           699.716,16
                         Măsuri noi                                                   alineatul (2a)

                         Acorduri internaţionale     în   domeniul                    articolul      9
     9     11 03 01                                                     11 03 01                             1.500.000,00
                         pescuitului                                                  alineatul (2a)

                         RUBRICA 2 - TOTAL                                                               1.362.716.881,16

                                                                                      articolul      9
     10    18 02 04      Sistemul de informaţii Schengen (SIS II)       18 02 04 01                          1.555.036,00
                                                                                      alineatul (2a)

                         RUBRICA 3a - TOTAL                                                                  1.555.036,00

                         Instrumentul de Preaderare            pentru                 articolul      9
     11    05 05 02                                                     05 05 02                           48.300.000,00
                         Dezvoltare Rurală (IPARD)                                    alineatul (2a)

                         Cooperarea transfrontalieră      (CTF)     -                 articolul      9
     12    13 05 03 02                                                  13 05 03 02                        16.718.081,00
                         Contribuţia de la rubrica 4                                  alineatul (2a)

                                                                                      articolul      9
     13    19 03 02      Neproliferarea şi dezarmarea                   19 03 02                             1.745.893,00
                                                                                      alineatul (2a)

                         Alte aspecte ale dezvoltării capitalului                     articolul      9
     14    21 05 01 03                                                  21 05 01 03                        15.000.000,00
                         uman şi social                                               alineatul (2a)

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 ---pagebreak---                                                                                     articolul      9
     15   21 05 01 04   Egalitatea de şanse între femei şi bărbaţi    21 05 01 04                          6.808.900,00
                                                                                    alineatul (2a)

                        Cooperare transfrontalieră      (CTF)    cu                 articolul      9
     16   22 02 04 02                                                 22 02 04 02                          1.656.213,00
                        statele membre                                              alineatul (2a)

                                                                                    articolul      9
     17   22 02 07 01   Programe regionale şi orizontale              22 02 07 01                        10.500.000,00
                                                                                    alineatul (2a)

                                                                                    articolul      9
     18   22 02 07 01   Programe regionale şi orizontale              22 02 07 01                          1.500.000,00
                                                                                    alineatul (2a)

                        RUBRICA 4 - TOTAL                                                               102.229.087,00

                        TOTAL GENERAL                                                                  1.597.427.702,16

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 ---pagebreak---                         CARRYOVER OF COMMITMENT APPROPRIATIONS
                                                         Grounds
     1.        02 03 01 Operation and development of the internal market, particularly in the fields
               of notification, certification and sectoral approximation
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                     16.085.000,00 €
                            Commitments at 31.12.2007:                         15.474.374,05 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                        610.625,95 €
                            Carryover:                                            200.000,00 €

     The carryover of €200 000 is for the “Analysis of the policy for SMEs in the South-East European countries”.
     The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) receives an ad hoc grant, but the
     commitments could not be signed by 31/12/2007 because of the time taken by procedures.
     2.        04 03 07 Analysis of and studies on the social situation, demographics and the family
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                      3.600.000,00 €
                            Commitments at 31.12.2007:                          3.381.326,42 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                        218.673,58 €
                            Carryover:                                             43.000,00 €

     The launching of negotiated call for tender VT/2007/118 had to be postponed because of a change in the
     timetable for the Commission to adopt the documents (a memorandum and a decision setting up a group of
     international experts).
     The procedure for evaluation and for the selection of the contractor could not be completed until 20 December.
     There was therefore insufficient time to draw up the commitment and send the contract for signature before the
     end of the budgetary year.
     3.        06 02 04 01 Internal market and optimisation of transport systems
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                      7.706.800,00 €
                            Commitments at 31.12.2007:                          7.252.683,76 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                        454.116,24 €
                            Carryover:                                            454.116,00 €

     This carryover of commitment appropriations relates to a grant to be paid to DATEX (communication protocol
     between road traffic management centres). This is a monopoly grant that required long discussions with the
     tenderers and the final version of the proposal was available in December. However, the phase of negotiations
     with the tenderers was not completed in time to finalise the commitment by 31/12/2007. The grant to be
     provided is €454 116.
     Virtually all the administrative steps have been finalised. This project is therefore ready for the launching of the
     budgetary commitment procedure and the signature of the contract.
     4.        04 02 17 European Social Fund (ESF) - Convergence
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                  6.773.365.198,00 €
                            Commitments at 31.12.2007:                      6.759.975.961,00 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                     13.389.237,00 €
                            Carryover:                                         13.163.237,00 €

     Of the 117 European Social Fund programmes for the period 2007-2013, only one could not be adopted in time
     for the commitment of the first tranche in 2007.
     This is the Operational Plan for Martinique (2007FR051PO001) for which the interdepartmental consultation
     closed in December 2007 and which is scheduled to be adopted in early 2008.

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 ---pagebreak---      5.        13 03 19 European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) - European Territorial
               Cooperation
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                1.028.694.305,00 €
                            Commitments at 31.12.2007:                      884.635.554,00 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                  144.058.751,00 €
                            Carryover:                                       95.533.659,00 €

     12 Territorial Operational Programmes have not been fully prepared for their adoption in 2007. Given that for 9
     out of 12 programmes the inter-service consultations have been finalised before the end of year, the carryover of
     2007 commitment appropriations for these programmes is requested.
     6.        13 05 03 01 Cross-border cooperation (CBC) - Contribution from Heading 1-b
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                   26.565.453,00 €
                            Commitments at 31.12.2007:                        1.817.626,00 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                   24.747.827,00 €
                            Carryover:                                       21.532.686,00 €

     10 Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) CBC Operational Programmes have not been fully prepared
     for their adoption in 2007. Given that for 6 out of 10 programmes the inter-service consultations have been
     finalised before the end of year, the carryover of 2007 commitment appropriations for these programmes is
     requested.
     7.        05 04 05 01 Rural development programmes
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:               12.343.028.111,00 €
                            Commitments at 31.12.2007:                    9.513.362.081,00 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                2.829.666.030,00 €
                            Carryover:                                    1.360.517.165,00 €

     In 2007 the Commission approved 54 of the 94 rural development programmes planned; € 2 829 666 030 in
     commitment appropriations for the programmes which were not approved was not used. This was due either to
     late presentation of the programmes or to difficulties in negotiations between the authorities in the Member
     States and the various Commission departments. Of the 40 programmes which were not approved, 25 meet the
     conditions for carrying over appropriations and 15 will have to be re-programmed. On 19-12-2007 the Rural
     Development Committee gave a favourable opinion on 16 of the 25 programmes which had their appropriations
     carried over and the second interservice consultation was finalised before the Committee (Abruzzo, Marche,
     Castilla y Leon, Cataluña, Galicia, Pais Vasco, National Network Deutschland, Madeira, Aland, Latvia National,
     Lazio, Trento, Malta National, Bulgaria National, Corse, Guyane). The second interservice consultation for the
     other 9 programmes was finalised by 31-12-2007 (Guadeloupe, Danmark National, Molise, Puglia, Sicilia, Valle
     d'Aosta, Basilicata, Scotland, Wales).
     8.        11 02 01 01 Intervention in fishery products - New measures
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                   15.500.000,00 €
                            Commitments at 31.12.2007:                       10.625.640,93 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                    4.874.359,07 €
                            Carryover:                                          699.716,16 €

     The financing decision related to the payment of the expenditure incurred by Member States under the Common
     Organisation of the Markets was adopted in November 2007 (C(2007)5451). The requests for reimbursement
     from Member States were received in late 2007, and the corresponding amounts were committed, except for
     three Member States where information necessary to make the commitment was missing (proof of payment and
     the exact identity of the responsible national agency):
     – Ireland: its declarations of expenditure amounting to € 388.975,11 were submitted, only missing the
       notification of the Competent Authority due to management changes in Ministries. After the change in
       management, the new Competent Authority has declared that it will provide the missing notification
       promptly.

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 ---pagebreak---      – Poland: the declaration of expenditure amounts to € 91.200,00, and a similar situation to that in Ireland
       occurred with the notification of the Competent Authority, which is expected to be promptly resolved.
     – UK: the declaration of expenditure totals € 2 19.541,05. The information on the Competent Authority and a
       few missing invoices are expected to be submitted to the Commission in a short period of time.
     The missing documents relate only to notification of the Competent Authorities, and in one case to a proof of
     payment.
     9.        11 03 01 International fisheries agreements
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                  163.258.144,00 €
                            Commitments at 31.12.2007:                      120.184.065,25 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                   43.074.078,75 €
                            Carryover:                                        1.500.000,00 €

     A financing decision amounting to €1 500 000 (the estimated value of the catches) to cover the compensation
     due to the Seychelles authorities for additional catches was adopted in 2007. The Seychelles authorities and the
     Member States had failed to agree on the precise quantities. The commitment can be finalised as soon as the
     Seychelles authorities’ final response is received. A reply is imminent and DG FISH will be able to carry out the
     commitment by 31 March 2008.
     10.       18 02 04 Schengen information system (SIS II)
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                   15.000.000,00 €
                            Commitments at 31.12.2007:                       10.513.781,94 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                    4.486.218,06 €
                            Carryover:                                        1.555.036,00 €

     The carryover relates to an individual commitment of €1 555 036. It concerns a negotiated procedure with the
     French authorities for the second preparatory stage for the operational management of the Strasbourg site where
     the SIS II system is to be housed.
     All the preparatory stages for this commitment were completed by the end of 2007, including the favourable
     opinion of the Advisory Committee on Procurement and Contracts within DG JLS. However, it was not possible
     for the commitment to be made and for the two parties to sign the contract before the end of December 2007. It
     is proposed that this commitment now be made on the basis of a carryover.
     11.       05 05 02 Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance for Rural Development (IPARD)
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                   48.300.000,00 €
                            Commitments at 31.12.2007:                                0,00 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                   48.300.000,00 €
                            Carryover:                                       48.300.000,00 €

     Line 05 05 02 of the 2007 budget contained the commitment appropriations needed to finance the first tranche of
     the IPARD programmes in the three candidate countries: Turkey (€20 700 000), FYROM (€2 100 000) and
     Croatia (€25 500 000). The interservice consultation on the three programmes was completed successfully and
     the Rural Development Committee delivered a favourable opinion on 19 December 2007. However, the fact that
     the Commission had to give its final approval by means of a written procedure meant that the programmes could
     not be adopted and the appropriations could not be committed by the end of 2007. The failure to commit the
     appropriations by the end of 2007 is due mainly to the fact that a new instrument (IPARD) was being established
     and to the difficulties inherent in the establishment of new programmes by the candidate countries which, with
     the exception of Croatia, lacked any experience in this field.
     DG AGRI is ready for the initiation of the written procedure immediately after the carry-over is decided. This
     gives the assurance that the commitments will be made by 31 March.

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 ---pagebreak---      12.       13 05 03 02 Cross-border cooperation (CBC) - Contribution from Heading 4
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                    18.535.707,00 €
                            Commitments at 31.12.2007:                         1.817.626,00 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                    16.718.081,00 €
                            Carryover:                                        16.718.081,00 €

     10 Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) CBC Operational Programmes have not been fully prepared
     for their adoption in 2007. For 6 out of 10 programmes the inter-service consultations were finalised before the
     end of the year.
     All 6 IPA-CBC programmes had to pass via the IPA Management Committee to obtain the positive opinion of
     the Member States, which, coupled with the late submission by the participating countries (no programmes were
     received by the deadline of 31 May 2007) meant that decisions could not be taken in 2007.
     For all 6 cases, the decision dossiers are ready, including the necessary translations, and therefore DG REGIO
     envisages no difficulties in having these programmes approved by end-March.
     13.       19 03 02 Non-proliferation and disarmament
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                     9.088.893,34 €
                            Commitments at 31.12.2007:                         7.343.000,00 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                     1.745.893,34 €
                            Carryover:                                         1.745.893,00 €

     Joint Action 2007/753/CFSP ‘on support for International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) monitoring and
     verification activities in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in the framework of the implementation of
     the EU Strategy against the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction’ was adopted by Council only on
     19/11/2007, during the final quarter of the financial year. The financing decision was then adopted by the
     Commission on 30/11/2007 (DL/2007/3558). In the meantime, DG RELEX prepared the draft Contribution
     Agreement CFSP/2007/026/IAEA DPRK with the firm objective of committing the funds and signing the
     Agreement by 31/12/2007. These funds amount to € 1,780,000. The purpose of this Agreement is a contribution
     for the implementation, through the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of the Joint Action
     2007/753/CFSP. During a final negotiation meeting on 13/12/2007, the IAEA unexpectedly objected to the
     clause specifying the 'on the spot checks by the European Communities' in the General Conditions of the
     Agreement. For the Commission services, the issue raised by the IAEA is horizontal in nature and requires
     additional time for consultation with various Commission services, notably DG BUDG, DG AIDCO and the
     Legal Service. However, the implementation of Joint Action 2007/753/CFSP was already announced by the
     Council and the IAEA confirmed that the contribution by the Community is urgently needed in order to carry out
     very sensitive activities in a difficult and changing political context. Under these circumstances and considering
     that most of the preparatory stages of the commitment procedure have been completed by 31 December 2007
     including the advanced stage of preparation of the contribution agreement, a carry over to 2008 of € 1,745,893 of
     commitment appropriations is requested on budget line 1903.02 in accordance with Article 9.2b of the Financial
     Regulations (FR) and Article 6.4 of the Implementation Rules. The remaining part amounting to € 34,104 will be
     committed from assigned revenue.
     14.       21 05 01 03 Other aspects of human and social development
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                    19.845.000,00 €
                            Commitments at 31.12.2007:                         4.600.000,00 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                    15.245.000,00 €
                            Carryover:                                        15.000.000,00 €

     The amount to be carried over concerns 3 global commitments regarding some actions of the 2007 Annual
     Action Programme adopted by the Commission on 4 December 2007 (E/2007/2686) for the Thematic
     Programme Investing in People: call for proposals for the promotion of rights and needs of children – € 3.4
     million; call for proposals for culture – € 4.3 million and action in favour of social cohesion, employment and
     decent work – € 7.3 million.
     These projects went to the Comitology procedure and the Commission financing decisions were adopted:
     – the procedures concerning the preparation of the guidelines for the 2 calls for proposals were finalised in
       December, following their adoption by the Quality Support Group on 25 October 2007

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 ---pagebreak---      – the preparation of the specific actions with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) is almost finalised
       and individual contracts should be signed in the first semester of 2008.
     In compliance with DG AIDCO's financial circuits, almost all stages have been processed. Unfortunately the
     final validation could not be completed by year-end and hence a carry-over is necessary.
     Accordingly, the call for proposals for the promotion of rights and needs of children is ready to be launched (the
     call for proposals for culture has already been launched) and the specific actions are ready to be contracted in the
     first semester of 2008.
     15.       21 05 01 04 Gender equality
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                     13.452.900,00 €
                            Commitments at 31.12.2007:                          6.591.100,00 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                      6.861.800,00 €
                            Carryover:                                          6.808.900,00 €

     The amount to be carried over concerns 1 global commitment of the 2007 Annual Action Programme, adopted
     by the Commission on 4 December 2007 (E/2007/2686), for the Thematic Programme Investing in People: call
     for gender equality – € 6.8 million.
     The procedures concerning the preparation of the guidelines for the gender call were finalised in December,
     following their adoption by the Quality Standard Group (QSG) of October 25 2007.
     In compliance with DG AIDCO's financial circuits, almost all stages have been processed. Unfortunately the
     final validation could not be completed by year-end and hence a carry-over is necessary.
     Accordingly, the call will be launched at the beginning of 2008.
     16.       22 02 04 02 Cross-border Cooperation (CBC) with Member States
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                      1.656.213,00 €
                            Commitments at 31.12.2007:                                  0,00 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                      1.656.213,00 €
                            Carryover:                                          1.656.213,00 €

     The funding on this budget line relates to cross-border cooperation programmes between Instrument for Pre-
     Accession Assistance (IPA) beneficiary countries and Member States. According to Article 98 of Commission
     Regulation 718/2007, such programmes will ultimately be implemented through shared management and
     DG REGIO becomes the DG with ultimate responsibility for both ERDF and IPA contributions. There were 8
     programmes ready for shared management approach in 2007, the funds for which were transferred to chapter
     13.05. The funding left on this budget line in 2007 relates to two programmes which were not ready for shared
     implementation but will be implemented under a transitional arrangement according to Article 99 of the same
     regulation. The funding for these programmes therefore remains under the responsibility of DG ELARG. The
     programmes concerned are FYROM-Greece and Albania-Greece.
     The CIS was completed in 2007 but the proposal could not be presented to the IPA Committee before the end of
     the year because of the delay by the Greek authorities in providing the Commission with the Strategic
     Environmental Assessment. The inter–service consultations concerning these programmes (IPA funds only)
     were concluded on 21 December 2007. The programmes should be submitted for opinion to the IPA Committee
     on 8 February 2008 with the aim of adopting the financing decisions and making the commitments before
     31 March 2008.
     17.       22 02 07 01 Regional and horizontal programmes
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                    120.040.000,00 €
                            Commitments at 31.12.2007:                        108.040.000,00 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                     12.000.000,00 €
                            Carryover:                                         10.500.000,00 €

     Due to a significant under-utilisation of administrative credits in 22 01 04 01 (€ 10 million) and of operational
     credits for Interim Civilian Administrations (€ 6.91 million) in 2007 it was decided to use part of these credits (€
     10.5 million) for the Support for Improvement of Governance and Management (SIGMA) programme under
     22 02 07 01. The availability of these credits only became apparent in the second half of the year at which time
     DG ELARG submitted transfer requests to DG BUDG. DG ELARG also prepared a financing proposal in

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 ---pagebreak---      October 2007 for the amount envisaged and launched an inter-service consultation (ref. D4/202949) which was
     closed on 29 October 2007. However, due to the fact that administrative credits were being used for an
     operational programme, a budgetary authority transfer (DEC 53/07) was necessary which was approved end of
     December 2007. This means that the financing proposal went to the IPA Committee for information but could
     not be adopted in 2007. The proposal by written procedure has been already launched on 14 December and
     adopted on the 18/01/08. Hence the Commission's Decision will be adopted by the Commission and the
     commitments made before the 31st March 2008.
     The funding in 22 02 07 01 for 2008 has already been provisionally allocated to other programmes and is
     therefore not available for this SIGMA programme. The 2007 funding decision is considered essential in order to
     increase and broaden SIGMA assistance on public governance for the enlargement countries in a timely manner
     in accordance with the Commission's enlargement strategy 2007-2008.
     18.       22 02 07 01 Regional and horizontal programmes
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                    120.040.000,00 €
                            Commitments at 31.12.2007:                        108.040.000,00 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                     12.000.000,00 €
                            Carryover:                                          1.500.000,00 €

     When originally launching the regional programme for Albania and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
     on the participation in the European Fund for Southeast Europe (EPSE) in July 2007 (ref. D3/202170), it was
     indicated that more funds (up to an additional € 2 million) would be added to the programme if and when they
     came available during the course of the rest of the year. In fact, it became apparent to those concerned only at the
     end of November, that there would be around € 1.5 million left available on the relevant budget line
     (22 02 07 01). It was therefore at this time decided to increase the EFSE programme as foreseen. A further inter-
     service consultation (ref. D3/203836) was launched on 12 December and closed on 18 December with agreement
     by all DGs concerned.
     The funding in 22 02 07 01 for 2008 has already been provisionally allocated to other programmes and is
     therefore not available for this additional funding of the participation in EFSE.
     EFSE has been set up as a public and private partnership aiming at attracting private investors to promote micro-
     lending in the Western Balkans. Donors' contributions play the role of a risk cushion and help leverage private
     funding in the proportion of 1 to 7.
     That means that any additional EU contribution has a significant leverage effect and this € 1.5 million
     supplement will allow € 10.5 million of private funding towards Albania and the Former Yugoslav Republic of
     Macedonia, which are in lack of financing. For this reason, the additional funding is considered essential.

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 ---pagebreak---                               REPORTAREA CREDITELOR DE PLATĂ

                                                                                                     Sumele de
     Nr.   Buget 2007                      Denumirea rubricii                          Buget 2008
                                                                                                      reportat

                         Siguranţa     nucleară      -     Măsuri        tranzitorii
     1     06 05 05                                                                    06 05 05       50.000.000,00
                         (dezafectare)

                         RUBRICA 1a - TOTAL                                                           50.000.000,00

     2     05 08 02      Anchete privind structura exploataţiilor agricole             05 08 02        1.650.000,00

     3     11 02 01 01   Intervenţii pentru produsele piscicole - Măsuri noi           11 02 01 01      699.716,16

     4     11 03 01      Acorduri internaţionale în domeniul pescuitului               11 03 01        3.778.400,00

                         RUBRICA 2 - TOTAL                                                             6.128.116,16

     5     18 02 06      Fondul pentru Frontierele Externe                             18 02 06       30.000.000,00

     6     18 03 03      Fondul European pentru Refugiaţi                              18 03 03       12.000.000,00

                         Acţiune pregătitoare:      Gestionarea       migraţiei    -
     7     18 03 12                                                                    18 03 12        6.000.000,00
                         Solidaritatea în acţiune

                         Prevenirea, pregătirea şi gestionarea consecinţelor
     8     18 05 08                                                                    18 05 08        3.400.000,00
                         terorismului

     9     18 05 09      Prevenirea şi combaterea criminalităţii                       18 05 09       20.390.000,00

     10    18 06 06      Justiţie penală                                               18 06 06       10.000.000,00

                         RUBRICA 3a - TOTAL                                                           81.790.000,00

     11    16 03 06      Proiect pilot privind reţele pilot de informare (RPI)         16 03 06        1.850.000,00

     12    15 06 07      Proiect pilot - Fundaţii politice europene                    15 06 07         400.000,00

                         RUBRICA 3b - TOTAL                                                            2.250.000,00

                         Instrumentul de Preaderare SAPARD — Finalizarea
     13    05 05 01 02                                                                 05 05 01 02    34.753.259,94
                         asistenţei de preaderare pentru opt ţări solicitante

                         RUBRICA 4 - TOTAL                                                            34.753.259,94

                         TOTAL GENERAL                                                               174.921.376,10

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 ---pagebreak---                            CARRYOVER OF PAYMENT APPROPRIATIONS
                                                        Grounds
     1.        06 05 05 Nuclear safety - Transitory measures (decommissioning)
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                   110.000.000,00 €
                            Payments at 31.12.2007:                           37.854.902,55 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                    72.145.097,45 €
                            Carryover:                                        50.000.000,00 €

     Following its examination of the commitments made with the beneficiaries (European Bank for Reconstruction
     and Development, Lithuanian Ministry of the Economy) in 2007 and the commitments outstanding from
     previous years, DG TREN may need €200 000 000 in payment appropriations. The implementation of ongoing
     projects has progressed considerably in 2008.
     Moreover, commitments made and still to be paid under this budget line come to around €377 700 000;
     As a result of this situation, the initial allocation of €150 000 000 for 2008 should be increased to cover the
     expenditure likely to be incurred for these projects.
     The carryover of €50 000 000 should help cover the payment appropriations required in 2008.
     2.        05 08 02 Surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                    16.700.000,00 €
                            Payments at 31.12.2007:                           14.847.968,93 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                     1.852.031,07 €
                            Carryover:                                         1.650.000,00 €

     The main reason why the 2007 payment appropriations have not been used in full is that each Member State is
     required to furnish, in addition to survey data, an audit report drawn up by an external audit department to check
     that the grant is no higher than the actual costs.
     Some Member States have encountered difficulties in having this report drawn up in the time limit allowed and,
     as a result, those payments which could not be made in 2007 will have to be met in 2008. Four cases are still
     open and the current situation is as follows:
     – for Belgium, the financial statement on the costs of the 2005 survey was submitted in December 2007 and no
       payments could be made;
     – for Germany and Portugal, Eurostat’s financial unit is now carrying out the ex-ante verification of the
       supporting documents for the costs incurred;
     – for the Netherlands, the financial report and the audit report have not yet been sent.
     The final amount to be paid to these four countries totals €1.65 million and will have to be carried over as the
     appropriations entered in the 2008 budget are lower than in previous years and will not cover this additional
     requirement.
     3.        11 02 01 01 Intervention in fishery products - New measures
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                    15.500.000,00 €
                            Payments at 31.12.2007:                           10.142.284,27 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                     5.357.715,73 €
                            Carryover:                                           699.716,16 €

     The amount corresponds to the amount of the commitment appropriations for which a carry over has been
     requested: the financing decision related to the payment of expenditure incurred by Member States under the
     Common Organisation of Markets was adopted in November 2007. Commitments and payments were made for
     all but three member states (Ireland, Poland and the UK). In these three cases the necessary information to make
     the commitment, and hence the payment, was missing (notification of the competent authorities and proof of
     payment).

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 ---pagebreak---      4.        11 03 01 International fisheries agreements
                           Appropriation authorised 2007:                  163.258.144,00 €
                           Payments at 31.12.2007:                         153.792.871,48 €
                           Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                    9.465.272,52 €
                           Carryover:                                        3.778.400,00 €

     Seychelles (€1 500 000): This amount corresponds to the commitment appropriations for which a carryover
     request has also been made.
     Kiribati: €478 400 should have been paid in 2007. The fisheries protocol annexed to Regulation (EC)
     No 893/2007 of 23 July 2007 covers the period from 16/09/2006 to 15/09/2012. The authorities of the Republic
     of Kiribati have not yet notified the Council of the completion of the ratification procedures necessary for its
     entry into force under Article 13 of the protocol to the agreement; until they do, no payment can be made.
     Mozambique: €1 800 000 should have been paid in 2007. The fisheries protocol relating to Council Regulation
     (EC) No 1446/2007 of 22 November 2007 on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the
     European Community and the Republic of Mozambique covers the period from 01/01/2007 to 31/12/2011. The
     authorities of the Republic of Mozambique have not yet confirmed the number of the bank account on which the
     transactions are to be carried out.
     These carryovers are necessary as it is planned to use all the payment appropriations entered in the budget line
     in 2008.
     5.        18 02 06 External Borders Fund
                           Appropriation authorised 2007:                   30.234.453,55 €
                           Payments at 31.12.2007:                                   0,00 €
                           Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                   30.234.453,55 €
                           Carryover:                                       30.000.000,00 €

     Because of the delay in adopting the new legal base for the External Borders Fund, no prefinancing was possible
     in 2007.
     As the payment appropriations allocated for 2008 will cover the prefinancing of the commitments for 2008 only,
     the 2007 payment appropriations of €30 million have to be carried over to allow departments to prefinance the
     2007 projects as well.
     6.        18 03 03 European Refugee Fund
                           Appropriation authorised 2007:                   60.130.000,00 €
                           Payments at 31.12.2007:                          47.697.762,99 €
                           Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                   12.432.237,01 €
                           Carryover:                                       12.000.000,00 €

     In 2008 the plan is to prefinance the Member States’ annual programmes for 2008 (€33.3 million), prefinance
     Community actions from 2007 (€1.9 million), provide the second prefinancing for the Member States’ annual
     programmes for 2007 (€20 million), provide the second prefinancing for the Member States’ annual programmes
     for 2006 (€7 million) and close projects for 2004 and 2005 (€10 million).
     The €60 million allocated for 2008 will not cover the €72 million in payment appropriations set out above. It is
     therefore proposed that €12 million of the 2007 payment appropriations should be carried over so that all the
     forecast payments may be made.
     7.        18 03 12 Preparatory action: Migration management - Solidarity in action
                           Appropriation authorised 2007:                     6.275.000,00 €
                           Payments at 31.12.2007:                                    0,00 €
                           Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                     6.275.000,00 €
                           Carryover:                                         6.000.000,00 €

     Because the time required by the procedures to launch this new preparatory action in 2007, the signature of the
     grant agreements and the prefinancing which will automatically result will not take place until 2008.

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 ---pagebreak---      The €1 million in payment appropriations allocated for 2008 will not cover these prefinancing operations. It is
     therefore proposed that €6 million of the 2007 payment appropriations should be carried over to allow
     departments to prefinance all the projects from 2007.
     8.        18 05 08 Prevention, preparedness and consequence management of Terrorism
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                     6.400.000,00 €
                            Payments at 31.12.2007:                                    0,00 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                     6.400.000,00 €
                            Carryover:                                         3.400.000,00 €

     The calls for proposals for the specific programme Prevention, preparedness and consequence management of
     Terrorism were not issued until after the new legal base was adopted in February 2007. Because of the time
     needed for the procedures, no prefinancing was possible in 2007.
     As the payment appropriations allocated for 2008 cannot cover any expenditure other than the prefinancing of
     the commitments for 2008, some of the 2007 payment appropriations will have to be carried over to allow
     departments to prefinance the 2007 projects as well.
     9.        18 05 09 Prevention of and fight against Crime
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                    22.156.000,00 €
                            Payments at 31.12.2007:                              263.705,92 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                    21.892.294,08 €
                            Carryover:                                        20.390.000,00 €

     The calls for proposals for the specific programme Prevention of and fight against Crime were not issued until
     after the new legal base was adopted in February 2007. Because of the time needed for the procedures, virtually
     no prefinancing was possible in 2007.
     As the payment appropriations allocated for 2008 cannot cover any expenditure other than the prefinancing of
     the commitments for 2008, the 2007 payment appropriations will have to be carried over to allow departments to
     prefinance the 2007 projects as well.
     10.       18 06 06 Criminal justice
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                    14.600.000,00 €
                            Payments at 31.12.2007:                              329.640,00 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                    14.270.360,00 €
                            Carryover:                                        10.000.000,00 €

     The calls for proposals for the specific programme Criminal justice were not issued until after the new legal base
     was adopted in February 2007. Because of the time needed for the procedures, virtually no prefinancing was
     possible in 2007.
     As the payment appropriations allocated for 2008 cannot cover any expenditure other than the prefinancing of
     the commitments for 2008, some of the 2007 payment appropriations will have to be carried over to allow
     departments to prefinance the 2007 projects as well.
     11.       16 03 06 Pilot project on pilot information networks (PINs)
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                     2.250.000,00 €
                            Payments at 31.12.2007:                                3.000,00 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                     2.247.000,00 €
                            Carryover:                                         1.850.000,00 €

     During the 2007 budget procedure, budget line 16 03 06 was entered in Title 16 for this pilot project for one year
     at the initiative of the European Parliament.
     The budget remarks for this line read as follows: The objective of this pilot project is to create communities of
     European parliamentarians (including at national and regional level), journalists and other opinion-formers to
     share information and knowledge about the European Union. To the fullest extent possible the aim of the pilot
     project is to use the Internet and on-line tools to allow ‘ideas networks' to form and to grow organically. The
     project will build upon ideas set out in the Commission's White Paper on a European Communication Policy
     (COM(2006)35 final), but its focus will be on assisting the formation of organic ideas / information networks,

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 ---pagebreak---      rather than through more ‘traditional' structures such as information points in European Commission buildings in
     the Member States.
     In 2007 this line was allocated:
     – €5 000 000 in commitment appropriations which were not fully committed until the end of 2007 as
       implementation of this pilot project was complex;
     – €3 000 000 in payment appropriations which could not be used in view of the circumstances. Payments of
       €3 350 000 are planned for 2008 under the contracts concluded.
     During the 2008 budget procedure, it was decided to continue the experiment for a second year. In 2008 line
     16 03 06 was allocated:
     – €1 500 000 in commitment appropriations and
     – €1 500 000 in payment appropriations.
     The 2008 payment appropriations will not cover the contractual commitments made in 2007 (total requirements
     minus 2008 payment appropriations equals the carryover necessary:
     – €3 350 000 — €1 500 000 = €1 850 000).
     DG COMM would therefore request the carryover of payment appropriations totalling €1 850 000 from 2007 to
     2008 to meet its contractual obligations on line 16 03 06.
     12.       15 06 07 Pilot project - European political foundations
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                        400.000,00 €
                            Payments at 31.12.2007:                                     0,00 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                        400.000,00 €
                            Carryover:                                            400.000,00 €

     The budget line concerns pilot actions to support political foundations at European level. Most of such political
     foundations were under construction in 2007 and were formally established only during the 2nd semester of
     2007. Reflecting this situation the deadline for grant applications was set to the end of September 2007. This led
     to the selections of beneficiaries in November 2007 and the grant agreements were signed in December 2007. No
     pre-financing payment could be done in December 2007.
     The Call for proposals foresees a first pre-financing of 40% of the contract, a second pre-financing of 40% based
     on an interim report and a final payment after the final report. This request concerns the payment appropriations
     necessary for the second pre-financing payments, which will be done during the year 2008.
     13.       05 05 01 02 The SAPARD pre-accession instrument - Completion of the pre-
               accession assistance related to eight applicant countries
                            Appropriation authorised 2007:                    50.000.000,00 €
                            Payments at 31.12.2007:                           15.246.740,06 €
                            Amount not used at 31.12.2007:                    34.753.259,94 €
                            Carryover:                                        34.753.259,94 €

     Line 05 05 01 02 of the 2007 budget contained the payment appropriations needed to pay the final balance of the
     Special Pre-Accession Programmes for Agriculture and Rural Development (SAPARD) in Lithuania, Latvia,
     Estonia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia.
     Payment of the balance is conditional on approval of the final report. For Estonia, Hungary, Slovenia and
     Slovakia, the reports have been approved and the final balance paid. The first version of the reports for Lithuania
     and Latvia did not meet the conditions for approval. The final versions were recently received and are now being
     evaluated by the Commission. In these two cases, the payment appropriations concerned were transferred to
     other lines before the end of the year as the time needed to receive the new report could be foreseen. However, as
     regards Poland’s report, the Polish authorities were unable to respond in time to the Commission’s comments.
     The final version is expected for January.
     No appropriation is available in line 05 05 01 02 for 2008 as the budget contains a token entry. The carryover of
     €34 753 259.94 in payment appropriations is therefore requested to meet the payment of the final balance for
     Poland’s programme.

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 ---pagebreak---                                             DECIZIE A COMISIEI

                           CREDITE DE ANGAJAMENT CARE TREBUIE
                                   RECONSTITUITE ÎN 2008

     THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
     având în vedere articolul 157 din Regulamentul financiar din 25 iunie 2002 aplicabil
     bugetului general al Comunităţilor Europene7, Regulamentul nr. 1605/2002 al Consiliului8,
     astfel cum a fost modificat ultima dată prin Regulamentul financiar din 13 decembrie 2006
     aplicabil bugetului general al Comunităţilor Europene9, Regulamentul nr. 1995/2006 al
     Consiliului (JO L 390 30.12.2006).
     HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

                                                    Articol unic
     1.      1 864 865,82 EUR din secţiunea III (Comisia) din bugetul 2007 sunt reconstituite în
             2008 din motivele prezentate în anexă.
     2.      Această decizie este notificată Consiliului şi Parlamentului.
     Adoptată la Bruxelles, 14 februarie 2008

                                                        Pentru Comisie
                                                        Dalia Grybauskaitė
                                                        Membru al Comisiei

     7
            JO L 248, 16.9.2002, p.1.
     8
            Regulamentul din 25.6.2002; aceste dispoziţii sunt prezentate în paginile următoare.
     9
            JO L 390, 30.12.2006, p.1.

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 ---pagebreak---                                                  ANEXĂ

                                  Extras din Regulamentul financiar

                                               Articolul 157

     În condiţiile prevăzute în reglementările menţionate la articolul 155, Comisia deblochează în
     mod automat creditele angajate.
     Creditele deblocate pot fi reconstituite în cazul unei erori evidente imputabile exclusiv
     Comisiei.
     În acest scop, Comisia examinează deblocările efectuate în decursul exerciţiului financiar
     precedent şi decide, până la data de 15 februarie a exerciţiului curent, în funcţie de solicitări,
     cu privire la necesitatea reconstituirii creditelor corespunzătoare.

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 ---pagebreak---              CREDITELE DE ANGAJAMENT CARE TREBUIE RECONSTITUITE

     Nr.   Buget 2007                    Denumirea rubricii                Buget 2008   Sume reconstituite

                        Finalizarea programelor anterioare de iniţiativă
     1     04 02 09                                                        04 02 07            1.836.665,00
                        comunitară (înainte de 2000)

     2     13 03 06     Finalizarea iniţiativei Urban (2000-2006)          13 03 06               28.190,82

                        RUBRICA 1b - TOTAL                                                     1.864.865,82

                        TOTAL GENERAL                                                          1.864.865,82

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 ---pagebreak---            COMMITMENT APPROPRIATIONS TO BE MADE AVAILABLE AGAIN
                                                      Grounds
     1.        04 02 07 Completion of previous Community initiative programmes (prior to 2000)
                           Decommitments in 2007:                            7.179.060,78 €
                           Amount made available again:                      1.836.665,00 €

     As part of the closure of the 1994-99 programming period and following the Italian authorities’ request for the
     balance in March 2003 (file PO 940032I 4), the unit concerned made a number of decommitments.
     Because of an error in the calculation, all outstanding commitments were decommitted, without leaving a
     contingency reserve.
     A check of suspended payments undergoing administrative and legal procedures reveals that an additional
     payment of €1 836 665 is required; that this must be made to the Italian authorities as soon as possible.
     2.        13 03 06 Completion of Urban (2000 to 2006)
                           Decommitments in 2007:                               28.190,82 €
                           Amount made available again:                         28.190,82 €

     Due to a manifest error made by the Commission services, the amount of € 28,190.82 shall be made available
     again to the URBAN programme 2000DEI6OPC1O9 Mannheim/Ludwigshafen. The Commission has failed to
     inform in due time the Member State of N+2 risk as required by Art.3 1.2 of Reg. 1260/1999 and the referenced
     amount had to be decommitted (June 2007, FED208626). The opinion of the Legal Service is provided in
     document ref. JUR(2006)1 5586 of 31 August 2006.

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