CELEX: 51982DC0281
Language: en
Date: 1982-05-12
Title: TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 11/82 (Non-compulsory expenditure)

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (82) 281
Vol. 1982/0108
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 ---pagebreak---        COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
           GENERAL BUDGET FOR 19 82                         COM(82)281 final.
           SECTION III - COMMISSION - PART B
                                                            Brussels , 12 May 1982 .
                             TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 11/82
                                  ( Non-compulsory expenditure )
          FROM CHAPTER 100 - PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
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          TO CHAPTER 94      ^ SPECIFIC. MEASURES FOR COOPERATION
                             " WITH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
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                                GROUNDS
 1 . Luring the 19 82 budget procedure , the "budgetary authority created
 an Article 942 to finanoe the Advisory Committee on Development
Policies . A sum of 500 000 ECU was earmarked for this purpose and
 entered in Chapter 100 , the following appearing in the Remarks column :
"Article to cover expenditure resulting from the operation of the
Advisory Committee of top–level experts who are considering the
long-term approach of Community policies in relation to ! the Third
World .
The sum of 500 000 ECU will "be frozen in Chapter 100 until agreement
on the content of these proposed studies is arrived at "between the
Commission on the one hand and. the Parliamentary Committee on Budgets ,
after consulting the Committee on Development and Cooperation , on the
other."
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2. The Advisory Committee should help the Commission jo determine
the main thrust of its development policy and assess the results.
                                                         I
The Committee 's terms of reference will "be :             j
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– to define ways and means of implementing certain long-term development
   projects such as safeguarding and restoring natural "balances in the
   developing countries and securing the "best use of their human resouroes
   and scientific and technological capabilities ;
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– to consider ways of increasing1 efficiency "by mobilizing resources
     earmarked, for development c operation by the Community and the
    Member States;                                           .J
– to investigate ways of harmonizing Community development policy
    with other internal and external policies at national and
    Community level ;
– to improve evaluation of change in the international context in
    which the Community's development policy unfolds (North–South ,
    South-South , etc.).
3 . The Advisory Committee will meet regularly under the chairmanship
of the Member of the Commission responsible for development policy,,
It will produce an annual work programme bearing these terms of
reference and the list of priority study topics in mind ( see Annex).
The Committee will operate at three levels :                             '
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    ( i ) a standing group of about ten European experts, who will be
          selected for their scientific ability and/or their experience of
          development cooperation problems ;               >   '
  ( ii ) European and non-European experts who will be invited to attend
          occasional meetings of the standing group. These experts will
          be chosen for their specific expertise on a particular topic;
( iii ) consultants , who will be commissioned to prepare studies /to serve
          as a basis for the Advisory Committee' s work.
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A.   Tho Commission hopes to set up "the Advisory Committee in the
near future , mainly because a number of important development
policy deadlines fail in the middle of next year .   It therefore
requests the budgetary authority to release all appropriations
earmarked for Article 942 in Chapter 100 using the emergency
procedure .
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                                  STUDY TOPICS
1.       Long-term development projects
- Development and. protection of the main natural balances :
   techniques for combating desert encroachment and soil erosion
   and ways of providing Community assistance .
- Scientific and technical cooperation :
   . ways of increasing the research potential of developing
        countries ;
   . priorities for action , especially in food production and
        health .
- Development of human resources :
   • study of demographic problems , migration , urbanization ;
   . study of training systems ;
   . communication techniques and dissemination of information .
2.        Direction of development policy
- Ways of programming aid .
- Formulation of an integrated approach to aid for social and
    economic development ( small and medium-sized undertakings ,
    commercial and financial services , relations between industry
    and ap-ri culture , etc .).
                                                           /
 - VJays of improving coordination "between Community and bilateral
    y„; olx Cu. es •
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 3.    Harmonization of development polioy with the Community 's
other internal and. external policies                      I
- Industry and. commerce :    preferences , access to markets and
    structural adjustments .
- Agriculture :   regional exchanges , security of food supply , etc .
- Mining and energy : security of supply , market stability and
    exploitation of developing countries' potential .
- Monetary and financial affairs .
4»     Development policy in the international context
– Prospects for North–South and Euro–South relations .
– Development of multilateral cooperation .
– Prospects for cooperation between developing countries ( regional
   agreements and South-South relations ).
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 ---pagebreak---                 APPROPRIATIONS IN CHAPTER 100 - PART B
                             AT 4 MAY 1982
                                     Appropri at i ons Appropriations
                                     for commitment     for payment
1 . Initial provision                 822 406 000       631 098 000
2 . Appropriations being
    transferred                            –                 –
3 . Transfers made                      7 030 000         2 220 000
4· Appropriations remaining           815 376 000       628 878 000
                                                          $