CELEX: 51983DC0402
Language: en
Date: 1983-06-22
Title: GENERAL BUDGET 1983 SECTION III - COMMISSION - PART B TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS NO 15/83 (Non-compulsory expenditure)

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (83) 402
Vol. 1983/0151
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 ---pagebreak---       COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
         GENERAL BUDGET 1 9 8 3
                                                                                        COM(83) ^02 final.
         SECTION I I I - COMMISSION -                   PART B                           Brussels, 2k June 1983·
                                         TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS NO 1 5 / 8 3
                                                (N o n-com pulsory e x p e q d itu re )
                                         ----------------------- tn
         FROM CHAPTER 1 0 0            -     PROVISIONAL           APPROPRIATIONS
         TO CHAPTER 7 3                -     RESEARCH AND INVESTMENT
                                             EXPENDITURE
          A rtic le   738              -     In d ire c t a c tio n       -  H o riz o n ta l
                                             a c tiv itie s
          Item   7382                  -     S t i m u l a t i o n o f s c i e n t i f i c and
                                             te c h n ic a l p o t e n t ia l in the
                                             E uropean C o m m u n itie s - I n d i r e c t
                                             a c t i on
                                                                             Com m itm ent       a p p ro p ria tio n s :  4 000 000  ECU
                                                                             Payment        a p p ro p ria tio n s       : 2 000 000  ECU
          The F i n a n c i a l C o n t r o l l e r  approved t h i s p ro p o s a l         o n 16 J u n e 1 9 8 3 i n
          accordance w ith A r t i c l e s           2 1 ( 4 ) , 9 3 ( 1 ) and 9 4 ( 1 )     o f the F in a n c ia l R e g u la tio n
          and   c e rtifie d    th a t    th e    a p p ro p ria tio n s    are   a v a ila b le .
C0M(83) k02 final.
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                                                               GROUNDS
When t h e 1 9 8 3 b u d g e t wa s d r a w n           up t h e a p p r o p r i a t i o n s f o r I t e m 7382 - S t i m u l a t i o n
o f s c i e n t i f i c and t e c h n i c a l p o      t e n t i a l in th e European C om m unities - I n d i r e c t
a c t i o n (C om m ission p r o p o s a l o f           3 December 1982 (C 0 M (8 2 )8 0 8 f i n a l ) ) - were
e n t e r e d i n C h a p te r 100 p e n d in g          t h e programm e d e c i s i o n .
A p p r o v a l o f t h e p ro g r a m m e d e c i s i o n h a s b ee n e n t e r e d as an A i t e m on t h e
a g e n d a f o r t h e C o u n c i l m e e t i n g o f 2 8 J u n e . Th e f u n d s c o n s i d e r e d n e c e s s a r y
f o r c o n d u c t i n g t h e s e a c t i v i t i e s o v e r a p e r i o d o f tw o y e a r s f r o m J u l y 1983
t o J u l y 1 9 8 5 a m o u n t t o 7 m i l l i o n ECU, i n c l u d i n g e x p e n d i t u r e o n a s t a f f
o f th re e .
These measures t o b o o s t th e C o m m u n ity 's s c i e n t i f i c c o m p e t it iv e n e s s c o n s t i t u t e
one o f t h e m a jo r o p t i o n s o f t h e f r a m e w o r k programm e f o r C om m unity s c i e n t i f i c
and t e c h n i c a l a c t i v i t i e s p r o p o s e d by t h e C o m m issio n t o t h e C o u n c i l
 (C0M (83)260 f i n a l ) .
 The a i m o f t h e t w o - y e a r e x p e r i m e n t f r o m 1 J u l y 1 9 8 3 - s o o n t o b e a d o p t e d
by t h e C o u n c i l - i s t o t e s t and r e f i n e t h e n e c e s s a r y p r o c e d u r e s and t e c h n i q u e s ,
w h ic h a r e a v a i l a b l e and i n use e l s e w h e r e .
 The C o m m i s s i o n m u s t t h e r e f o r e t e s t v a r i o u s f i n a n c i a l s u p p o r t m e a s u r e s       in v o lv in g
 te m p o ra ry in c e n t iv e s g ra n te d t o n a t i o n a l a n d /o r m u l t i n a t i o n a l team s:
        p aym ent o f a r e s e a r c h a l l o w a n c e t o c o v e r t r a v e l , l o d g i n g and r e s e a r c h
        expenses o f s c i e n t i s t s who, d u r in g a s ta y a t a f o r e i g n la b o r a t o r y ( w i t h i n
        t h e E E C ) , a r e t o make u s e o f new k n o w l e d g e t o c a r r y o u t r e s e a r c h i n t o
        a com plex p r o b le m ; o r th e p r o v i s i o n o f c o m p le m e n ta ry s u p p o r t t o a s u b - c r i t i c a l
        team ;
 -      t w i n n i n g o f l a b o r a t o r i e s ( c o o p e r a t i o n c o n t r a c t s ) , m akin g i t p o s s i b l e
        f o r r e s e a r c h e r s i n v a r i o u s c o u n t r i e s o f t h e C o m m u n i t y who a r e w o r k i n g
        i n p a r a l l e l i n an a d v a n c e d f i e l d t o g e t t o g e t h e r an d t h u s r e a c h " c r i t i c a l "
        n u m b e r s ; i n o r d e r t o do t h i s i t w i l l be n e c e s s a r y t o g r a n t s u b s i d i e s
        m aking i t p o s s i b le f o r r e s e a r c h e r s t o m e e t, c a r r y o u t j o i n t e x p e rim e n ts
        and e xc h a n g e r e s u l t s ;
         r e s e a r c h and d e v e lo p m e n t c o n t r a c t s :      t h e powers e n jo y e d by t h e a u t h o r i t i e s
         in v a rio u s c o u n trie s u n d e rta k in g to               a c h ie v e t h i s o b j e c t iv e in a g iv e n
         p e r i o d a r e t o be p o o l e d a t E u ro p e a n            le v e l in a c o n tr a c t d e f in in g a g iv e n
         s c i e n t i f i c a n d /o r te c h n ic a l o b je c tiv      e;
         f i n a n c i a l s u p p o r t f o r any a c t i v i t y t h a t can p ro m o te m o b i l i t y , c o n t a c t
         b e tw e e n r e s e a r c h e r s and i n t e r d i s c i p l i n a r y d i s s e m i n a t i o n o f i n f o r m a t i o n
         o r h e l p t o d e t e r m i n e s c i e n t i f i c a n d / o r t e c h n i c a l r e q u i r e m e n t s and p o t e n t i a l
         w ith in       the  C o m m u n ity.
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The a c t , / t i e s b a c k e d i n t h i s e x p e r i m e n t a l s t a g e w i l l c o n t r i b u t e     to
t h e d e v e lo p m e n t o f s i g n i f i c a n t s c i e n t i f i c and t e c h n i c a l p r o j e c t s  in
p r o m i s i n g a r e a s and f a c i l i t a t e t h e m o b i l i t y o f r e s e a r c h e r s .
 The b r e a k d o w n        of   e x p e n d itu re   fo r  1983    is as fo llo w s :
                                                                                          CA                           PA      (ECU)
 -      7 research            a llo w a n c e   co n tra cts                            550 000                      250 000
 -       "tw in n in g "      of    around      40 te a m s                            950 000                       550 000
         one     research         and    d e ve lo p m en t  co n tra ct           2 000 000                        800   000
  -      fin a n c ia l      support                                                    150 000                        50 0 00
         e x p e n d i t u r e on a s t a f f o f        3 o ffic ia ls
          ( 2 A , 1 C) f o r 4 m o n t h s                                                60 000                       60 000
          a d m in is tra tiv e e x p e n d itu re (s tu d ie s ,
          c o n s u lt a tio n s , s u rv e y s , s e m in a rs ,
          CODEST^ m e e t i n g s , e t c . )                                           290 000                      290 000
                                                                                    4    000 000                  2 000 000
    The c o n t r a c t s w i l l be c o n c l u d e d b y t h e en d o f t h e y e a r . The p r o j e c t s p u t
    f o r w a r d i n re s p o n s e t o a c a l l f o r a p p l i c a t i o n s t o be p u b l i s h e d i n J u l y
    w i l l h a v e t o be e v a l u a t e d and s e l e c t e d b y O c t o b e r .
     Some o f t h e a p p r o p r i a t i o n s t o c o v e r e x p e n d i t u r e u n d e r t h i s p r o g r a m m e
    d e c i s i o n - v i z . 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 ECU i n c o m m i t m e n t a p p r o p r i a t i o n s a n d 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 ECU
     i n payment a p p r o p r i a t i o n s fro m t h e fu n d s e a rm a rk e d f o r Ite m 7382 ( S t i m u l a t i o n
     o f s c i e n t i f i c and t e c h n i c a l p o t e n t i a l i n t h e E u ro p e a n C o m m u n itie s ) i n
     C h a p t e r 1 0 0 m u s t t h e r e f o r e b e made a v a i l a b l e t o t h e C o m m i s s i o n u n d e r
     t h i s Ite m .
        C o m m itte e f o r t h e E u ro p e a n D e v e lo p m e n t o f S c ie n c e and T e c h n o l o g y , s e t
        up by C o m m issio n D e c i s i o n o f 6 December 1982 (0J L 3 5 0 , 10 December 1 9 8 2 ) .
 ---pagebreak---                             APPROPRIATIONS      IN  CHAPTER 1 0 0 -        PART B
                                            AT 1 4 JUNE 1 9 8 3
                                                    A p p ro p ria tio n s        A p p ro p ria tio n s
                                                    f o r com m itm ents           f o r paym ents
1. T o ta l a p p ro p ria tio n s                     116 316 000                  117 316 000
2. A p p ro p ria tio n s  b e in g
   tra n s fe rre d                                       6 056 000                     6 056 000
3. A p p ro p ria tio n s  tra n s fe rre d              19 4 9 0 001                   2 490 000
4.  A p p ro p ria tio n s  re m a in in g
    i n C h a p t e r 100                                90 769 999                  108 770 000