CELEX: 51978DC0455
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-08
Title: TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN CHAPTERS (Non-compulsory expenditure)

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (78) 455
Vol. 1978/0170
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 GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1978                              COM(78 ) 455 final
 SECTION III - COMMISSION                             Brussels , 8 September 1978
                TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS . BETWEEN CHAPTERS
                     . (Non-compulsory expenditure )
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GENERAL BUDGET POR 1978
SECTION III - COMMISSION
                 TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN CHAPTERS
                         (Non-compulsory expenditure )
(1)    TRANSFER No 16/78
       From Chapter 101 - Contingency reserve                        67I 000 EUA
       To Chapter 25     - Expenditure on formal and other
                            meetings
          Article 255    - Miscellaneous expenditure on the
                            organization of , and participation in ,
                            conferences , congresses and 'meetings
          Item 2550      ~ Conferences , congresses and meetings
                            organized "by the institution
( 2 ) TRANSFER No 17 /78             ,     '  '
       From Chapter 101 - Contingency reserve
       To Chapter 34     - Expenditure on safeguards                 250 000 EUA
          Article 343    - Scientific and technical work
     v                    , and equipment       '
Pursuant to Article 21(4 ) of the Financial Regulation the Financial -
Controller has approved this proposal thus        attesting that the
appropriations were available on 28 June ..
 ---pagebreak--- REASONS
(l ) Transfer No 16/ 78
      Negotiations for the renewal of the Lome Convention will "begin in
      September and. are planned, to last until June of next year.    It was
      impossible to estimate the costs of these negotiations when the
      Preliminaiy Draft 1978 Budget was drawn up , i.e. in the spring of
      last year .
      The following expenditure is estimated for the period from 18 September
      to 18 December :
      1.   Staff                                                         in EUA
      1.1   Interpreters and translators
            70 interpreters for twelve weeks at Bfrs 8 500
            17 translators for twelve weeks at Bfrs 5 000                204 000
      1.2   Secretarial staff
            24 secretaries for three , months at Bfrs 65 000             117 000
                                                    1
     1.3    Technical staff and receptionists
            6 technicians for three months at Bfrs 55 000
            8 receptionists for three months at Bfrs 63 000               62 500.
     Staff total                                                         383 500
     2.   Premises
     With the exception of the ministerial and plenary meetings the entire
     negotiations will he conducted at the Manhattan Center where the
     Commission has conference rooms equipped for simultaneous interpretation
     Since five conference rooms will have to be set aside for the
     negotiations , other rooms t will have to be hired for the meetings of
     experts which the Commission scheduled for the Manhattan Center some
     time ago .
     The cost of hiring these rooms is estimated to be                   180 000
     ( four rooms at Bfrs 30- 000 for 60 days )                        •
     3    Rental or purchase of office equipment , furniture and
          technical equipment
     3.1 Office equipment and furniture                                   25 000
     3.2 Rental of reproduction equipment                                 10 500
                                                                          35 500
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4.   Currrent administrative expenditure
4.1   Office supplies , photocopies , sundry fittings , etc .         15 000
                                                                  I
4.2   Postal charges and telecommunications                            9 000
4.3   Transport of documents                                           6 000
4.4   Refreshments during meeting                                     22 000
                                                                      52 000
5.   Representation expenditure
2 cocktail parties for 400 persons      )
2 "buffets for 300 persons              )                             20 000
1 banquet for 120 persons               )
GRAND TOTAL                                                         671_000
The Commission asks the Budgetary Authority to authorize the transfer
of 671 000 EUA from Chapter 101 ( Contigency reserve ) to Article 2550
( Conferences , congresses and meetings organized "by the institution ) of
Chapter 25 since this amount cannot "be found within Chapter 25 » as the >
following table shows ( see Annex i ), eight twelfths of the appropriations
in this Chaptejr having already "been committed by 30 June .   This amount
cannot be found within Title 2 at this point in time as these
appropriations have already been drastically reduced as a result of
fluctuations in the EUA .                     ,
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    By way of introduction it should be noted that the increase in
    appropriations for 1978 is mainly attributable to the much wider
    obligations which must be met by the Commission as a result of the
    implementation of the Verification Agreement concluded between the
    Community , seven of its Member States and the International Atomic
    Energy Agency ( IAEA ).  The Agreement sets the Commission 's activities "
    in a world context within the framework of a United Nations specialized
    agency .   The Commission is thus required to find funds to cover the
    costs of purchasing the following highly sophisticated equipment :
      ten video-camera surveillance systems with a . safeguard system 245 000 EUA
      purchases connected with the operation of equipment in situ •
      and relevant supplies (shockproof transport containers ,
      SNAP and SAM 2 heads , UFfi , etc .)                            100 000 EUA
      particular items of non-destructive inspection equipment to
      monitor installations fabricating mixed oxide (plutonium/
      uranium ) fuel elements and low- and high-enriched uranium
      fuel elements ( two hexagonal units + electronics , two
      multichannel plutonium verification units , s ampie assay
      device )                              ■                          85 000 EUA
      procurement of equipment for processing data during inspection
      visits to nuclear installations in the Community                 20 000 EUA
                                                                      450_000 EUA
      In order to meet its new obligations the Commission requires an
      appropriation of 450 000 EUA after deduction of 110' 000 EUA for the
      scientific and technical work carried out by the JRC at Ispra .
      There is thus a shortfall of 250 000 EUA which the Commission requests
      be met by transfer from Chapter 101 ( see Annex III ).
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                                           BREAKDOWN OF APPROPRIATION IN CHAPTER 25
                                                      AT 30 JPBE 1978 ■
                                                                      Approp-           I Commitments                   Balance          j
1 Item                           , . Heading
                                         •
                                                                  I
                                                                  i
                                                                      riations
                                                                                         i                    J amount P5       I twelftï
                                                                                                                                         I
                                       \                  ,               ■    1    '   i         2           I      3        rri
               f                                  ■
  2500         |     Formal meetings and
               j     meetings in general                                5 459 330 3 . 821 805                   1 637 525 ,         3-6
  2510         I     Committees                                       . 3' 665 - 000 2 358 250                  1 306 750           4.3
  2520               ECSC Consultative Committee                            ;360 OOO "      287 529         j       72 471          2.4
f 25'21              Other commissions and committees
                     operating within the ECSC
                                                                             268 000        186,100       •         81 900          3.7
  2530             ' Mines Safety and Health Commission                      250 000
                                                                                          i
                                                                                            167 211 -
                                                                                                ■
                                                                                                                    82  789 |
  2531               Consultative Committee for Safety ,
        •i   .   .   Hygiene axid Health Protection at
     y
                     Places of Work                                 '        120.000        112 000                  8 000          0.8
  2540 |             Measures for young people                               220 . 000        99 389               120 611        : 6*6
  2550 ; 1           Conferences , congresses ajid meetings
                     organized "by the institution                           429 450 •'     182' 792               246 653
                                                                                                            !i
  2551               Cost of the institution 's participation
                     in the above                                            177 120          95 563              ■ 81  557         5 .5
  2552
                     Conferences , congresses and meetings in                126 100          44 000                82 100
                     connection with the ECSC                                                                                       1 - ;
                                                                                                                              I
  2560               Pre-consultation meetings with trade                ' 157,000          157 000                       0         0
                     union representatives
           I
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                     Chapter 25 - Total                                11 232 000 7 511 639             .       3 720 . 361         3.97
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 LIST OP CONFERENCES , CONGRESSES AM) MEETINGS STILL TO BE HELD III 1978
                              ( 1-tem 2550 )
                                                              ESTIMATED EXPEM)ITURE
 TITLE
                                                                     IN EUA
 Technical seminar on biological methods of
 monitoring the quality of surface waters                              40 000
 Seminar on the results of the work carried out
"by river authorities                                                  12 000
 Conference on the practical implications of the Community ^
participation in international conventions in the
 environemental field                                                    5 000
Meeting ( in Africa) of experts from the ACP countries and
 the Member States on investment projects in the health sector 70 000
Symposium on foodstuffs and their control                              58 000
Symposium on the structure , pattern and trends of
collective bargaining in the Member States                             45 000
Symposium on the properties and behaviour of alloy 800                   3 600
Seminar on the dissemination of the results of Community
projects in the hydrocarbons sector                       * ,            5 000
Symposium under the auspices of the CIEC ( Conference on
International Economic Cooperation)                                    60 000
Seminar on new developments in the dissemination of
information                                                            18 - 000
Annual meeting of the di rectorate sr-gene ral ' of national
statistical offices                                                     7 400
              Total estimated expenditure                             324 000
              Balance at 31 May 1978                                  307 682
              Amount to be met by transfer within Chapter 25           16 318
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        BREAKDOWN OF APPROPRIATIONS IN ARTICLE 343 AT 30 JUNE 1978
The appropriations in Article 343 at 30 June stood at :
Appropriations entered in the 1978 Budget         ■             310 000 EUA
Proposais for commitment of expenditure at 30 June              161 706 EUA
Balance at 30 June            '                                 I48 294 EUA
 These proposals for couimitment concern :
  ( a) technical and scientific work carried out by the JRC     110' 000 EUA
 (b ) miscellaneous purchases connected with the operation
       of equipment in situ                                      51 706 EUA
 Given that 51 706 EUA has already been set aside for the purchase of
 equipment and the "balance which can be used for the same purpose stands *,
 at 148 294 EUA , the difference between available funds ( 200 000 EUA ) and
 requirements (450 000 EUA) is 250 000 EUA.
 ---pagebreak---                                                           AENEX IV
BREAKDOWN OF APPROPRIATIONS I IT CHAPTER 101 AT 26 JUNE 1973
Amount entered in the Budget :      5 million EUA
            Transfers approved "by the      -
            Budgetary Authority
   Article or
                   N°               Amount    ■
     Item
                        1
       260         4              120 000 1
      2981         1              175.000
               i
       950         5          V. 500 000
                          ' '   j795 000
    Transfers before the Budgetary Authority
   Article or
      Item       | N°               Amount
      2722       ! 12             600 000
     3365          13             500 000
                               1 100 000
        Balance :    3 105 000 ELTA