CELEX: 51983DC0671
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Date: 1983-11-08
Title: GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983 SECTION III - COMMISSION - PART B TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS NO 26/83 (Non-compulsory expenditure)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
  GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1983                                                    COM(83) 671 final
  SECTION I I I - COMMISSION - PART B
                                                                             Brussels, 8 November 1983
                            TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS NO 26/83
                                         (Non-compuLsory e x p e n d itu r e )
   FROM CHAPTER 94            -        SPECIFIC MEASURES FOR COOPERATION
                                       WITH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
   A rtic le    945                    C o o p e ra tio n w it h th e Arab c o u n t r i e s 300 000 ECU
                                       a t r e g io n a l l e v e l
   FROM CHAPTER 101 -                  CONTINGENCY RESERVE                                   400 000 ECU
   TO CHAPTER 98                       OPERATION OF COMMISSION DELEGATIONS
                                       IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
   A rtic le    981                     Commission d e le g a t io n s i n th e
                                        s o u th e rn M e d ite rra n e a n c o u n t r ie s               700 000 ECU
    The F in a n c ia l C o n t r o l l e r approved t h i s p ro p o s a l on 25 O ctober 1983 i n
    accordance w it h A r t i c l e 2 1(4) o f th e F in a n c ia l R e g u la tio n and c e r t i f i e d
    t h a t th e a p p r o p r i a t i o n s are a v a i l a b l e .
       COM(83 ) 671 final
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                                                  GROUNDS
1.      By C o u n c il d e c i s io n s dated 17 and 18 O ctober 1977 th e European A s s o c ia t io n
f o r C o o p e ra tio n was g iv e n th e ta s k o f opening and ru n n in g Commission d e le g a t io n s
i n th e Maghreb c o u n t r i e s , th e Mashreq c o u n t r ie s and I s r a e l (MMI).
E ig h t d e l e g a t i o n s were opened in th e ye ars which f o l l o w e d :              s ix  in 1979,
one in 1980 and one in 1981.
2.      The s t a f f o f the se d e l e g a t i o n s , which was v e r y s m a ll i n i t i a l l y (1 d e le g a te
+ 1 a d v i s e r ) , has had t o be in c re a s e d t o cope w it h a g ro w in g w o rk lo a d .                   This
i s why th e g row th r a t e o f e x p e n d itu r e i s c o n s id e r a b ly h ig h e r tha n i s normal
f o r a w e ll- e s ta b lis h e d d e le g a tio n .
E x p e n d itu re s in c e 1980 i s shown below:
                        Approps                         Approps              Approps
                       re q u e ste d            e n te re d i n the       f o l lo w in g             E x p e n d itu re
                                                        budget               tra n s fe r
     1980                2 .802 000                 2 590 900                       -                 2 590 900
     1981                ? 845 000                  2 800 000                       -                 2 800 000
     1982                 3 100 000                 3 000 000               3 750 000                  3 750 000
     1983                 3 731 600                 3 500 000                        -                        -
The t a b l e shows t h a t a c t u a l e x p e n d itu r e in c re a s e d by 34% in 1982.                  The reason
f o r t h i s i s t h a t 1982 was th e f i r s t ye a r in which a l l e i g h t d e le g a t io n s
were o p e r a t i o n a l f o r a f u l l y e a r .
E s tim a te s f o r 1982, made in February 1981, p roved t o be on th e low s id e .
The s h o r t f a l l o f a p p r o p r i a t i o n s became a p p a re n t i n th e autumn o f 1982 and
a t r a n s f e r o f 750 000 ECU was made.                                                   ' .r     . ^
The s h o r t f a l l f o r 1983 i s o f th e same o r d e r (700 000 ECU).                       Foreseeable           ' M - ·' · -i
e x p e n d itu r e amounts t o 4 .2 m i l l i o n ECU and a v a i l a b l e a p p r o p r i a t i o n s t o t a l        «
3 .5 m illio n E C U .                                                                                                             .·,
A 12% in c r e a s e on 1982 may seem e x c e s s iv e .               It   must be p o i n t e d o u t , however,
t h a t i t i s t e c h n i c a l l y im p o s s ib le t o keep th e      in c r e a s e i n e x p e n d itu r e by
t h e MMI d e l e g a t i o n s t o a p re d e te rm in e d f i g u r e   o f le s s th a n 10%, as i s th e
p r a c t i c e f o r e x p e n d itu r e in Europe.            A number  o f l o c a l p a ra m e te rs must be
borne in m in d , f o r example:
      in fla tio n      ra te s     (S y ria : 24%; A l g e r i a : 12%; T u n is ia 9%);
      h ig h r e n t s and th e c o n s id e r a b le in c re a s e i n c o s ts a s s o c ia t e d w it h leases
      e x p irin g .      T h ir t e e n leases e x p ir e d in 1982 and 14 w i l l e x p i r e i n 1983.
      Rents a ccount f o r 30% o f t o t a l e x p e n d i t u r e ; between 1982 and 1983 r e n ts
      i n A l g e r i a went up by 30%, in I s r a e l by 13% and i n th e Lebanon by 37%;
 ---pagebreak---         -     movements o f l o c a l c u r r e n c ie s a g a in s t th e ECU which a re r e f l e c t e d
              in h ig h e r b u d g e ta ry c o s ts th a n f o r e c a s t .
        Between th e b e g in n in g and th e end o f 1982 l o c a l c u r r e n c ie s moved
        as f o l l o w s a g a in s t th e ECU: th e A lg e r ia n d i n a r : + 8.6%; th e d irh a m : + 0.2%;
        th e T u n is ia n d i n a r : - 2.8%; th e E g y p tia n pound: + 19.7%; th e Lebanese
        pound: + 35.1%; th e J o rd a n ia n d i n a r : + 11.3%; and th e S y r ia n pound: + 20.8%.
        These movements meant in c re a s e d c o s ts o f th e o r d e r o f 300 000 ECU t o
        be absorbed by A r t i c l e 981.               In th e f i r s t s i x months o f 1983 lo c a l
        c u r r e n c ie s moved as f o l l o w s a g a in s t th e ECU: th e A lg e r ia n d i n a r : + 1.8%;
        the d irh a m : + 3.3%; th e T u n is ia n d i n a r : - 1.8%; th e E g y p tia n pound: + 6.8%;
        th e Lebanese pound: - 3.0%; th e J o rd a n ia n d i n a r : + 7.2%; and th e
        S y ria n pound: + 44.6%.
        The b u d g e ta ry i m p l i c a t i o n s f o r 1983 are a d d i t i o n a l c o s ts o f a p p r o x im a t e ly
        186 000 ECU.
        3.      Each d e l e g a t i o n now has one d e le g a te and two a d v i s e r s , a l l
        o f them e x p a t r i a t e s t a f f . The r e c r u it m e n t o f l o c a l s t a f f i s l a r g e l y
        c o n fin e d t o s k i l l e d s t a f f ( f o r s e c r e t a r i a l , a d m i n i s t r a t i v e and
        b o o k-ke e p in g d u t i e s ) whose s a l a r i e s are r e l a t i v e l y h ig h . E x p e n d itu re
        i s broken down as f o l l o w s :
                                                                        A p p r o p r ia t io n s       Expendi t u r e     Estimated
                                                                             a llo c a te d             (6 months)        e x p e n d itu re
                                                                                                                          (12 months)
S t a f f e x p e n d itu r e
E x p a t r ia t e s t a f f                                                      960 000                    528 017      1 117 000
L oca l s t a f f                                                                 940 000                    513 178      1 123 000
T ra v e l and m is s io n e xpenses, a llo w a n c e s ,
expenses on t r a n s f e r                                                       100.000                      51 993         112 000
                                                   TOTAL                      2 000 000                   1 093 188       2 352 000
O p e ra tin g e x p e n d itu r e                                                                  « /
Rents and a s s o c ia t e d charges                                              970 000                    6 3 6 ,9 2 3 1 140      000
E x p e n d itu re on i n v e n t o r i e d equipment                             400 000                    152 696          329    000
O f f i c e expenses                                                              100 000                      80,771         180     000
Other o p e r a t in g expenses                                                    30 000                        7 353          13    000
P a rity d iffe re n c e s                                        .. 4             p.m .                       88 928         186    000
                                                   TOTAL                      1 500 000                      966 671      1 848 000
GRAND TOTAL                                                                   3 500 000                   2 0 59 ,85 9    4 700 GGO
      The t a b l e r e v e a ls t h a t e x p e n d itu r e d i r e c t l y l in k e d t o th e o p e r a t io n                     \
      o f th e d e le g a t io n s and th e p o s t in g o f s t a f f t o th e MMI i s r e l a t i v e l y
      h ig h . F u rth e rm o re , th e in c id e n c e o f l o c a l i n f l a t i o n on a l l e x p e n d itu r e
      i n lo c a l c u rre n c y i s im m e d ia te ly r e f l e c t e d i n h ig h e r b u d g e ta ry
      c o s ts .
 ---pagebreak--- 4.       The Commission postponed p r e s e n t a t io n o f t h i s re q u e s t f o r
a t r a n s f e r u n t i l a p r e c is e f i g u r e co u ld be p ut on th e s h o r t f a l l
i n a p p r o p r i a t i o n s on th e b a s is o f a c t u a l e x p e n d itu r e i n th e f i r s t
h a l f o f th e ye ar and u n t i l th e a v a i l a b i l i t y o f a p p r o p r i a t i o n s
under o t h e r budget headings became c l e a r .
The Commission now proposes t h a t th e f o l l o w i n g amounts be t r a n s f e r r e d
t o A r t i c l e 981 :
-     300 000 ECU from A r t i c l e 945 (C o o p e ra tio n w it h th e Arab c o u n t r ie s
      at r e g io n a l l e v e l ) ; a p p r o p r i a t i o n s a v a i l a b l e under t h i s heading
      may lapse s in c e no f i n a n c i n g d e c i s io n under th e E uro-A rab d ia lo g u e
       i s l i k e l y between now and th e end o f th e y e a r ;
      400 000 ECU from Chapter 101 (C o n tin g e n cy r e s e r v e ) .
 5.       The b u d g e ta ry a u t h o r i t y i s t h e r e f o r e re q u e ste d t o a u t h o r iz e
th e t r a n s f e r o f 700 000 ECU from A r t i c l e 945 and Chapter 101 t o
 A r t i c l e 981 o f th e b u d g e t.
                          SITUATION IN           CHAPTER    B-101 AT 20 OCTOBER 1983
   1.       In itia l       a p p ro p ria tio n s                                    5 000 000 ECU
   2.       T r a n s fe r s pending
            -     Item A2721 :               1 300 000 ECU
            -      Item A2988 :                    53 950 ECU
            -      Item B6704 :                  200 000 ECU                          1 553 950 ECU
   3.        T r a n s f e r made :          Item B7718                               2 000 000 ECU
   4.        A p p r o p r ia t io n s a v a i l a b l e                              1 446 000 ECU