CELEX: 51981PC0306
Language: en
Date: 1981-06-11
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A FINANCIAL REGULATION AMENDING THE FINANCIAL REGULATION OF 21 DECEMBER 1977 APPLICABLE TO THE GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ( ESCS, EEC, EURATOM )

27.6.81                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            No C 158/7
drainage shall be limited to an eligible expenditure of                                   Article 4
not more than 30 million ECU.
                                                               1.    The provisions of Article 7 (1) of Regulation
                                                               (EEC) No 729/70 on the financing of the common
2.    The expenditure on arterial drainage referred to         agricultural policy shall apply by analogy to
in paragraph 1 may serve to complete works already             Commission decisions in relation to the financing of
foreseen within the framework of Directive                     this measure.
78/628/EEC on a programme to accelerate drainage
operations in the less favoured areas of the West of
                                                               2.    Applications for reimbursement shall relate to
Ireland (').
                                                               expenditure by Ireland in the course of one calendar
                                                               year and shall be submitted to the Commission before
                                                               1 July the following year.
                         Article 3
                                                               3.    Detailed rules for applying this Article shall be
1.    The expenditure by the Community on the                  adopted by analogy according to the procedure laid
measure referred to in Article 1 (1) shall be limited to       down in Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70.
50 % of the expenditure by the Member State.
However, the Community contribution to field
drainage may not exceed 425 ECU per hectare.                                              Article 5
                                                               This Regulation shall enter into force on the third
2.    This measure shall cease on 31 December 1986.            day following its publication in the Official Journal of
                                                                the European Communities.
                                                               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
(') OJ No L 206, 29. 7. 1978, p. 5.                            directly applicable in all Member States.
             Proposal for a Financial Regulation amending the Financial Regulation of 21 December
                          1977 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities
                              (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 15 June 1981)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Having regard to the opinion of the Court of
COMMUNITIES,                                                   Auditors,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                   Whereas the conciliation provided for in the Joint
European Coal and Steel Community, and in                      Declaration of 4 March 1975 by the European
paritcular Article 78 h thereof,                               Parliament, the Council and the Commission (')
                                                               has taken place within a Conciliation Committee;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
 European Economic Community, and in particular                Whereas Article 107 of the Financial Regulation of 21
Article 209 thereof,                                           December 1977 (2), as last amended by the Financial
                                                               Regulation of 16 December 1980 (3), requires the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                  said Financial Regulation to be examined by the
 European Atomic Energy Community, and in                      European Parliament and the Council in the light of a
particular Article 183 thereof,                                proposal from the Commission;
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                               (') O J N o C 89, 22. 4. 1975, p. 1.
 Having regard to the opinion of the            European       (2) OJNoL356, 31. 12. 1977, p. 1.
 Parliament,                                                   (') OJ No L 345, 20. 12, 1980, p. 23.
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Whereas the general budget of the European                        3. Article 15 (1) is replaced by the following ('):
Communities has increased in size over the years and
whereas it is now the centre of attention at                           '1.    The budget shall consist of:
Community level;
                                                                      — a general statement of the revenue of the
                                                                           Communities,
Whereas, as far as appropriations falling within the                  — separate sections subdivided into statements of
present Section III of the budget are concerned, the                       revenue and expenditure of the European
time has come to introduce a more uniform and                              Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the
rational presentation, to ensure political transparency                    Court of Justice and the Court of Auditors.
of appropriations and to increase the number of                            The Commission shall have one section for
headings available;                                                        staff and administrative appropriations, and
                                                                           one section for operating appropriations. The
                                                                           revenue and expenditure of the Economic and
Whereas, to this end, the present Section III should                       Social Committee shall be entered in the
be reserved for staff and administrative appro-                            section dealing with the Council and
priations; and a new Section VI introduced for                             presented in the form of a statement of
operating appropriations;                                                  revenue and expenditure, subdivided in the
                                                                           same way as the sections of the budget and
                                                                           subject to the same rules.'
Whereas the provisions of the Financial Regulation
should be amended to allow for the creation of a new             4. Article 15 (5) is replaced by the following:
Section VI,
                                                                      '5.     A statement of revenue and expenditure in
                                                                     respect of the Office for Official Publications of
                                                                     the European Communities, drawn up in
                                                                     accordance with Article 118 (2) (of the proposal
HAS ADOPTED THIS FINANCIAL REGULATION:                               of 12 December 1980 amending the Financial
                                                                     Regulation) (2) shall be attached to the
                                                                     Commission section relating to staff and
                                                                     administrative appropriations.'
                          Article 1
The Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 is                  5. The first subparagraph of Article 16 (2) shall read
hereby amended as follows:                                           as follows:
                                                                     '(2)      in the two Commission sections and the
  1. Article 12 (2) (b) is replaced by the following:
                                                                     section for each of the other institutions:'
     '(b) as regards the two Commission sections:
                                                                6. Article 21 (10) (of the proposal of 12 December
                                                                      1980, amending the Financial Regulation) is
          — a definition of the policies justifying the
                                                                     replaced by the following:
              request for appropriations,
                                                                     '(10)      For the purposes of this Article the two
          — an explanation of the changes in appro-                  Commission sections shall be treated as a single
              priations from one financial year to the               section.'
              next,
                                                                 7. In Article 21, paragraph 10 (of the proposal of 12
          — a detailed statement on borrowing and
                                                                      December 1980 amending the Financial Regu-
              lending policy.'
                                                                      lation) becomes paragraph 11.
 2. Article 12 (3) is replaced by the following:                 8. The first paragraph of Article 87 is replaced by
                                                                      the following:
     'Each of the sections of the preliminary draft
     budget shall be preceded by an introduction
     prepared by the Institution concerned.
                                                              (') This amendment also applies to Article 15 (1) of the
                                                                   'borrowing/lending' proposal of 15. 6. 1978.
     The Commission shall prepare a single intro-             (2) Article 103(2) of the Financial Regulation of 21. 12.
     duction to its two sections.'                                 1977.
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     'The appropriations relating to research and                  accordance with the conditions set out in Article
     investment shall be entered in a special chapter in           21.'
     the Commission section relating to operating
     appropriations.'                                         11. Article 118 (4) (of the proposal of 12 December
                                                                   1980 amending the Financial Regulation) (2) is
  9. The introductory sentence of the third paragraph              replaced by the following:
     of Article 89 is replaced by the following:                   '4.    Each Institution shall, for guidance, enter
                                                                   in its section of the budget a pro forma appropri-
     'The following shall be attached to the                       tation corresponding to the services which it
     Commission section relating to operating appro-               expects the Office to render to it during the
     priations:'                                                   financial year concerned. The Commission shall
                                                                   enter this appropriation in its section relating to
                                                                   staff and administrative appropriations.'
10. The first subparagraph of Article 118 (2) (of the
     proposal of 12 December 1980 amending the
     Financial Regulation) (') is replaced by the
     following:
                                                                                       Article 2
     'The appropriations for the Office, the total
     amount of which should be entered under a                This Financial Regulation shall enter into force on
     special budget heading within the Commission             the third day following the date of publication in the
     section relating to staff and administrative appro-      Official Journal of the European Communities.
     priations, shall be set out in detail in an Annex to
     that section. The appropriations shown under this        It shall be , binding in its entirety and          directly
     specific budget heading may be transferred in            applicable in all Member States.
(') Article 103(2) of the Financial Regulation of 21. 12.     (2) Article 103 (4) of the Financial Regulation of 21. 12.
    1977.                                                         1977.