CELEX: 51978DC0453
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-07
Title: TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN CHAPTERS (Non-compulsory expenditure)

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (78) 453
Vol. 1978/0170
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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1978                          COM(78 ) 453 final
SECTION III - COMMISSION                         Brussels . 7 September 1978
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GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1978
SECTION" III - COMMISSION
            TRANSFER CP APPROPRIATIONS BETWEEN CHAPTERS
                    ( NON-CQMPULSCRY EXPENDITURES)
TRANSFER NO 19 /78
From Chapter 101 – Contingency reserve                 – 58 0 000 EUA
T6 Chapter 35 *" Protection of Man and his environment
  Article 354 – Community environmental protection œeaaures
  Item 3540 – Environmental étudiés                    + 580 000 SUA
Pursuant to Article 21 ( 4) of the Financial Regulation, the Financial
Controller approved this proposal on 17 July thus attesting that the
appropriations are available*
 ---pagebreak--- JUSTIFICATION
Transfer No 1 (
Following the Amoco Cadiz disaster , the European Council called upon the
Community, at its meeting on 7 and 8 April in Copenhagen, to give priority
to preventing and combating marine pollution caused by oil .       In its final
communique'', the European Council asked "the Council , acting on proposals
from the Commission , and the Member States forthwith to t^.ke appropriate
measures i-jithin the Community".
At th~ t,nd of April , the Commission forwarded to the Council a C omnrunicat i on
on ma . ae pollution arising from the carriage of oil ; this contained in
partic alar a draft Council resolution creating an action programme of the
European Communities on the control and reduction of pollution caused by
hydrocarbons discharged at sea . This draft was accompanied by a financial
record sheet relating to the cost of preparing the proposals made in the
action programme ; it calls for expenditure totalling 580 000 EUA to be
committed in full by the end of this year . The corresponding resolution
was adopted by the Council on 26 June ( OJ No C 1 62 of 8 July 1 97 8 ) •
As a result of the changes made by the Council to the Commission* s proposal
this resolution will now only give rise to expenditure totalling 510 000 EUA,
to be committed by the end of this year, to cover the costs of preparing the
proposals contained in the action programme ( see Annex l ).
At its meeting on the environment on 30 May, the Council instructed the
Commission' to take the necessary steps to initiate research work to improve
scientific knowledge about the population trends of nine species of bird
which might b9 affeoted by trade . The Commission puts the cost of this
research work at 70 000 EUA.
In both these cases the Commission has been given additional tasks by the
Council this year ; consequently, no appropriations have bean allocated to
them in the 1978 Budget , Since both instances cover studies ( see Annex I ),
the appropriate heading is Item 3540 ( Environmental studies ).
By 30 June , half the appropriations allotted to this Article had been committed;
the entire remaining funds have already been earmarked for the Commissions
1978 programme of studies . It should also be noted that all the appropriations
allocated to this heading have always been fully utilized in previous years .
A sum of 58O 000 EUA ( 51 0 000 + JO 000) will therefore have to be transferred
to Item 3540 in order to finance these new studies .      The Commission requests
approval for the transfer of this sum from Chapter 101 ( Contingency reserve )
to Item 3540 ( Environmental studies ) of Chapter 35 ( Protection of Man and
his environment )*
Λ
  See Council document R/ 1406/ 78 ( EUV 81 ) of 5 June 1978 ( Progress report on
  the proposal for a Council Directive ( AORI 422) on bird conservation following
  the Council* s meeting on 3Q Hay)*
 ---pagebreak--- Expsndxture to be committed in 1973 for the preparation of the
proposals contained in the action programme of the European Communities
on the oouiroi and reduction of pollution caused by hydrocarbons discharged
at sea set -up by the Council Resolution of 26 June 19?8 «
Proposals to be put to the Council               Expenditure arising from tb.«3
in respect of the following measures ?           preparation of these measur* a
                                                 to be committed in 1978 ( in FJA)
(a)  Computer processing of" existing data , or data still to be
     collected on methods of dealing with marina pollution
     by oil with a view to immediate use of these data in
     the event of accidental pollution                             85 000
(b)  A study of the Member States * accessibility to
     relevant data on tankers liable to pollute the
     Community's waters or coast and on man-made
     structures under the Member States * jurisdiction            120 000
(o)  Assessment of whether the Community should adopt
     its own measures to enhance cooperation between,
     and the efficiency of , the emergency teams which
     have been or are to be set up by the Member States            90 000
( d) Study of a possible Community contribution to the
     design and development of clean–up vessels to
     which may be fitted the equipment " needed for the
     effective treatment of oil spills                            100 000
( e) Study of the amendments and improvements which may
     have to be made to the rules of law regarding
     insurance against the risks of pollution from oil
     spills                                                        40 000
( f) Report to the Council on the pollution of the
     Community's ooast by oil and measures taken by
     the responsible authorities to combat it                      75 000
                                                    TOTAL         510 000
 ---pagebreak---               BREAKDOWN" (F APPROPRIATIONS IN CHAPTER 101
                              AT 15 JULY
Amount entered in the Budget :    5 million EUA
 |                 . Transfers approved by the                .  I
 |                        Budgetary Authority                    I
      Article or Item             Mo          Amouirt ( in EUA)
            260                    4              120 000        !
           2981                    1              175 ooo
 |          950                    5
                                                  500 ooo        j
      Total                                       795 000
 I                  Transfers pending before the                 I
 I                       Budgetary Authority                     |
           2550     ,             16              635 000       1
           27 22                  12              600 000
           3365 *                 13              500 ooo        I
            343                   17
                                                  250 ooo        j
     Total                                      1 985 000
 Balance:     2 220 000 EUA