CELEX: 51983DC0232
Language: en
Date: 1983-04-20
Title: GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1982 SECTION III - COMMISSION - PART B TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 8/83 (Compulsory expenditure)

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (83) 232
Vol. 1983/0098
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 ---pagebreak---      COMMISSION OF THE E U R O P E A N                                                      COMMUNITIES
        GENERAL BUDGET FOR 1982
        SECTION I I I - COMMISSION - PART B                                            COM(83) 232 f i n a l .
                                                                                       B r u s s e l s , 20 A p r i l 1 9 8 3 .
                                             TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 8/83
                                                       (Compulsory e x p e n d i t u r e )
        FROM CHAPTER 100 -                  PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
                                             ( S e c t i o n 1 o f Remarks)
        TO     CHAPTER 42              -     ASSUMPTION BY THE COMMUNITY OF CERTAIN FINANCIAL
                                            OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM AGREEMENTS ON FISHING
                                            RIGHTS IN NON-COMMUNITY WATETS
        A r t i c l e 420              -    R e i m b u r s e m e n t s due under agreements on f i s h i n g
                                            in the A d r i a t i c
                                                                                                           490  000 ECU
        The F i n a n c i a l C o n t r o l l e r a p p r o v e d t h i s p r o p o s a l on 8 A p r i l 1983 i n a c c o r d a n c e
        w i t h A r t i c l e 2 1 ( 4 ) o f t h e F i n a n c i a l R e g u l a t i o n and c e r t i f i e d t h a t t h e
        appropriations are a v a i l a b l e .
COM(83) 232       final.
 ---pagebreak---                                                               GROUNDS
  On 15 J u n e 1973 I t a l y and Y u g o s l a v i a c o n c l u d e d a b i l a t e r a l           agreement
  p e r m i t t i n g I t a l i a n fishermen to f i s h in Yugoslav waters in                         the
  A d r i a t i c i n r e t u r n f o r payment.
   In i t s r e s o l u t i o n o f 3 November 1 9 7 6 , t h e C o u n c i l s t a t e d t h a t a p p r o p r i a t e
  Community a g r e e m e n t s s h o u l d be n e g o t i a t e d t o p r e s e r v e t h e r i g h t s o f
   Community f i s h e r m e n t o f i s h i n t h e w a t e r s o f non-member c o u n t r i e s .
  At t h e same t i m e , t h e C o u n c i l t o o k a d e c i s i o n a u t h o r i z i n g t h e e x t e n s i o n
  o f t h e b i l a t e r a l a g r e e m e n t between I t a l y and Y u g o s l a v i a , t o 31 December 1977
  a t t h e l a t e s t , t o a l l o w t i m e f o r t h e n e g o t i a t i o n o f a Community a g r e e m e n t .
  I n t h e a b s e n c e o f s u c h an a g r e e m e n t , t h e C o u n c i l a u t h o r i z e d e x t e n s i o n
 o f t h e b i l a t e r a l a g r e e m e n t on a number o f s u b s e q u e n t o c c a s i o n s , and most
  r e c e n t l y up t o 31 December 1 9 8 0 .
 It      finally        became c l e a r t h a t Y u g o s l a v i a d i d n o t w i s h t o c o n c l u d e an a g r e e m e n t .
 In i t s d e c i s i o n o f 16 J u n e 1980 a u t h o r i z i n g r e n e w a l o f t h e agreement
 u n t i l 31 December 1980 t h e C o u n c i l a g r e e d t h a t 80% payment
  ( L i t 640 mi l i o n ) s h o u l d be met f r o m t h e Community b u d g e t .
 On 14 F e b r u a r y 1983 t h e I t a l i a n a u t h o r i t i e s a p p l i e d t o t h e C o m m i s s i o n
 f o r r e i m b u r s e m e n t o f t h a t amount ( e q u i v a l e n t t o 480 000 ECU a t t h e r a t e
o f e x c h a n g e p r e v a i l i n g i n A p r i l 1983) t o be c h a r g e d t o budget A r t i c l e 420
 ( R e i m b u r s e m e n t s due u n d e r a g r e e m e n t s on f i s h i n g i n t h e A d r i a t i c ) , w h i c h
 i n 1983 had a t o k e n e n t r y .
To make t h i s r e i m b u r s e m e n t , i t i s p r o p o s e d t o t r a n s f e r 490 000 ECU
t o A r t i c l e 420 f r o m t h e 4 260 000 ECU e n t e r e d i n C h a p t e r 100 f o r
A r t i c l e s 421 and 4 2 2 .           The f i g u r e o f 490 000 ECU i n c l u d e s a m a r g i n t o
a l l o w f o r any a p p r e c i a t i o n o f l i r a b e f o r e t h e L i t 640 m i l l i o n have
been p a i d .
T h e r e i s no e n t r y i n C h a p t e r 100 f o r A r t i c l e 420 b e c a u s e i t was e x p e c t e d
t h a t t h e r e i m b u r s e m e n t t o I t a l y w o u l d have been made i n 1 9 8 2 .                   However,
c u r r e n t e s t i m a t e s s u g g e s t t h a t t h e a p p r o p r i a t i o n o f 4 . 2 6 m i l l i o n ECU
w i l l s u f f i c e f o r A r t i c l e 420 as w e l l .          I f t h i s i s not s o , the
a p p r o p r i a t i o n s w i l l be i n c r e a s e d by a p p r o p r i a t e b u d g e t a r y means.
 ---pagebreak---                            APPROPRIATIONS IN CHAPTER 100 - PART B
                                       AT 5 APRIL 1983
                                             Appropriations Appropriations
                                             f o r commitments f o r payments
 1. Total        appropriations                116 316 000        117 316 000
2.  Appropriations       being  transferred
                                                 15 500 000           500 000
3.  Appropriations        transferred             3 500 000         1 500 000
4.  Appropriations       remaining  in
    C h a p t e r 100                           97 316 000       115 316 000