Official Journ alof the EuropeanUnion 26.9.2009
RESOLUTION OF  THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 23 
April 2009
with observations forming an integral part of the Decision on discharge in respect of the 
implementation of the bu dget 
of the Eu ropean 
Monitoring Centre for D rugs 
and Drug 
Addiction for 
the financial year 2007
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
—having reg ard to the final annual accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drug s and Drug Addic­
tion 
for the fin ancial 
year 2007
(1) OJ C 278, 31.10.2008, p. 67. (1), 
—having 
regard 
to the Court of Auditors’ report on  
the final 
annual 
account
s of the European 
Monitoring 
Centre 
for Drugs 
and 
Drug 
Addiction  
for the fin ancial 
year 2007, tog ether 
with the Cen tre’s 
replies
(2) OJ C 311, 5.12.2008, p. 164. (2), 
—having 
regard 
to the Coun cil’s 
recommen dation 
of 10 February 
2009 (5588/2009 — C6-0060/2009), 
—having 
regard 
to the EC 
Treaty, an d 
in 
particular Article 276 thereof, 
—having 
regard 
to Council 
Regulation 
(EC, 
Euratom) 
No 1605/2002 of 25 June 
2002 on 
the Financial 
Regu­
lation
 applicable
 to the general
 budget
 of the European
 Commun ities
(3) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. (3), and in particular Article 185 
thereof,
 
—having
 regard
 to Regulation
 (EC)
 No 1920/2006 of the E uropean
 Parliamen t
 and
 of the Coun cil
 of
12 Decemb er 
2006 on 
the European 
Monitoring 
Centre 
for Drugs 
and 
Drug 
Addiction
(4) OJ L 376, 27.12.2006, p. 1. (4), and in par­
ticular 
Article 15 thereof, 
—having
 regard
 to Commission Reg ulation
 (EC,
 Euratom)
 No 2343/2002 of 19 Novemb er
 2002 on the 
framework  
Financial 
Regulation 
for the bodies 
referred to in  
Article 185 of Reg ulation 
(EC, 
Euratom) 
No 
1605/2002
(5) OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72. (5), and in particular Article 94 thereof, 
—having 
regard 
to Rule 71 of, an d 
Annex 
V to, its Rules of Procedure, 
—having 
regard 
to the report of the Committee on  
Budgetary 
Control 
and 
the opinion 
of the Committee on  
Civil 
Liberties, 
Justice and 
Home Affairs (A6-0175/2009),
A. whereas the Court of Auditors (E CA) stated that it has ob tained reasonable assurance that the an nual 
accounts 
for the fin ancial 
year 2007 are reliab le, 
and 
the underlying 
transaction s 
are legal 
and 
regular,
B. whereas on  22  April 2008 Parliamen t granted the Director of the E uropean Monitoring Centre for Drugs 
and 
Drug 
Addiction  
discharge 
in 
respect of the implemen tation 
of the Cen tr
e’s budget 
for the fin ancial 
year 
2006
(6) OJ L 88, 31.3.2009, p. 134. (6) and, in its resolution  accompan ying the discharg e decision, noted, inter alia, from the Cen ­
tre’s 
work 
programmes 
for 2007 an d 
the period 2007-2009 the followin g 
strategic 
objectives:
—developin g 
ex-post con trol 
of financial 
transactions,
 
—developin g 
an 
internal 
capacity for risk  
assessmen t 
and 
internal 
audit, 
—developin g 
tools and 
procedures for in tegrated 
resources man agement 
and promotin g 
external 
syn­
ergies, 
particularly with the E uropean 
Maritime Safety Ag ency 
(EMSA), 
also based 
in 
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 —implemen ting 
a more structured an d 
effective human  
resources policy, 
—successfully completin g 
the move to its n ew 
headquarters in  
Lisbon,
1. Notes 
the ECA’s 
observation 
that the b udget 
line 
for IT 
operation s 
incre
ased by 
more than  
80 % in 
the 
final 
budget 
as adopted in  
October 
2007 compared with the in itial 
budget 
for 2007 adopted in  
Decem­
ber 
2006;
2. Notes the Cen tre’s 
explanation 
that the addition al 
needs 
for IT 
equipmen t 
only 
became 
known 
in 
the third 
quarter of 2007 when  
the schedule for the move of the Cen tre 
into 
its new 
premises an d 
technical 
needs 
was 
fixed;
3. Notes the E CA’s
 finding
 that there is a disag reement
 between
 the Centre
 and
 Norway ab out
 Norway’s 
financial 
participation  
in 
the Centre’s 
work, 
the reason  
being 
a difference in  
the formula laid down  
in 
the 
original 
signed 
agreement, 
which the Cen tre 
applies, an d 
the agreement 
as published 
in 
the Official Jour­
nal, 
which Norway applies; n otes 
the ECA’s 
observation 
that, due to the differen t 
formulas used, the Cen ­
tre’s 
calculation  
of the con tribution 
is approximately E UR 80 
000 higher 
than 
Norway’s calculation ;
4. Is 
satisfied with the in formation 
provided b y 
the Centre 
to the rapporteur that a compromise has sin ce 
been
 achieved, accordin g
 to which Norway made a on e-off
 payment
 of EUR
 34 230 and
 accepted the 
waiving 
of an 
existing 
surplus of its con tribution 
to the Cen tre 
correspondin g 
to the remain ing 
amount 
of 
the abovementioned 
difference 
resulting 
from the 2007 exercise; furthermore, the Cen tre’s 
calculation  
method 
will be 
applied in  
2008 and 
Norway’s calculation  
method will b e 
applied from 2009 on wards;
5. Notes 
that the Director of the Cen tre 
took 
over the role of the coordin ator 
of the agencies’ 
network 
on
1 March 2008 an d 
until 28 
February 
2009;
Follow-up 
to previou s 
discharge exercises
6. Notes from the Cen tre’s
 annual
 activity report for 2007 that it set up procedures and tools for regular 
supervisory an d 
ex post con trols 
and 
further developed human  
resources man agement, 
in 
particular b y 
setting 
up a human  
resources portal on  
its intranet, 
which includes 
inform
ation 
on 
applicable 
rules and 
processes;
7. Welcomes 
the fact that the Cen tre 
closely cooperates with E MSA, 
also bas
ed in 
Lisbon, 
in 
order to share 
buildings 
and 
jointly 
use infrastructures 
and 
services; n otes 
that the move in to 
the premises is scheduled 
for the first quarter of 2009;
8. Refers for other ob servations 
accompan ying 
its Decision  
on 
discharge 
which are of a horizon tal 
nature 
to 
its Resolution  
of 23 April 2009 on  
financial 
management 
and 
control 
of EU 
agencies
(1) See page 206 of this Official Journ al. (1).N E 9 0 0 2 . 9 . 6 2