8. The failing participant shall reimburse the entity that executes the buy-in for all amounts paid in accordance with paragraphs 3, 4 and 5, including any execution fees resulting from the buy-in.

64. Notes that there are 32 jurisdictions in the world with laws allowing the death penalty to be applied for drug offences; notes that United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the European Commission and individual European governments are actively involved in funding and/or delivering technical assistance, legislative support and financial aid intended to strengthen drug enforcement activities in states that retain the death penalty for drug enforcement; is concerned that such assistance could lead towards increased death sentences and executions; calls on the Commission to develop guidelines governing international funding ...[+++] for country-level and regional drug enforcement activities to ensure such programmes do not result in human rights violations, including the application of the death penalty; stresses that the abolition of the death penalty for drug-related offences should be made a precondition for financial assistance, technical assistance, capacity-building and other support for drug enforcement;

65. Notes that there are 32 jurisdictions in the world with laws allowing the death penalty to be applied for drug offences; notes that United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the European Commission and individual European governments are actively involved in funding and/or delivering technical assistance, legislative support and financial aid intended to strengthen drug enforcement activities in states that retain the death penalty for drug enforcement; is concerned that such assistance could lead towards increased death sentences and executions; calls on the Commission to develop guidelines governing international funding ...[+++] for country-level and regional drug enforcement activities to ensure such programmes do not result in human rights violations, including the application of the death penalty; stresses that the abolition of the death penalty for drug-related offences should be made a precondition for financial assistance, technical assistance, capacity-building and other support for drug enforcement;

44. Welcomes the establishing a European Communities Personnel Selection Office by a decision of the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Ombudsman on 25 July 2002 ; notes that the Office is already taking charge of the selection of pre-enlargement auxiliaries on behalf of the Institutions for the purpose of drawing-up lists of suitable candidates; hopes that this will lead to the creation of a common European civil service, the curbing of costs and greater mobility between the institutions ;

43. Welcomes the setting up of the European Personnel Selection Office by a decision of the Secretaries-General of the Institutions on 25 July 2002; notes that the Office is already taking charge of the selection of pre-enlargement auxiliaries on behalf of the Institutions for the purpose of drawing up lists of suitable candidates; hopes that this will lead to the creation of common European civil service, the curbing of costs and greater mobility between the institutions;

5. Welcomes the establishment of the European Communities Personnel Selection Office as an appropriate interinstitutional measure to help institutions prepare for enlargement more efficiently and agrees, therefore, to the "transfer" of posts from the participating institutions; notes that the office will be responsible on behalf of the institutions for preparing and conducting open competitions and for establishing reserve lists of candidates; underlines the fact that it remains the prerogative of each institution to recruit staff according to its own needs and profiles required;