Date: 2025-10-08Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU) 2025/1595 of the European Parliament of 7 May 2025 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023, Section I – European Parliament
**Executive Summary**
This is a decision of the European Parliament concerning the discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023, Section I – European Parliament. The decision was made on 7 May 2025 and published on 8 October 2025. It grants discharge to its President and instructs the President to forward the decision to the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Discharge Grant:**
* The European Parliament grants its President discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2023.
* **Instruction for Forwarding and Publication:**
* The President is instructed to forward the decision to the Council, the Commission, and the Court of Auditors.
* The President is instructed to arrange for the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
**Impact Analysis**
**European Parliament President**
* *Impact:* Granted discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2023.
* *Action Required:* Forward the decision to the Council, the Commission, and the Court of Auditors and arrange for publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
**Council, Commission, and Court of Auditors**
* *Impact:* Need to take note of the European Parliament’s decision.
* *Action Required:* Await the forwarding of the decision from the President of the European Parliament.
Key Entities Referenced
European Parliament: The institution whose budget discharge is the subject of this Decision.
Council: One of the institutions to which this decision is to be forwarded.
Court of Auditors: One of the institutions to which this decision is to be forwarded; provides assurance on the reliability of accounts and legality/regularity of transactions.
Commission: One of the institutions to which this decision is to be forwarded.
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046: Regulation on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1595 8.10.2025
DECISION(EU) 2025/1595 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 7 May 2025
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the
financial year 2023, Section I – European Parliament
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
— having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023(1),
— having regard to the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2023 (COM(2024)
0272 – C10-0068/2024)(2),
— having regard to the report on budgetary and financial management for the financial year 2023, Section I – European
Parliament(3),
— having regard to the Internal Auditor’s annual report for the financial year 2023,
— having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on the implementation of the budget for the financial year
2023, together with the institutions’ replies(4),
— having regard to the statement of assurance(5)as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the
underlying transactions provided by the Court of Auditors for the financial year 2023 pursuant to Article 287 of the
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
— having regard to Article 314(10) and Article 318 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
— having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July
2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU)
No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU)
No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation
(EU, Euratom) No 966/2012(6), and in particular Articles 260, 261 and 262 thereof,
— having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
23 September 2024 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union(7), and in particular
Articles 266, 267 and 268 thereof,
— having regard to the Bureau decision of 10 December 2018 on the Internal Rules on the implementation of the
European Parliament’s budget, and in particular Article 34 thereof,
— having regard to Rule 102 and Rule 106(3) of, and Annex V to, its Rules of Procedure,
— having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs,
— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0062/2025),
A. whereas the President adopted Parliament’s accounts for the financial year 2023 on 19 June 2024;
B. whereas the Secretary-General, as the principal authorising officer by delegation, certified, on 18 June 2024, his
reasonable assurance that the resources assigned for Parliament’s budget have been used for their intended purpose,
in accordance with the principles of sound financial management and that control procedures established give the
necessary guarantees concerning the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions;
C. whereas the Court of Auditors stated in its audit that, in its specific assessment of administrative and other
expenditure in 2023, it did not identify any serious weaknesses in the annual activity reports of the institutions and
bodies it examined as required by Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046;
(1) OJ L 58, 23.2.2023, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/budget/2023/1/oj.
(2) OJ C, C/2024/5462, 10.10.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5462/oj.
(3) OJ C, C/2024/3115, 23.5.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/3115/oj.
(4) OJ C, C/2024/5882, 9.10.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5882/oj.
(5) OJ C, C/2024/6041, 10.10.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6041/oj.
(6) OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1046/oj.
(7) OJ L, 2024/2509, 26.9.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/2509/oj.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1595/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 8.10.2025
1. Grants its President discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Parliament for the
financial year 2023;
2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to
arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union(L series).
The President The Secretary-General
Roberta METSOLA Alessandro CHIOCCHETTI
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