Date: 2025-10-08Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU) 2025/1615 of the European Parliament of 7 May 2025 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for the financial year 2023
**Executive Summary**
The document is a decision by the European Parliament to grant discharge to the Director of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) regarding the implementation of ACER's budget for the financial year 2023. The decision was made on May 7, 2025, and is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series) on October 8, 2025. The President is instructed to forward the decision to relevant parties and arrange for its publication.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Discharge Granted:** The European Parliament grants discharge to the Director of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) concerning the execution of ACER’s budget for the financial year 2023.
* **Observations:** The European Parliament sets out its observations regarding the budget implementation in a resolution.
* **Forwarding and Publication:** The President of the European Parliament is instructed to:
* Forward the decision and the resolution to:
* The Director of ACER
* The Council
* The Commission
* The Court of Auditors
* Arrange for the publication of the decision and resolution in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
**Impact Analysis**
**European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) Director**
* **Impact:** Granted discharge for the implementation of the agency's budget for the financial year 2023.
* **Action Required:** Review the resolution and take action on the observations noted by the European Parliament.
**Council, Commission, and Court of Auditors**
* **Impact:** They are informed of the decision made by the European Parliament.
* **Action Required:** Review the decision and resolution upon receipt.
**European Parliament President**
* **Impact:** Responsible for executing the instructions of the European Parliament.
* **Action Required:** Forward the decision and resolution to the specified parties and arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
Key Entities Referenced
European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators: The agency whose budget discharge for the financial year 2023 is the subject of this decision.
European Parliament: The institution issuing the decision on the budget discharge.
Regulation (EU) 2019/942: The regulation establishing the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators.
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046: Regulation establishing the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union.
Court of Auditors: EU institution that provides assurance on the reliability of the accounts and the legality of the underlying transactions.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1615 8.10.2025
DECISION(EU) 2025/1615 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 7 May 2025
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for the
Cooperation of Energy Regulators for the financial year 2023
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators
for the financial year 2023,
— having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2023, together with the
agencies’ replies(1),
— having regard to the statement of assurance(2)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 the Council’s recommendation of 17 February 2025 on discharge to be given to the Agency in
respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2023 (05755/2025 – C10-0024/2025),
— having regard to Article 319 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(3), and in particular Article 70 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(4), and in particular
Article 70 thereof,
— having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/942 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019
establishing a European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators(5), and in particular Article 35
thereof,
— having regard to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/715 of 18 December 2018 on the framework
financial regulation for the bodies set up under the TFEU and Euratom Treaty and referred to in Article 70 of
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council(6), and in particular
Article 105 thereof,
— having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,
— having regard to the opinions of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the Committee on the
Environment, Climate and Food Safety, the Committee on Transport and Tourism, the Committee on Fisheries, the
Committee on Culture and Education, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, and the
Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality,
— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0065/2025),
(1) OJ C, C/2024/6332, 24.10.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6332/oj.
(2) OJ C, C/2024/6041, 10.10.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6041/oj.
(3) OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1046/oj.
(4) OJ L, 2024/2509, 26.9.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/2509/oj.
(5) OJ L 158, 14.6.2019, p. 22, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/942/oj.
(6) OJ L 122, 10.5.2019, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2019/715/oj.
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OJ L, 8.10.2025
1. Grants the Director of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators discharge in respect of
the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2023;
2. Sets out its observations in the resolution below;
3. Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Director of the
European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, 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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