Date: 2025-10-08Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU) 2025/1616 of the European Parliament of 7 May 2025 on the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for the financial year 2023
**Executive Summary**
This document is a decision by the European Parliament concerning the closure of accounts for the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) for the financial year 2023. It approves the closure of ACER's accounts. The decision was made on May 7, 2025, and published in the Official Journal on October 8, 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Decision:**
* The European Parliament approves the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for the financial year 2023.
* **Instruction to the President:**
* The President of the European Parliament is instructed to forward the decision to:
* The Director of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators.
* The Council.
* The Commission.
* The Court of Auditors.
* The President is also instructed to arrange for the decision's publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
**Impact Analysis**
**European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)**
**Impact:** The agency's accounts for the financial year 2023 are officially closed.
**Action Required:** The Director of ACER must receive and acknowledge the decision.
**Council, Commission, Court of Auditors**
**Impact:** These entities are informed of the decision to close ACER's accounts for 2023.
**Action Required:** Receive and acknowledge the decision.
**President of the European Parliament**
**Impact:** Required to act on the decision.
**Action Required:** Forward the decision to the relevant parties and arrange for its publication in the Official Journal.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators: The agency whose accounts are being closed by this decision for the financial year 2023.
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046: Regulation on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, particularly Article 70.
European Parliament: One of the main entities issuing the decision regarding the closure of accounts.
Council: The Council's recommendation on discharge to the Agency is considered in the decision.
Court of Auditors: Audits the accounts and provides a statement of assurance.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1616 8.10.2025
DECISION(EU) 2025/1616 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 7 May 2025
on the closure of the accounts 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.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1616/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 8.10.2025
1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for
the financial year 2023;
2. Instructs its President to forward this decision 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 its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Union(L series).
The President The Secretary-General
Roberta METSOLA Alessandro CHIOCCHETTI
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