Date: 2025-10-08Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU) 2025/1625 of the European Parliament of 7 May 2025 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2023
**Executive Summary**
This document is a Decision of the European Parliament regarding the discharge of the budget implementation of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the financial year 2023. It grants the Executive Director of EASA discharge, outlining observations in a resolution to follow. The decision was made on May 7, 2025, and is to be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Granting of Discharge**:
* The European Parliament grants the Executive Director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) discharge for the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2023.
* **Observations**:
* The observations of the European Parliament are detailed in a resolution related to this decision.
* **Instruction**:
* The President of the European Parliament is instructed to forward the decision and associated resolution to the following entities:
* Executive Director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)
* The Council
* The Commission
* The Court of Auditors
* The President must also arrange for publication of the decision and resolution in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
**Impact Analysis**
**Executive Director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)**
* **Impact**: Granted discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2023.
* **Action Required**: Acknowledge the discharge and review the observations outlined in the resolution for future budget implementation.
**Council, Commission, and Court of Auditors**
* **Impact**: Must be informed of the decision and the accompanying resolution.
* **Action Required**: Review the decision and resolution to understand the Parliament's position on EASA's budget implementation and any recommendations.
**President of the European Parliament**
* **Impact**: Responsible for communication and publication of the decision and its resolution.
* **Action Required**: Forward the decision and resolution to the designated entities and arrange for publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
Key Entities Referenced
European Union Aviation Safety Agency: Central to the policy, this is the EU agency whose budget implementation is being discharged.
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046: Financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: Framework that outlines the EU's operation and budget management.
Court of Auditors: Independent external auditor of EU finances.
European Parliament: The directly elected parliamentary body of the European Union.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1625 8.10.2025
DECISION(EU) 2025/1625 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 7 May 2025
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Aviation Safety
Agency for the financial year 2023
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency 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) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2018 on
common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Union Aviation Safety Agency, and amending
Regulations (EC) No 2111/2005, (EC) No 1008/2008, (EU) No 996/2010, (EU) No 376/2014 and
Directives 2014/30/EU and 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulations
(EC) No 552/2004 and (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation
(EEC) No 3922/91(5), and in particular Article 121 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 212, 22.8.2018, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1139/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 Executive Director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency 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 Executive
Director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, 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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