Date: 2025-10-08Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU) 2025/1632 of the European Parliament of 7 May 2025 on the closure of the accounts of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2023
**Executive Summary**
This document is a Decision (EU) 2025/1632 of the European Parliament, dated 7 May 2025, concerning the closure of the accounts of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) for the financial year 2023. It approves the closure of the accounts and instructs the President to forward the decision for publication and to relevant parties. The document was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 8 October 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Approval of Accounts:** The European Parliament approves the closure of the accounts of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) for the financial year 2023.
* **Forwarding the Decision:** The President of the European Parliament is instructed to forward the decision to:
* The Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency
* The Council
* The Commission
* The Court of Auditors
* **Publication:** The President is instructed to arrange for the publication of this decision in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
**Impact Analysis**
**European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)**
* **Impact:** The ECHA's accounts for the financial year 2023 are formally closed.
* **Action Required:** No specific action required as the accounts are closed, but the Executive Director will receive the forwarded decision.
**Council, Commission, Court of Auditors**
* **Impact:** Official notification of the closure of the ECHA's accounts.
* **Action Required:** Note the decision, likely for record-keeping and oversight purposes.
**President of the European Parliament**
* **Impact:** Responsible for ensuring the execution of the decision.
* **Action Required:** Forward the decision to relevant parties and arrange for its publication in the Official Journal.
Key Entities Referenced
European Chemicals Agency: EU agency whose accounts are being reviewed and approved for closure for the financial year 2023.
European Parliament: The EU institution adopting the decision on the closure of accounts.
Court of Auditors: Provides the audit report and statement of assurance on the reliability of the accounts.
Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH): Regulation establishing the European Chemicals Agency and concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1632 8.10.2025
DECISION(EU) 2025/1632 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 7 May 2025
on the closure of the accounts of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2023
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Chemicals 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 (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December
2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a
European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93
and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission
Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC(5), and in particular Article 97 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),
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(4) OJ L, 2024/2509, 26.9.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/2509/oj.
(5) OJ L 396, 30.12.2006, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1907/oj.
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OJ L, 8.10.2025
1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2023;
2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency, 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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