Date: 2025-10-08Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU) 2025/1633 of the European Parliament of 7 May 2025 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2023
**Executive Summary**
This document is a Decision of the European Parliament, issued on May 7, 2025, granting discharge to the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency (EEA) regarding the implementation of the EEA's budget for the financial year 2023. It also outlines observations related to the budget implementation. The Decision instructs the President to forward the decision and related resolution to relevant parties for publication in the Official Journal.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Discharge:**
* The European Parliament grants discharge to the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency (EEA) for the implementation of the agency’s budget in the financial year 2023.
* **Observations:**
* The European Parliament sets out observations related to the discharge in an attached resolution.
* **Instruction for Forwarding:**
* The President of the European Parliament is instructed to forward the decision and the resolution to the following entities:
* The Executive Director of the EEA
* The Council
* The Commission
* The Court of Auditors
* The decision and resolution must be published in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
**Impact Analysis**
**Executive Director of the European Environment Agency (EEA)**
**Impact**
* Receives discharge for the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2023, indicating approval of budget execution.
* Is subject to the observations outlined in the resolution accompanying the decision.
**Action Required**
* Review the resolution for observations and implement necessary actions to address any issues raised.
**Council, Commission, Court of Auditors**
**Impact**
* Are informed of the European Parliament's decision regarding the discharge of the EEA's budget.
**Action Required**
* Review the decision and resolution.
Key Entities Referenced
European Environment Agency: The EU agency whose budget implementation is being discharged.
European Parliament: The EU body issuing the decision on the discharge of the European Environment Agency's budget.
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046: Regulation on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union
Court of Auditors: Provides the annual report and statement of assurance on the European Environment Agency's financial year 2023.
Council: The EU body that issued a recommendation on the discharge to be given to the Agency.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1633 8.10.2025
DECISION(EU) 2025/1633 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 7 May 2025
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Environment Agency
for the financial year 2023
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Environment 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 401/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on
the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network(5), and in
particular Article 13 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 126, 21.5.2009, p. 13, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/401/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 Environment 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 Environment 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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