Date: 2025-10-08Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU) 2025/1634 of the European Parliament of 7 May 2025 on the closure of the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2023
**Executive Summary**
Decision (EU) 2025/1634 of the European Parliament, dated 7 May 2025, concerns the closure of the accounts of the European Environment Agency (EEA) for the financial year 2023. The decision approves this closure and instructs the President to forward it to relevant parties and arrange for publication in the Official Journal. The decision was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 8 October 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Account Closure:**
* The European Parliament approves the closure of the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2023.
* **Instruction for Forwarding:**
* The President is instructed to forward the decision to:
* The Executive Director of the European Environment Agency
* The Council
* The Commission
* The Court of Auditors
* **Publication:**
* The President is also instructed to arrange for the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
**Impact Analysis**
**European Environment Agency (EEA)**
* *Impact:* The accounts for the financial year 2023 are officially closed.
* *Action Required:* Awaits communication of the decision from the President of the European Parliament via the Executive Director.
**Council, Commission, and Court of Auditors**
* *Impact:* Informed of the European Parliament's decision to close the EEA's accounts for 2023.
* *Action Required:* Awaits notification of the decision from the President of the European Parliament.
**President of the European Parliament**
* *Impact:* Required to enact the instructions from the European Parliament.
* *Action Required:* Forward the decision to the EEA Executive Director, the Council, the Commission, and the Court of Auditors, and arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Key Entities Referenced
European Environment Agency: The EU agency responsible for providing independent information on the environment.
European Parliament: One of the legislative branches of the EU.
Court of Auditors: The EU institution responsible for auditing the EU's finances.
Council: A legislative branch of the European Union.
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046: The financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1634 8.10.2025
DECISION(EU) 2025/1634 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 7 May 2025
on the closure of the accounts 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.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1634/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 8.10.2025
1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2023;
2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Environment 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
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1634/oj