Date: 2025-10-08Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU) 2025/1636 of the European Parliament of 7 May 2025 on the closure of the accounts of the European Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2023
**Executive Summary**
This document is Decision (EU) 2025/1636 of the European Parliament, dated 7 May 2025, concerning the closure of the accounts of the European Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2023. It approves the closure of these accounts and instructs the President to forward the decision to relevant parties and arrange for its publication. The decision is to be published in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Approval of Accounts:**
* The European Parliament approves the closure of the accounts of the European Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2023.
* **Instructions to the President:**
* The President of the European Parliament is instructed to forward the decision to the:
* Executive Director of the European Fisheries Control Agency
* The Council
* The Commission
* The Court of Auditors
* 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 Fisheries Control Agency (Executive Director)**
* **Impact:** The Agency's accounts for the financial year 2023 are formally closed.
* **Action Required:** No specific action is listed for the Agency itself.
**Council, Commission, and Court of Auditors**
* **Impact:** Each entity will receive the decision for their records.
* **Action Required:** No specific action is listed for each entity individually.
**President of the European Parliament**
* **Impact:** Required to fulfill specific instructions.
* **Action Required:** Forward the decision to the listed parties and arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
Key Entities Referenced
European Fisheries Control Agency: EU agency responsible for operational coordination of fisheries control and inspection activities by the Member States.
European Parliament: One of the legislative bodies of the European Union.
Court of Auditors: Audits the finances of the European Union (EU).
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046: Financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union.
Council: A legislative body of the EU that represents the member states governments
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1636 8.10.2025
DECISION(EU) 2025/1636 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 7 May 2025
on the closure of the accounts of the European Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2023
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Fisheries Control 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) 2019/473 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 on the
European Fisheries Control Agency(5), and in particular Article 45 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 83, 25.3.2019, p. 18, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/473/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/2025/1636/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 8.10.2025
1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2023;
2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Fisheries Control 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/2025/1636/oj