Date: 2025-10-08Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU) 2025/1637 of the European Parliament of 7 May 2025 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2023
**Executive Summary**
This document is a decision by the European Parliament concerning the discharge of the acting Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in regards to the implementation of the Authority's budget for the financial year 2023. The decision was made on May 7, 2025, and instructs the President to forward it to relevant parties for publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Discharge Granted:** The European Parliament grants the acting Executive Director of the EFSA discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority’s budget for the financial year 2023.
* **Observations Set Out:** The Parliament's observations regarding the implementation are detailed in a separate resolution.
* **Instruction for Forwarding:** The President of the Parliament is instructed to forward this decision and the resolution to:
* The acting Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority.
* The Council.
* The Commission.
* The Court of Auditors.
* **Publication Mandate:** The President is instructed to arrange for the publication of the decision and resolution in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
**Impact Analysis**
**Acting Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority**
*Impact*
Receives discharge for the implementation of the 2023 budget.
*Action Required*
Review the resolution for observations and act accordingly.
**Council, Commission, and Court of Auditors**
*Impact*
Informed of the decision regarding the EFSA's budget discharge for 2023.
*Action Required*
Review the decision and resolution.
**President of the European Parliament**
*Impact*
Required to act on the instruction of the Parliament.
*Action Required*
Forward the decision and resolution to the specified parties and arrange for their publication.
Key Entities Referenced
European Food Safety Authority: The subject of the discharge decision, concerning the implementation of its budget.
European Parliament: The institution making the discharge decision.
Regulation (EC) No 178/2002: Regulation establishing the European Food Safety Authority and defining its role.
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046: Regulation on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union.
Court of Auditors: Provides annual report on EU agencies and statement of assurance regarding accounts.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1637 8.10.2025
DECISION(EU) 2025/1637 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 7 May 2025
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Food Safety Authority
for the financial year 2023
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Food Safety Authority 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 Authority 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 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002
laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority
and laying down procedures in matters of food safety(5), and in particular Article 44 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 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2002/178/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 acting Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority discharge in respect of the
implementation of the Authority’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 acting
Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority, 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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