Date: 2025-10-08Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU) 2025/1661 of the European Parliament of 7 May 2025 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2023
**Executive Summary**
This is a Decision (EU) 2025/1661 of the European Parliament, dated 7 May 2025, concerning the discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2023. It grants discharge to the Director of the European Training Foundation. The Decision instructs the President to forward the decision and its resolution to relevant bodies for publication.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Discharge:** Grants the Director of the European Training Foundation discharge in respect of the implementation of the Foundation's budget for the financial year 2023.
* **Observations:** Sets out its observations in the resolution below.
* **Forwarding and Publication:** Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to:
* The Director of the European Training Foundation
* The Council
* The Commission
* The Court of Auditors
And to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
**Impact Analysis**
**European Training Foundation Director**
**Impact**: Granted discharge in respect of the implementation of the Foundation's budget for the financial year 2023.
**Action Required**: N/A
**Council, Commission, and Court of Auditors**
**Impact**: Receive the decision and resolution.
**Action Required**: N/A
**European Parliament President**
**Impact**: Required to forward the decision and resolution.
**Action Required**: Forward the decision and resolution to the Director of the European Training Foundation, the Council, the Commission, and the Court of Auditors, and arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
Key Entities Referenced
European Training Foundation: EU agency focused on vocational education and training; budget discharge is the subject of the document.
European Parliament: One of the legislative branches of the EU; issuing the decision on the budget discharge.
Council of the European Union: One of the legislative branches of the EU; made recommendation for budget discharge to the European Parliament.
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046: Financial regulation applicable to the general budget of the Union.
Court of Auditors: Auditing body providing statement of assurance on the reliability and legality of transactions.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1661 8.10.2025
DECISION(EU) 2025/1661 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 7 May 2025
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Training Foundation for
the financial year 2023
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Training Foundation 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 Foundation 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 1339/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December
2008 establishing a European Training Foundation(5), and in particular Article 17 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 354, 31.12.2008, p. 82, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2008/1339/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 Director of the European Training Foundation discharge in respect of the implementation of the
Foundation’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 Director of the
European Training Foundation, 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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