Date: 2025-10-08Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU) 2025/1663 of the European Parliament of 7 May 2025 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of European Union Agency for Asylum for the financial year 2023
**Executive Summary**
This is Decision (EU) 2025/1663 of the European Parliament regarding the discharge of the European Union Agency for Asylum's budget implementation for the financial year 2023. The decision postpones granting discharge to the Agency's Executive Director. The decision was made on May 7, 2025, and published in the Official Journal of the European Union on October 8, 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Decision Regarding Discharge:**
* The European Parliament postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Asylum discharge for the financial year 2023.
* The Parliament's observations are detailed in a separate resolution.
* **Instructions and Dissemination:**
* The President of the European Parliament is instructed to forward the decision and the resolution to several key entities:
* Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Asylum
* The Council
* The Commission
* The Court of Auditors
* The decision and resolution are to be published in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
**Impact Analysis**
**Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Asylum**
* **Impact:** The Executive Director's discharge is postponed, pending further resolution.
* **Action Required:** Await further resolution.
**Council, Commission, and Court of Auditors**
* **Impact:** They are informed of the decision and the resolution.
* **Action Required:** Review the decision and resolution to understand the issues raised by the European Parliament.
**President of the European Parliament**
* **Impact:** Responsible for forwarding the information
* **Action Required:** Send the decision and resolution to the specified entities and arrange publication in the Official Journal.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union Agency for Asylum: The agency whose budget implementation for 2023 is the subject of the discharge decision.
European Parliament: The primary decision-making body issuing the discharge decision.
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 EU agencies' financial year.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1663 8.10.2025
DECISION(EU) 2025/1663 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 7 May 2025
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of European Union Agency for Asylum
for the financial year 2023
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Agency for Asylum 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) No 439/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010
establishing a European Asylum Support Office(5), in particular Article 36 thereof,
— having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/2303 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2021
on the European Union Agency for Asylum and repealing Regulation (EU) No 439/2010(6), and in particular
Article 55 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(7), 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 132, 29.5.2010, p. 11, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2010/439/oj.
(6) OJ L 468, 30.12.2021, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/2303/oj.
(7) 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/2025/1663/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 8.10.2025
1. Postpones its decision on granting the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Asylum 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 Union Agency for Asylum, 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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