Date: 2025-10-08Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU) 2025/1664 of the European Parliament of 7 May 2025 on the closure of the accounts of European Union Agency for Asylum for the financial year 2023
**Executive Summary**
Decision (EU) 2025/1664 of the European Parliament, dated 7 May 2025, addresses the closure of accounts for the European Union Agency for Asylum for the financial year 2023. It references numerous related regulations and reports. The decision was published in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series) on 8 October 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Decision:**
* Postpones the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for Asylum for the financial year 2023.
* **Instructions:**
* Instructs its President to forward the decision to the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Asylum, the Council, the Commission, and the Court of Auditors.
* Arranges for the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
**Impact Analysis**
**Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Asylum, the Council, the Commission, and the Court of Auditors**
* **Impact:** Receipt of the European Parliament's decision regarding the closure of accounts.
* **Action Required:** Take note of the decision and act accordingly.
**President of the European Parliament**
* **Impact:** Responsible for the dissemination of the decision.
* **Action Required:** Forward the decision to the relevant parties and arrange for its publication.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union Agency for Asylum: Central entity whose financial accounts are the subject of the decision.
European Parliament: The institution adopting the decision on the closure of accounts.
Court of Auditors: Provides the annual report and statement of assurance used in the decision.
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046: Regulation on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union.
Council: Provides a recommendation on the discharge to be given to the Agency.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1664 8.10.2025
DECISION(EU) 2025/1664 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 7 May 2025
on the closure of the accounts 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/2025/1664/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 8.10.2025
1. Postpones the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for Asylum for the financial year 2023;
2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Asylum,
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
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