Date: 2025-10-08Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU) 2025/1673 of the European Parliament of 7 May 2025 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation for the financial year 2023
**Executive Summary**
This document is a decision by the European Parliament granting discharge to the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) regarding the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2023. It sets out observations in the resolution below and instructs the President to forward the decision to relevant parties, including the Council, the Commission, and the Court of Auditors. The date of the decision is May 7, 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Discharge Granted:**
* The European Parliament grants discharge to the Executive Director of Europol in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2023.
* **Observations Set Out:**
* The Parliament sets out its observations related to the budget implementation in the resolution below.
* **Instruction to President:**
* The President of the Parliament is instructed to forward the decision and its integral resolution.
* Recipients include the Executive Director of Europol, the Council, the Commission, and the Court of Auditors.
* The President is instructed to arrange for publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
**Impact Analysis**
**Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol)**
* **Impact:** Granted discharge for the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2023.
* **Action Required:** Review the observations set out in the resolution below.
**The Council, the Commission, and the Court of Auditors**
* **Impact:** Required to take note of the decision and resolution.
* **Action Required:** Review the decision and resolution upon receipt.
**European Parliament President**
* **Impact:** Tasked with communicating the decision to other entities.
* **Action Required:** Forward the decision and resolution to the Executive Director of Europol, the Council, the Commission, and the Court of Auditors, and arrange for publication in the Official Journal.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation: The agency whose budget implementation is being discharged.
European Parliament: The institution granting the budget discharge.
Regulation (EU) 2016/794: Regulation on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol).
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1673 8.10.2025
DECISION(EU) 2025/1673 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 7 May 2025
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Law
Enforcement Cooperation for the financial year 2023
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation 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) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the
European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and replacing and repealing Council
Decisions 2009/371/JHA, 2009/934/JHA, 2009/935/JHA, 2009/936/JHA and 2009/968/JHA(5), and in particular
Article 60 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 135, 24.5.2016, p. 53, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/794/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 Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation 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 Law Enforcement Cooperation, 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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