Date: 2025-10-08Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU) 2025/1675 of the European Parliament of 7 May 2025 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme for the financial year 2023
**Executive Summary**
This document is a Decision (EU) 2025/1675 of the European Parliament, issued on May 7, 2025, concerning the discharge of the budget implementation for the European Union Agency for the Space Programme for the financial year 2023. It grants the Executive Director discharge in respect of the budget and sets out observations in a related resolution to be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The Decision will be published on October 8, 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Discharge Decision**: The European Parliament grants the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme discharge regarding the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2023.
* **Observations**: The Parliament sets out its observations related to the discharge in the resolution.
* **Forwarding and Publication**: The Parliament instructs its President to forward the decision and resolution to the Executive Director, the Council, the Commission, and the Court of Auditors for publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
**Impact Analysis**
**Executive Director of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme**
**Impact**
Grants discharge to the director in respect of the agency budget implementation for the financial year 2023.
**Action Required**
To take note of the resolution by the European Parliament.
**Council, Commission, and Court of Auditors**
**Impact**
Affected by the decision and resolution of the European Parliament.
**Action Required**
To arrange for the publication of the decision and resolution in the Official Journal.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union Agency for the Space Programme: The agency responsible for implementing the Space Programme budget. The decision concerns discharge in respect of the implementation of its budget.
European Parliament: The institution granting discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget.
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046: Regulation on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: Referenced for defining the Court of Auditors' role and providing the legal basis for the discharge procedure.
Court of Auditors: Provides the annual report on EU agencies and the statement of assurance regarding the reliability of accounts.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1675 8.10.2025
DECISION(EU) 2025/1675 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 7 May 2025
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for the
Space Programme for the financial year 2023
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme 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) 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021
establishing the Union Space Programme and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme and repealing
Regulations (EU) No 912/2010, (EU) No 1285/2013 and (EU) No 377/2014 and Decision No 541/2014/EU(5), and
in particular Articles 85 and 86 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 170, 12.5.2021, p. 69, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/696/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 the Space Programme 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 the Space Programme, 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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