Date: 2025-10-08Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU) 2025/1676 of the European Parliament of 7 May 2025 on the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme for the financial year 2023
**Executive Summary**
This document is Decision (EU) 2025/1676 of the European Parliament, dated May 7, 2025, concerning the closure of accounts for the European Union Agency for the Space Programme for the financial year 2023. It approves the closure of the Agency's accounts and instructs the President to forward the decision. The decision will be published in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Approval of Account Closure:**
* The European Parliament approves the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme for the financial year 2023.
* **Instructions to the President:**
* The President is instructed to forward the decision to:
* The Executive Director of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme.
* The Council.
* The Commission.
* The Court of Auditors.
* The President is also instructed to arrange for the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
**Impact Analysis**
**European Union Agency for the Space Programme**
* **Impact:** Closure of accounts for financial year 2023 is approved. The Executive Director needs to be informed of the decision.
* **Action Required:** Receive and acknowledge the decision forwarded by the President of the European Parliament.
**Council**
* **Impact:** The Council needs to be informed of the decision.
* **Action Required:** Receive and acknowledge the decision forwarded by the President of the European Parliament.
**Commission**
* **Impact:** The Commission needs to be informed of the decision.
* **Action Required:** Receive and acknowledge the decision forwarded by the President of the European Parliament.
**Court of Auditors**
* **Impact:** The Court of Auditors needs to be informed of the decision.
* **Action Required:** Receive and acknowledge the decision forwarded by the President of the European Parliament.
**President of the European Parliament**
* **Impact:** Account closure of EU Agency for the Space Programme for 2023 approved
* **Action Required:** To forward the decision to the stakeholders listed in the document and arrange for the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
Key Entities Referenced
European Union Agency for the Space Programme: Central entity whose financial accounts for 2023 are being closed.
European Parliament: Issuing authority for the decision regarding the agency's accounts.
Court of Auditors: Provided the audit report and statement of assurance for the Agency's financial year 2023.
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046: Lays out the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: Provides legal basis related to accounts and underlying transactions
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1676 8.10.2025
DECISION(EU) 2025/1676 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 7 May 2025
on the closure of the accounts 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.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1676/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 8.10.2025
1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme for the financial year
2023;
2. Instructs its President to forward this decision 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 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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