Date: 2025-10-08Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU) 2025/1679 of the European Parliament of 7 May 2025 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency for the financial year 2023
**Executive Summary**
This document is the European Parliament's Decision (EU) 2025/1679 of 7 May 2025 regarding the discharge of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency's budget implementation for the financial year 2023. The decision grants the Executive Director discharge, sets out observations in the resolution below, and instructs the President to forward the decision to relevant parties for publication. The Official Journal of the European Union (L series) contains the decision, published on 8 October 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Budget Discharge**:
* The European Parliament grants the Executive Director of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the agency's budget for the financial year 2023.
* **Observations**:
* The Parliament's observations are detailed in the resolution that accompanies the decision.
* **Distribution and Publication**:
* The President of the European Parliament is instructed to forward this decision and its accompanying resolution to:
* The Executive Director of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency
* The Council
* The Commission
* The Court of Auditors
* The President is also responsible for arranging the publication of the decision and resolution in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
**Impact Analysis**
**European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Executive Director)**
* **Impact:** Granted discharge in respect of the Agency's budget implementation for the financial year 2023.
* **Action Required:** Receive the decision and resolution from the European Parliament's President.
**Council, Commission, Court of Auditors**
* **Impact:** Receive the decision and resolution from the European Parliament's President.
* **Action Required:** Receive the decision and resolution from the European Parliament's President.
**European Parliament (President)**
* **Impact:** Responsible for ensuring the decision and resolution are properly distributed and published.
* **Action Required:** Forward the decision and resolution to the Executive Director of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, the Council, the Commission, and the Court of Auditors, and arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
Key Entities Referenced
Court of Auditors: Provided annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2023.
European Border and Coast Guard Agency: The subject of the budgetary discharge decision regarding the financial year 2023.
European Parliament: The institution issuing the decision on the discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency.
Regulation (EU) 2019/1896: Regulation on the European Border and Coast Guard and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1052/2013 and (EU) 2016/1624, and in particular Article 116 thereof.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: Referenced regarding Article 287 and Article 319 related to the functioning of the European Union.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1679 8.10.2025
DECISION(EU) 2025/1679 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 7 May 2025
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Border and Coast Guard
Agency for the financial year 2023
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency 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) 2019/1896 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2019
on the European Border and Coast Guard and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1052/2013 and (EU) 2016/1624(5),
and in particular Article 116 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 295, 14.11.2019, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2019/1896/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 Border and Coast Guard Agency 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 Border and Coast Guard Agency, 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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