Date: 2025-10-08Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU) 2025/1687 of the European Parliament of 7 May 2025 on the closure of the accounts of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2023
**Executive Summary**
Decision (EU) 2025/1687 of the European Parliament, dated 7 May 2025, approves the closure of the accounts of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2023. The decision references various regulations, reports, and recommendations considered by the Parliament. The decision is to be published in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series) on 8 October 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Approval:**
* The European Parliament approves the closure of the accounts of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2023.
* **Instructions:**
* The President of the Parliament is instructed to forward the decision to:
* The Executive Director of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking.
* The Council.
* The Commission.
* The Court of Auditors.
* The President is instructed to arrange for the decision's publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
**Impact Analysis**
**Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking Executive Director**
* **Impact**
* Must be aware of the Parliament's approval of the accounts' closure.
* **Action Required**
* Receive the decision from the President of the Parliament.
**Council**
* **Impact**
* Must be aware of the Parliament's approval of the accounts' closure.
* **Action Required**
* Receive the decision from the President of the Parliament.
**Commission**
* **Impact**
* Must be aware of the Parliament's approval of the accounts' closure.
* **Action Required**
* Receive the decision from the President of the Parliament.
**Court of Auditors**
* **Impact**
* Must be aware of the Parliament's approval of the accounts' closure.
* **Action Required**
* Receive the decision from the President of the Parliament.
Key Entities Referenced
Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking: Subject of the financial accounts closure decision.
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046: Regulation on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union.
Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085: Regulation establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe.
European Parliament: The issuer of the decision.
Court of Auditors: Provides the statement of assurance on the reliability of the accounts.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1687 8.10.2025
DECISION(EU) 2025/1687 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 7 May 2025
on the closure of the accounts of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2023
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
— having regard to the final annual accounts of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2023,
— having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on the EU Joint Undertakings for the financial year 2023,
together with the Joint Undertakings’ 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 Joint
Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2023 (05757/2025 – C10-0025/
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 71 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 71 thereof,
— having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 of 19 November 2021 establishing the Joint Undertakings
under Horizon Europe and repealing Regulations (EC) No 219/2007, (EU) No 557/2014, (EU) No 558/2014, (EU)
No 559/2014, (EU) No 560/2014, (EU) No 561/2014 and (EU) No 642/2014(5), and in particular Article 26 thereof,
— having regard to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/887 of 13 March 2019 on the model financial
regulation for public-private partnership bodies referred to in Article 71 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of
the European Parliament and of the Council(6),
— having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,
— having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Transport and Tourism,
— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0056/2025),
1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2023;
2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking, 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
(1) OJ C, C/2024/6841, 13.11.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/6841/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 427, 30.11.2021, p. 17, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/2085/oj.
(6) OJ L 142, 29.5.2019, p. 16, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2019/887/oj.
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