Date: 2025-10-08Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU) 2025/1689 of the European Parliament of 7 May 2025 on the closure of the accounts of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2023
**Executive Summary**
This document is Decision (EU) 2025/1689 of the European Parliament, dated 7 May 2025. It concerns the closure of the accounts of the Europe's Rail Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2023. It instructs the president to forward the decision and arrange for its publication.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Approval:**
* The European Parliament approves the closure of the accounts of the Europe's Rail Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2023.
* **Instruction:**
* The President of the European Parliament is instructed to forward the decision to:
* The Executive Director of the Europe's Rail Joint Undertaking.
* The Council.
* The Commission.
* The Court of Auditors.
* The President is also instructed to arrange for the publication of this decision in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
**Impact Analysis**
**Europe's Rail Joint Undertaking Executive Director**
* **Impact:** The Executive Director will receive notification of the closure approval and is implicitly responsible for understanding the implications for the Undertaking.
* **Action Required:** Review and acknowledge the decision.
**Council**
* **Impact:** The Council will receive notification of the closure approval.
* **Action Required:** Review and acknowledge the decision.
**Commission**
* **Impact:** The Commission will receive notification of the closure approval.
* **Action Required:** Review and acknowledge the decision.
**Court of Auditors**
* **Impact:** The Court of Auditors will receive notification of the closure approval.
* **Action Required:** Review and acknowledge the decision.
**President of the European Parliament**
* **Impact:** Responsible for executing the decision.
* **Action Required:** Forward the decision and arrange for its publication.
Key Entities Referenced
Europe's Rail Joint Undertaking: The entity whose accounts are being closed by the European Parliament.
European Parliament: The legislative body approving the closure of accounts.
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.
Court of Auditors: Provides assurance on the reliability and legality of the accounts.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1689 8.10.2025
DECISION(EU) 2025/1689 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 7 May 2025
on the closure of the accounts of the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2023
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
— having regard to the final annual accounts of the Europe’s Rail 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 (recast)(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 Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2023;
2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the Europe’s Rail 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.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1689/oj 1/1