Date: 2025-10-08Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU) 2025/1698 of the European Parliament of 7 May 2025 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Chips Joint Undertaking (before 21.9.2023 Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking) for the financial year 2023
**Executive Summary**
This document is a decision by the European Parliament regarding the discharge of the Chips Joint Undertaking's budget implementation for the financial year 2023. It grants discharge to the Executive Director, sets out observations in a resolution, and instructs the President to forward the decision and resolution to relevant parties for publication. The decision was made on May 7, 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Budget Discharge:**
* Grants the Executive Director of the Chips Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking's budget for the financial year 2023.
* **Observations and Instructions:**
* Sets out its observations in the resolution below.
* Instructs its President to forward the decision and the resolution (which forms an integral part of it) to the Executive Director of the Chips Joint Undertaking, the Council, the Commission, and the Court of Auditors.
* Arranges for the publication of the decision and resolution in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
**Impact Analysis**
**Chips Joint Undertaking Executive Director**
* **Impact:** Granted discharge for the implementation of the Joint Undertaking's budget for the financial year 2023.
* **Action Required:** Receive the decision and resolution from the President of the European Parliament.
**Council, Commission, and Court of Auditors**
* **Impact:** Required to review the decision and resolution regarding the discharge.
* **Action Required:** Receive the decision and resolution from the President of the European Parliament.
**European Parliament President**
* **Impact:** Responsible for forwarding the decision and resolution to relevant parties.
* **Action Required:** Forward the decision and resolution to the Executive Director of the Chips Joint Undertaking, the Council, the Commission, and the Court of Auditors. Arrange for the publication in the Official Journal.
Key Entities Referenced
Chips Joint Undertaking: The Joint Undertaking responsible for implementing the budget discharged in the decision.
European Parliament: The institution making the decision on the discharge of the Chips Joint Undertaking's budget.
Court of Auditors: An entity providing assurance and reports on the accounts and underlying transactions of the Chips Joint Undertaking.
Council: The institution providing a recommendation on discharge to be given to the Joint Undertaking.
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046: Regulation on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1698 8.10.2025
DECISION(EU) 2025/1698 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 7 May 2025
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Chips Joint Undertaking (before
21.9.2023 Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking) for the financial year 2023
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
— having regard to the final annual accounts of the Chips 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 regarding to Council Regulation (EU) 2023/1782 of 25 July 2023 amending Regulation (EU) 2021/2085
establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe, as regards the Chips Joint Undertaking(6),
— 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(7),
— 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) 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 229, 18.9.2023, p. 55, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/1782/oj.
(7) OJ L 142, 29.5.2019, p. 16, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2019/887/oj.
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OJ L, 8.10.2025
1. Grants the Executive Director of the Chips Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint
Undertaking’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 Chips Joint Undertaking, 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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