Date: 2025-10-08Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU) 2025/1702 of the European Parliament of 7 May 2025 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2023
**Executive Summary**
This is a decision by the European Parliament granting discharge to the Executive Director of the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) regarding the implementation of the SNS JU's budget for the financial year 2023. The decision was made on 7 May 2025 and includes a resolution with observations. The President of the European Parliament is instructed to forward the decision and resolution to relevant parties for publication.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Discharge Granted:**
* The Executive Director of the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking is granted discharge.
* The discharge relates to the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2023.
* **Observations:**
* The Parliament's observations are detailed in the resolution.
* **Instructions to the President:**
* The President of the European Parliament is instructed to forward the decision and its resolution.
* The decision and resolution are to be sent to the Executive Director of the SNS JU, the Council, the Commission, and the Court of Auditors.
* The President is to arrange for publication of the decision and resolution in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
**Impact Analysis**
**Executive Director of the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking**
* **Impact:** Granted discharge in respect of the budget implementation for 2023.
* **Action Required:** Review the decision and resolution and address any observations made by the Parliament.
**Council, Commission, and Court of Auditors**
* **Impact:** Receive the decision and resolution for review.
* **Action Required:** Review the decision and resolution.
**European Parliament President**
* **Impact:** Responsible for forwarding the decision.
* **Action Required:** Forward the decision and its resolution and arrange for its publication.
Key Entities Referenced
Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking: The entity whose budget implementation for the financial year 2023 is being discharged.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: Treaty referenced for matters relating to assurance and the budgetary process.
European Parliament: The primary decision-making body granting the discharge.
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046: Regulation cited for its financial rules applicable to the EU budget.
Court of Auditors: Provides the annual report and statement of assurance regarding the Joint Undertaking's accounts.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1702 8.10.2025
DECISION(EU) 2025/1702 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 7 May 2025
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Smart Networks and Services
Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2023
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
— having regard to the final annual accounts of the Smart Networks and Services 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) 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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OJ L, 8.10.2025
1. Grants the Executive Director of the Smart Networks and Services 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 Smart Networks and Services 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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