Date: 2025-10-08Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU, Euratom) 2025/1693 of the European Parliament of 7 May 2025 on the closure of the accounts of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy for the financial year 2023
**Executive Summary**
This is a decision (EU, Euratom) 2025/1693 of the European Parliament regarding the closure of accounts of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy for the financial year 2023, dated May 7, 2025. The document approves the closure of the accounts and instructs the President to forward the decision to relevant parties for publication.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Approval:**
* The European Parliament approves the closure of the accounts of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy for the financial year 2023.
* **Instructions:**
* The President of the European Parliament is instructed to forward this decision to:
* The Director of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy
* The Council
* The Commission
* The Court of Auditors
* The President is also instructed to arrange for the decision's publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
**Impact Analysis**
**Director of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy**
* **Impact:** Receives the decision regarding the closure of accounts for the financial year 2023.
* **Action Required:** No specific action mentioned beyond receiving the decision.
**The Council**
* **Impact:** Receives the decision regarding the closure of accounts for the financial year 2023.
* **Action Required:** No specific action mentioned beyond receiving the decision.
**The Commission**
* **Impact:** Receives the decision regarding the closure of accounts for the financial year 2023.
* **Action Required:** No specific action mentioned beyond receiving the decision.
**The Court of Auditors**
* **Impact:** Receives the decision regarding the closure of accounts for the financial year 2023.
* **Action Required:** No specific action mentioned beyond receiving the decision.
**President of the European Parliament**
* **Impact:** Responsible for ensuring the decision is communicated and published.
* **Action Required:** Forward the decision to the specified entities and arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
Key Entities Referenced
European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy: The Joint Undertaking is the primary subject of this decision, concerning the closure of its accounts.
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046: Regulation on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union.
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509: Regulation on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union
Council Decision No 2007/198/Euratom: Establishes the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy and confers advantages upon it.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/1693 8.10.2025
DECISION(EU, Euratom) 2025/1693 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 7 May 2025
on the closure of the accounts of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of
Fusion Energy for the financial year 2023
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of
Fusion Energy 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 Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
— 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 Council Decision No 2007/198/Euratom of 27 March 2007 establishing the European Joint
Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy and conferring advantages upon it(5), and in particular
Article 5 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),
— 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 90, 30.3.2007, p. 58, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2007/198/oj.
(6) OJ L 122, 10.5.2019, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2019/715/oj.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1693/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 8.10.2025
1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion
Energy for the financial year 2023;
2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Director of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the
Development of Fusion Energy, 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
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1693/oj