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Where the law stands, Dossier 2024/2023(DEC)

2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - Court of Auditors

Discharge procedure · First reading

Parliament checks how an EU institution or agency spent a past year’s budget and signs it off — or refuses to.

Where it stands

Parliament’s position

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 8 October 2025 and now EU law.

  1. Referred to committee(done) 17 September 2024
  2. Committee work(done) Report adopted 18 March 2025
  3. Tabled for plenary(done) 31 March 2025
  4. Plenary vote(done) Adopted 7 May 2025
  5. Parliament’s position(done) Final

Decided in plenary

7 May 2025 · decision 7

EU budget & funds, Budget decision

Discharge 2023: EU general budget – Court of Auditors

Discharge decision adopted On the proposal for a discharge decision: 630 for · 16 against · 16 abstained by an overwhelming majority

AI summary:Parliament also instructed its President to forward the decision to the Council, Commission, and Court of Auditors.

What changed

  • Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament

    AI summary:Deletes a paragraph on Council nominations and Parliament's role in evaluating candidates. The other changes are formal or wording: renumbering, punctuation, capitalization, and terminology updates.

    See the changes →

  • Committee draft → Tabled for plenary

    AI summary:The main change is postponing the discharge decision for the Court of Auditors for 2023. The resolution adds numerous calls for expanded audits, including EIB operations, and for full access to FENIX and other tools. It strengthens demands on transparency and ethics, including joining the Transparency Register and cooperating with EPPO investigations. It adds concerns about gender balance, recruitment, and staff well-being, with calls for more action. The other changes are formal or wording updates, including renumbering and minor rephrasing.

    See the changes →

Who works on it

Lead committee
Budgetary Control
Dick Erixon (ECR)
Caterina Chinnici (EPP), Csaba Molnár (S&D), Virginie Joron (Patriots), Olivier Chastel (Renew), Damian Boeselager (Greens), Pasquale Tridico (The Left), Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
Committees giving an opinion
  • Public Health
  • Budgets
  • Employment and Social Affairs
  • Environment, Climate and Food Safety
  • Internal Market and Consumer Protection
  • Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
  • Transport and Tourism
  • Constitutional Affairs
  • Regional Development
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Culture and Education
  • Fisheries
  • Security and Defence
  • Legal Affairs
  • Development
  • Agriculture and Rural Development
  • Economic and Monetary Affairs
  • International Trade
  • Industry, Research and Energy
  • Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

The text, version by version

Newest first.

  1. Adopted by Parliament· 7 May 2025

    Adopted text TA10-0081/2025

    AI summary:Parliament grants discharge to the Court of Auditors for the 2023 budget and adopts a resolution with observations on its management, performance, ethics, and cooperation.

    What changed since Report A10-0047/2025 →

  2. Tabled for plenary· 31 Mar 2025

    Report A10-0047/2025

    AI summary:Parliament grants discharge to the Court of Auditors for the 2023 budget and adopts observations in a resolution covering budget management, audits, staffing, ethics, and cooperation.

    What changed since Draft report (CONT) →

  3. Committee draft· 17 Dec 2024

    Draft report (CONT)

    AI summary:This draft report concerns discharge for the Court of Auditors' 2023 budget. It proposes granting discharge and includes observations on the Court's financial management, performance, and operations.

Timeline

Newest first.

Outcome 1 step

  1. 8 October 2025

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

Plenary stage 4 steps

  1. 7 May 2025

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 7 May 2025 Adopted text TA10-0081/2025Report A10-0047/2025

  2. 6 May 2025

    Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 6 May 2025 Council / Commission text C10-0067/2024Council / Commission text C10-0068/2024Council / Commission text C10-0069/2024Council / Commission text C10-0070/2024Council / Commission text C10-0071/2024Council / Commission text C10-0072/2024Council / Commission text C10-0073/2024Council / Commission text C10-0074/2024Council / Commission text C10-0075/2024Council / Commission text C10-0076/2024Council / Commission text C10-0077/2024Council / Commission text C10-0078/2024Council / Commission text C10-0079/2024Report A10-0046/2025Report A10-0047/2025Report A10-0050/2025Report A10-0051/2025Report A10-0052/2025Report A10-0053/2025Report A10-0054/2025Report A10-0055/2025Report A10-0056/2025Report A10-0062/2025Report A10-0065/2025Report A10-0069/2025Report A10-0074/2025

  3. 30 April 2025

    4 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

    Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.

    Amendments 1–2Amendments 3–4

  4. 31 March 2025

    Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    Report A10-0047/2025

Committee stage 4 steps

  1. 18 March 2025

    Committee vote: report adopted

    CONT (Budgetary Control) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 11 February 2025

    Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of CONT (Budgetary Control) proposed changes to the draft.

    Amendments in committee (CONT)

  3. 17 December 2024

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in CONT (Budgetary Control). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (CONT)

  4. 17 September 2024

    Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; SANT (Public Health), BUDG (Budgets), EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality), TRAN (Transport and Tourism), AFCO (Constitutional Affairs), REGI (Regional Development), AFET (Foreign Affairs), CULT (Culture and Education), PECH (Fisheries), SEDE (Security and Defence), JURI (Legal Affairs), DEVE (Development), AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs), INTA (International Trade), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) give an opinion.

Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2024/2023(DEC)