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Where the law stands, Dossier 2024/2029(DEC)

2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Public Prosecutors Office (the ‘EPPO’)

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) 1 April 2025
  4. Plenary vote(done) Adopted 7 May 2025
  5. Parliament’s position(done) Final

Decided in plenary

7 May 2025 · decision 13

EU budget & funds, Budget decision

Discharge 2023: European Public Prosecutor’s Office

Discharge decision adopted On the proposal for a discharge decision: 481 for · 157 against · 24 abstained by a large majority

AI summary:Parliament granted discharge to the Administrative Director of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office for implementing its 2023 budget, approving the spending.

What changed

  • Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament

    AI summary:Adds a paragraph urging resources for the COVID-19 vaccine investigation and expands EPPO competence to third countries. The other changes are formal or wording: renumbering, acronym expansion, punctuation, and spelling corrections.

    See the changes →

  • Committee draft → Tabled for plenary

    AI summary:The decision on discharge and closure of accounts is postponed instead of granted and approved. Adds calls for more resources, staffing, and funding for EPPO, including in next MFF. Expands EPPO competence description and adds new paragraphs on asset recovery, RRF investigations, and cooperation with other bodies. Adds stronger integrity measures: public disclosure, revolving door policy, whistleblowing procedure, and meeting register. Other changes are formal or wording: corrected regulation number, paragraph renumbering, and minor rephrasing.

    See the changes →

Who works on it

Lead committee
Budgetary Control
Tomáš Zdechovský (EPP)
Csaba Molnár (S&D), Virginie Joron (Patriots), Gilles Boyer (Renew), Damian Boeselager (Greens), Pasquale Tridico (The Left)
Committees giving an opinion

The text, version by version

Newest first.

  1. Adopted by Parliament· 7 May 2025

    Adopted text TA10-0087/2025

    AI summary:Parliament grants discharge to the Administrative Director of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) for the 2023 budget and approves the closure of its accounts.

    What changed since Report A10-0051/2025 →

  2. Tabled for plenary· 1 Apr 2025

    Report A10-0051/2025

    AI summary:The committee report proposes granting discharge to the Administrative Director of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) for the 2023 budget and approving the closure of its accounts, with observations in a resolution.

    What changed since Draft report (CONT) →

  3. Committee draft· 17 Dec 2024

    Draft report (CONT)

    AI summary:This draft report concerns granting discharge to the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) for the 2023 budget. It proposes granting or postponing discharge and closing accounts, with observations on budget, management, and operations.

Committee opinions: Opinion (LIBE), Draft opinion (LIBE)

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 TA10-0087/2025Report A10-0051/2025

  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

    9 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

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

    Amendments 1–3Amendment 4Amendments 5–6Amendments 7–9

  4. 1 April 2025

    Report tabled for plenary

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

    Report A10-0051/2025

Committee stage 6 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. 6 February 2025

    LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    Opinion (LIBE)

  3. 5 February 2025

    Amendments tabled in committee

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

    Amendments in committee (CONT)

  4. 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)

  5. 13 November 2024

    Draft opinion from LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs)

    An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.

    Draft opinion (LIBE)

  6. 17 September 2024

    Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs), JURI (Legal Affairs) give an opinion.

Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2024/2029(DEC)