Decision (EU) 2025/1685 of the European Parliament of 7 May 2025 on the closure of the accounts of the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2023
Date: 2025-05-07
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Joint Undertaking, bio-industry, closing of accounts, financial year, general budget (EU)








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2025/1685


8.10.2025







            DECISION (EU) 2025/1685 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
         
of 7 May 2025
         
on the closure of the accounts of the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2023


THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,







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having regard to the final annual accounts of the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2023,










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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),










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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,










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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),










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having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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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,










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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,










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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,










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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),










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having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Transport and Tourism,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0056/2025),













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Approves the closure of the accounts of the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2023;










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Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking, 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

Roberta METSOLA
            



The Secretary-General

Alessandro CHIOCCHETTI
            





(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.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1685/oj
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