Dossier · Discharge procedure
2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Data Protection Supervisor
- Reference
- 2024/2028(DEC) Discharge procedure
- Where it stands
- Completed: published in the Official Journal on 8 October 2025 and now EU law.
- Stage
- Parliament’s position
- Lead committee
- Budgetary Control CONT
More facts (6)
- Rapporteur
- Joachim Stanisław BRUDZIŃSKI
- Shadow rapporteurs
- 6 members
- Decisions in plenary
- 1
- Last vote
- 7 May 2025 · Discharge decision adopted
- Versions
- 3 versions
- Opinions from
- JURI, LIBE
Where it stands
The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.
- Referred to committee (done) 17 September 2024
- Committee work (done) Report adopted 18 March 2025
- Tabled for plenary (done) 1 April 2025
- Plenary vote (done) Adopted 7 May 2025
- Parliament’s position (done) Final
Parliament checks how an EU institution or agency spent a past year’s budget and signs it off — or refuses to.
People
Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.
- Lead committee
- Budgetary Control CONT
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Kinga KOLLÁR (EPP), Csaba MOLNÁR (S&D), Virginie JORON (Patriots), Vlad VASILE-VOICULESCU (Renew), Damian BOESELAGER (Greens), Pasquale TRIDICO (The Left)
- Opinion: JURI
- Legal Affairs
- Opinion: LIBE
- Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs · rapporteur Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ (EPP)
Decisions in plenary, 1
Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.
| Date | Decision | Kind | Effect | Final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2025 | Discharge 2023: EU general budget – European Data Protection Supervisor | Budget | Discharge decision adopted | 564 for, 61 against, 43 abstained by roll call |
Every roll-call vote on the dossier, in date and voting order, with each group's line at the date of the vote.
Each group's clear line at the date of the vote: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided; “< 10 voted” when fewer took part. Result: outcome, for–against–abstained (method).
- 7 May 2025 Final vote
Adopted 564–61–43
- The Left
- For
- Greens
- For
- S&D
- For
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- For
- ECR
- For
- Patriots
- Divided
- ESN
- Abst.
- 7 May 2025 Amendment 3, adding text after paragraph 5
Rejected 118–507–33
- The Left
- Against
- Greens
- Against
- S&D
- Against
- Renew
- Against
- EPP
- Against
- ECR
- Divided
- Patriots
- For
- ESN
- For
- 7 May 2025 Final vote — text as a whole
Adopted 548–74–42
- The Left
- For
- Greens
- For
- S&D
- For
- Renew
- For
- EPP
- For
- ECR
- For
- Patriots
- Against
- ESN
- Abst.
Add members’ columns
Versions, 3
The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.
Adopted by Parliament7 May 2025
Adopted text TA10-0085/2025 TA-10-2025-0085
Tabled for plenary1 Apr 2025
Report A10-0053/2025 A-10-2025-0053
Committee draft17 Dec 2024
Draft report (CONT) CONT-PR-764990
AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
- Adopted text TA10-0085/2025: Parliament grants the European Data Protection Supervisor discharge for the 2023 budget and adopts a resolution with observations on budget management, HR, ethics, digitalisation, and interinstitutional cooperation.
- Report A10-0053/2025: Parliament grants discharge to the European Data Protection Supervisor for the 2023 budget and adopts a resolution with observations. The resolution notes budget implementation, staffing, and calls for improvements in transparency, gender balance, and environmental practices.
- Draft report (CONT): This draft report proposes granting the European Data Protection Supervisor discharge for the 2023 budget, with observations in a resolution. It notes budget implementation, performance, and challenges.
Committee opinions: Draft opinion (LIBE), Opinion (LIBE)
What changed, 2
Between consecutive versions, newest pair first. The overviews are written by AI from the two texts; the comparison shows every change.
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0053/2025 → Adopted text TA10-0085/2025
AI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source
The versions differ only in formal and wording changes: typographical fixes, punctuation adjustments, and citation updates.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary Draft report (CONT) → Report A10-0053/2025
AI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source
Adds calls for the EDPS to avoid inadmissible legal actions, cooperate with institutions, and finalise investigations on time. Adds concerns about mission costs and transparency, urging assessment and use of video-conferencing. Adds calls for gender parity, geographical balance, and mandatory ethics training in HR section. Adds calls for transparency on conflicts of interest, Transparency Register membership, and cybersecurity reporting. Adds calls for EMAS adoption and cooperation on fraud detection, plus notes on OLAF and minors' data.
Timeline, 11
Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.
Outcome 1 step · 8 Oct 2025
8 October 2025
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
Plenary stage 4 steps · 1 Apr 2025–7 May 2025
7 May 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 7 May 2025 Adopted text TA10-0085/2025Report A10-0053/2025
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
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.
1 April 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 6 steps · 17 Sept 2024–18 Mar 2025
18 March 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
CONT (Budgetary Control) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
10 February 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of CONT (Budgetary Control) proposed changes to the draft.
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.
17 December 2024
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in CONT (Budgetary Control). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
13 November 2024
Draft opinion from LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
17 September 2024
Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; JURI (Legal Affairs), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) give an opinion.
Connections
Texts, decisions, people and other dossiers related to this one.
Texts voted on
Other dossiers of the same rapporteur
- Dossier 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Council and Council 2024/2021(DEC) · Discharge procedure 22 Oct 2025 Discharge decision adopted
- Dossier 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - European External Action Service 2024/2024(DEC) · Discharge procedure 7 May 2025 Discharge decision adopted
- Dossier 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Economic and Social Committee 2024/2025(DEC) · Discharge procedure 7 May 2025 Discharge decision adopted
- Dossier 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - Committee of the Regions 2024/2026(DEC) · Discharge procedure 7 May 2025 Discharge decision adopted
- Dossier 2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Ombudsman 2024/2027(DEC) · Discharge procedure 7 May 2025 Discharge decision adopted
Dossiers sharing a running issue
- Dossier Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European Council and Council 2025/2147(DEC) · Discharge procedure 29 Apr 2026 Discharge decision adopted
- Dossier Draft amending budget no 2 to the general budget 2026 - update of revenue (own resources) and adjustments to expenditure 2026/0144(BUD) · Budgetary procedure 15 Sept 2026 Passed
- Dossier Draft amending budget no 1/2026: entering the surplus of the financial year 2025 2026/0090(BUD) · Budgetary procedure 7 Jul 2026 Passed
- Dossier Estimates of revenue and expenditure for the financial year 2027 – Section I – European Parliament 2025/2247(BUI) · Procedure type BUI 30 Apr 2026 Adopted
- Dossier Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - Court of Justice of the European Union 2025/2148(DEC) · Discharge procedure 29 Apr 2026 Discharge decision adopted
Sources & citation
Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.
- Official source
- Data source
- Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved
- 25 September 2026
Cite as
European Parliament (2025). “2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Data Protection Supervisor”. Dossier, 7 May 2025. procId 2024-2028, reference 2024/2028(DEC). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-2028 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2024%2F2028(DEC). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2024-2028 (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2024-2028,
author = {{European Parliament}},
title = {{2023 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Data Protection Supervisor}},
year = {2025},
date = {2025-05-07},
howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-2028}},
url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2024-2028},
urldate = {2026-09-25},
publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
note = {Dossier. procId 2024-2028, reference 2024/2028(DEC). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2024\%2F2028(DEC). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record (CC BY 4.0)}
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