COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2022/1528

of 4 July 2022

supplementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1077 of the European Parliament and of the Council with provisions on the establishment of a monitoring and evaluation framework

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/1077 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 establishing, as part of the Integrated Border Management Fund, the Instrument for financial support for customs control equipment (1), and in particular Article 12(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The indicators for reporting on the progress of the Instrument for financial support for customs control equipment (‘the Instrument’) in achieving the general and specific objectives set out in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1077 are listed in Annex II to that regulation.

(2) The indicators listed in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2021/1077, while suitable for the purpose of annual monitoring of performance, are not sufficient in order to enable a comprehensive monitoring and evaluation of the Instrument’s activities and results in achieving its general and specific objectives. Therefore, additional indicators should be laid down as part of the monitoring and evaluation framework.

(3) The indicators should measure the outputs, results and impacts of the Instrument, taking into account the existing reporting and evaluation requirements established in Articles 11, 12 and 13 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1077.

(4) To ensure that data for monitoring and evaluation of the Instrument are collected efficiently, effectively and in a timely manner, proportionate reporting requirements should be imposed on the recipients of the Instrument’s funds, while minimising an administrative burden,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Monitoring and evaluation framework indicators and reporting requirements

1. When monitoring and evaluating the Instrument in accordance with Article 12 and 13 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1077 the following indicators shall be used as part of the monitoring and evaluation framework:

(a) the indicators (2) set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2021/1077,which shall measure the results of the Instrument;

(b) the indicators set out in the Annex to this Regulation, which shall measure the outputs, results and impacts of the Instrument.

2. The underlying data used by the Commission to measure the indicators referred to in paragraph 1 shall be provided by the recipients of the Union funds on an annual basis, when such data are available. The results obtained from the yearly reports, from Border Crossing Points and customs laboratories, should be submitted to the Commission through, but not limited to, national administrations’ annual communication, application for funding and predefined surveys addressed to them by the Commission.

3. The Commission shall use the information provided by the recipients of Union funds to measure the indicators referred to in paragraph 1, as part of the monitoring and evaluation framework.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union

.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 4 July 2022.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

(1)

OJ L 234, 2.7.2021, p. 1

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(2) Referred to as result indicator ‘RES 1.3’

ANNEX

List of additional indicators with regard to the customs control equipment Instrument monitoring and evaluation framework referred to in Regulation (EU) 2021/1077

1.

Output indicators:

(a) OP 1.1: Number of pieces of equipment per Member States Border Crossing Points (BCP) and Customs Laboratories that were purchased, maintained or upgraded through CCEI funds;

(b) OP 1.2: Use of equipment concerned per Member States’ Border Crossing Points and customs laboratories that were purchased, maintained or upgraded through customs control equipment Instrument funds;

(c) OP 1.3: Proportion of national administrations who report positively on the overall customs control equipment Instrument’s support and the efficiency of the implementation process.

2.

Results indicators:

(a) RES 1.1: Specific results achieved by Member States through use of CCEI funded equipment;

(b) RES 1.2: Proportion of national administrations who agree that the Customs Control Equipment Instrument has contributed to adequate customs controls with equivalent results;

(c) RES 1.4: Coverage of risks and threats present at Border Crossing Points/laboratories contributing to a harmonised application of customs controls;

(d) RES 2: Proportion of national administrations who report positively on the contribution of the customs control equipment Instrument to the better implementation of the Customs Risk Management Framework (CRMF).

3.

Impact indicator:

IMP 1: Contribution of the CCEI to the objectives of the Customs Union

(a) IMP 1 sub-1: Contribution of the CCEI to the protection of the financial and economic interests of the Union;

(b) IMP 1 sub-2: Contribution of the CCEI to ensuring the safety and security of the Union and its citizens;

(c) IMP 1 sub-3: Contribution of the CCEI to the protection of the Union from illegal trade and the facilitation of legitimate business activity.