Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1294 CHAPTER V — FINAL PROVISIONS

Evaluation

Article 29

1.   The Commission shall carry out an evaluation on the operation of the mechanism as part of the review pursuant to Article 45 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. 2.   The evaluation shall focus on the assessment of synergies between the mechanism and other relevant Union programmes, on the effectiveness of the mechanism in contributing to the objectives set out in Article 3(5) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, in point (d) of Article 32(3), in Article 32(4) and in Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, on the effectiveness of providing repayable forms of support from the mechanism to projects, and on the effectiveness of combining repayable forms of support with non-repayable forms of support through blending operations under the Union investment support instrument. 3.   On the basis of the results of the evaluations referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall, where appropriate, make proposals to ensure that the mechanism progresses towards the achievement of the objectives referred to in paragraph 2. 4.   The Commission shall submit the results of the evaluations carried out pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 to the Energy Union Committee and shall make them publicly available.

Reporting

Article 30

1.   By 31 October of every year, the Commission shall submit to the Energy Union Committee a report on the operation of the mechanism, its contribution to the Union’s binding target for renewable energy in 2030 and to the objectives of the European Green Deal. The report shall be made public. 2.   By 31 October of every year, the Commission shall report to the Energy Union Committee and to the European Parliament on the use of the external assigned revenues from Member States and of the Union funds received by the mechanism, the amount of support that was allocated in the previous year and the remaining uncommitted funds in the mechanism.

Article 31

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .