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.