Statistics
1. By 1 March of each year, each Member State shall provide the Commission with statistics on the exchanges of information with other Member States under this Directive which took place during the previous calendar year.
2. Each Member State shall ensure that the statistics referred to in paragraph 1 cover, as a minimum:
(a)
the number of requests for information submitted by their Single Point of Contact and, where relevant, by their competent law enforcement authorities;
(b)
the number of requests for information that their Single Point of Contact and their competent law enforcement authorities received and the number of requests for information to which they replied, broken down by urgent and non-urgent requests and by requesting Member State;
(c)
the number of requests for information refused pursuant to Article 6, broken down by requesting Member State and by ground for refusal;
(d)
the number of cases in which there was a deviation from the time limits set out in Article 5(1) because it was necessary to obtain a judicial authorisation in accordance with Article 5(2), broken down by the Member States that submitted the requests for information concerned.
3. The Commission shall compile the minimum statistics provided by Member States under paragraph 2 and make them available to the European Parliament and to the Council.
Reporting
1. The Commission shall, by 12 June 2026 and every five years after 12 June 2027, submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council assessing the implementation of this Directive and containing detailed information on how each Member State has implemented this Directive. In compiling that report, the Commission shall pay particular attention to how efficiently competent law enforcement authorities exchanged information, the grounds for which requests for information were refused, in particular where requests fall outside the scope of the objectives of this Directive, and the compliance with provisions on data protection and the provision of information to Europol.
2. The Commission shall, by 12 June 2027 and every five years thereafter, submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council assessing the effectiveness of this Directive, in particular its impact on law enforcement cooperation, the obligations laid down in Article 14(3), point (a)(iii), and the protection of personal data. The Commission shall take into account the information provided by Member States and any other relevant information related to the transposition and implementation of this Directive, including, where applicable, practical obstacles that hamper its effective implementation. On the basis of that assessment, the Commission shall decide on appropriate follow-up actions, including, where appropriate, a legislative proposal.
Amendments to the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement
From 12 December 2024, the parts of Articles 39 and 46 of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement that have not been replaced by Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA are replaced by this Directive in so far as those Articles relate to the exchange of information falling within the scope of this Directive.
Repeal
Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA is repealed from 12 December 2024.
References to the repealed Framework Decision shall be construed as references to this Directive and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in the Annex.
Transposition
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 12 December 2024. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph, Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with Article 13 by 12 June 2027. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
When Member States adopt the measures referred to in the first and second subparagraphs, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by the Member States.
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main measures of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Entry into force
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
Addressees
This Directive is addressed to the Member States in accordance with the Treaties.
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