Article 8
1. By 30 June of each year, the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council a report on the implementation of this Decision in the preceding year, including an evaluation of that implementation. The report shall: (a) examine the progress made in implementing the Union’s macro‐financial assistance; (b) assess the economic situation and prospects of the partners, as well as progress made in implementing the policy measures referred to in Article 3(1); (c) indicate the connection between the economic policy conditions laid down in the MOU, the partners’ on‐going economic and fiscal performance and the Commission’s decisions to release the instalments of the Union’s macro‐financial assistance. 2. Not later than two years after the expiry of the availability period referred to in Article 1(4), the Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council an ex‐post evaluation report, assessing the results and efficiency of the completed Union’s macro‐financial assistance and the extent to which it has contributed to the aims of the assistance.