Specific provisions for first-time evaluations
Article 23
1. In light of the findings, the evaluation report following a first-time evaluation drafted in accordance with Article 20(1) to (4) shall be accompanied by draft recommendations for remedial actions. The Commission shall submit a proposal to the Council to adopt the recommendations concerned no later than 4 months after the end of the evaluation activity. 2. The Council shall adopt recommendations. It may set time limits for the implementation of specific recommendations. The Council shall transmit the recommendations to the European Parliament and to the national parliaments. 3. The evaluated Member State shall submit to the Commission and the Council an action plan to implement all the recommendations. After consulting the team which has carried out the evaluation activity, the Commission shall provide the evaluated Member State with a review of the adequacy of the action plan within 1 month of its submission. If the Commission does not consider that the action plan is adequate, the evaluated Member State shall submit a revised action plan. The evaluated Member State shall report to the Commission and the Council on the implementation of the action plan every 6 months from the date of notice of receipt of the review. 4. Where the evaluation report concludes that the evaluated Member State does not fulfil the conditions necessary to apply the Schengen acquis , the Commission shall organise one or more revisits. The team shall draft a revisit report in accordance with Article 20(1) to (4) assessing the progress made in the implementation of the Council recommendations. The Commission shall adopt, by means of an implementing act, the revisit report. That implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 30(2). The Commission shall submit the revisit report and a proposal for Council recommendations, if appropriate, to the Council for adoption by means of an implementing decision. 5. When considering that the action plan can be closed, the Commission shall organise a verification visit before the closure of the action plan. The Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council of the outcome of the verification visit. The Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council that the action plan can be closed. The Council shall, on the basis of the Commission proposal and taking into account the outcome of the verification visit, adopt an implementing decision approving the closure of the action plan. 6. Member States for which a Council decision stating that the provisions of the Schengen acquis are to apply in full has been adopted shall be evaluated in accordance with Article 1(2), point (a), no later than 1 year from the date of the full application of the Schengen acquis in that Member State. The annual evaluation programme shall be updated to this end.