Statistics
Article 46
1. For monitoring of readmission cooperation with third countries, the Commission may on an annual basis request the following data to be communicated to Frontex, regarding relevant third countries, disaggregated per each third country: (a) number of requests for confirmation of nationality and number of positive and negative replies received concerning confirmation of nationality requests; (b) number of requests for issuance of travel documents, of which the number of requests for issuance of travel documents in cases where nationality was confirmed, number of travel documents issued by the third-country authorities and number of negative replies concerning the request for issuance of travel documents. 2. Frontex shall grant the Commission access to the data referred to in paragraph 1. The data referred to in paragraph 1, points (a) and (b), disaggregated by Member State, may be communicated to third countries for the purposes of monitoring the implementation of, and compliance with, readmission obligations, including in the framework of the Union readmission instruments. 3. Member States shall, upon request of the Commission, provide the necessary information for completing the assessment pursuant to Article 7(9), in particular statistics on the number of third-country nationals subject to return decisions issued by another Member State and the number of third-country nationals removed or returned on the basis of recognised return decisions and, where relevant, decisions ordering removal issued by another Member State within a specified period of time. 4. The Commission shall, for the purposes of this Article and where possible, make use of the information made available under Regulation (EC) No 862/2007. 5. Where the Commission submits a legislative proposal under Article 7(10), it shall, if necessary, propose amendments to this Article, taking into account relevant legislative developments in digitalisation.