Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1239 of 17 June 2020 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/39 as regards the monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of the school scheme and the on-the-spot checks related thereto

1 Monitoring as referred to in Article 9 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/40 shall draw upon the data originating from management and control obligations, including those set out in Articles 4 and 5 of this Regulation. Member States shall submit their annual monitoring report referred to in Article 9(3) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/40 to the Commission by 31 January of the calendar year following the end of the school year concerned. Member States shall submit their annual control report on the on-the-spot checks carried out and the related findings referred to in Article 9(4) of that Regulation to the Commission by 31 October of the calendar year following the end of the school year concerned.

2 The evaluation report or, if a Member State implements the school scheme at regional level, the corresponding number of evaluation reports referred to in Article 9(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/40 shall concern the implementation of the school scheme in the first 5 school years of each period covered by the strategy drawn up at national or regional level pursuant to Article 23(8) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013. Member States shall submit their evaluation report or reports to the Commission by 1 March of the calendar year following the end of those 5 school years. The first evaluation reports shall be submitted by 1 March 2023. The minimum requirements for the format and content of the evaluation report or reports are set out in the Annex to this Regulation. Member States shall ensure that the report or reports submitted to the Commission do not include any personal data.

3 The Commission shall publish the annual monitoring reports and the evaluation reports submitted pursuant to the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 and paragraph 2.’;

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.