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1. Within 2 months of the adoption by the Commission of the evaluation report including recommendations, pursuant to Article 20(4), or the adoption of the Council recommendations, pursuant to Article 20(5), the evaluated Member State shall submit to the Commission and the Council an action plan to implement all the recommendations. The other Member States shall be invited to comment on the action plan.

2. 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 within 1 month of the receipt of the review. The Commission shall also present the review of the action plan to the Council.

3. The evaluated Member State shall report to the Commission and the Council on the implementation of its action plan every 6 months from the date of notice of receipt of the review of the action plan until the Commission considers the action plan fully implemented. Depending on the nature of the deficiencies and the state of implementation of the recommendations, the Commission, in consultation with the evaluated Member State, may require of the evaluated Member State a different reporting frequency. If the evaluated Member State does not report regularly on the implementation of the action plan, the Commission shall inform the Council and the European Parliament that the evaluated Member State is not fulfilling its obligations. The Commission may carry out verification visits to monitor the progress of the implementation of the action plan. Where the Commission considers the action plan fully implemented, it shall inform the Member States about the closure of the action plan.