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1. The Competence Centre shall ensure that its activities, including those managed through the national coordination centres and the Network, shall be subject to continuous and systematic monitoring and periodic evaluation. The Competence Centre shall ensure that the data for monitoring the implementation and results of the Union funding programmes referred to in point (b) of Article 4(3) are collected efficiently, effectively, and in a timely manner, and shall impose proportionate reporting requirements on recipients of Union funds and Member States. The conclusions of that evaluation shall be made public.

2. Once there is sufficient information available about the implementation of this Regulation, and in any event no later than 30 months after the date provided for in Article 46(4), the Commission shall prepare an implementation report on the activities of the Competence Centre, taking into account the preliminary input of the Governing Board, the national coordination centres and the Community. The Commission shall submit that implementation report to the European Parliament and to the Council by 30 June 2024. The Competence Centre and Member States shall provide the Commission with the information necessary for the preparation of that report.

3. The implementation report referred to in paragraph 2 shall include assessments of:

(a) the working capacity of the Competence Centre with regard to its mission, objectives, mandate and tasks and the cooperation and coordination with other stakeholders, in particular the national coordination centres, the Community and ENISA;

(b) the results achieved by the Competence Centre, having regard to its mission, objectives, mandate and tasks, and in particular the efficiency of the Competence Centre in coordinating Union funds and pooling expertise;

(c) the consistency of implementation tasks with the Agenda and the multiannual work programme;

(d) the coordination and cooperation of the Competence Centre with the Programme Committees of Horizon Europe and the Digital Europe Programme, in particular with a view to increasing consistency and synergies with the Agenda, the annual work programme, the multiannual work programme, Horizon Europe and the Digital Europe Programme;

(e) joint actions.

4. After submission of the implementation report referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of the Competence Centre, taking into account the preliminary input from the Governing Board, the national coordination centres and the Community. That evaluation shall refer to or update, as necessary, the assessments referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article and shall be carried out before expiry of the period specified in Article 47(1), in order to determine in a timely manner whether it is appropriate to extend the duration of the mandate of the Competence Centre beyond that period. That evaluation shall assess legal and administrative aspects regarding the mandate of the Competence Centre and the potential to create synergies and avoid fragmentation with other Union institutions, bodies, offices and agencies. If the Commission considers that the continuation of the Competence Centre is justified with regard to its mission, objectives, mandate and tasks, it may make a legislative proposal to extend the duration of the mandate of the Competence Centre set out in Article 47.

5. On the basis of the conclusions of the implementation report referred to in paragraph 2, the Commission may take appropriate actions.

6. The monitoring, evaluation, phasing out and renewal of the contribution from Horizon Europe shall be carried out in accordance with Articles 10, 50 and 52 of Regulation (EU) 2021/695 and agreed implementation arrangements.

7. The monitoring, reporting and evaluation of the contribution from the Digital Europe Programme shall be carried out in accordance with Articles 24 and 25 of Regulation (EU) 2021/694.

8. In the event of a winding-up of the Competence Centre, the Commission shall conduct a final evaluation of the Competence Centre within six months of the winding-up of the Competence Centre, and in any event no later than two years after the triggering of the winding-up procedure referred to in Article 47. The results of that final evaluation shall be submitted to the European Parliament and to the Council.