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1. The Agency shall provide operational and technical assistance to a Member State in accordance with this Chapter:

(a) at the request of the Member State with regard to the implementation of its obligations under the CEAS;

(b) at the request of the Member State where its asylum or reception system is subject to disproportionate pressure;

(c) where the Member State faces disproportionate migratory challenges and requests operational and technical reinforcement through the deployment of migration management support teams in accordance with Article 21;

(d) on its own initiative with the agreement of the Member State where the Member State’s asylum or reception system is subject to disproportionate pressure;

(e) where it provides operational and technical assistance in accordance with Article 22.

2. The Agency shall organise and coordinate the appropriate operational and technical assistance, which may entail taking one or more of the following operational and technical measures in a manner that fully respects fundamental rights:

(a) assist Member States with the identification and registration of third-country nationals, as appropriate, in close cooperation with other Union bodies, offices and agencies;

(b) assist Member States with receiving and registering applications for international protection;

(c) facilitate the examination by the competent national authorities of applications for international protection or provide those authorities with the necessary assistance in the procedure for international protection;

(d) facilitate joint initiatives of Member States for the processing of applications for international protection;

(e) assist with the provision of information on the procedure for international protection;

(f) advise on, assist with or coordinate the setting up or the provision of reception facilities by Member States, in particular emergency accommodation, transport and medical assistance;

(g) provide adequate support to Member States in carrying out their tasks and obligations under Regulation (EU) No 604/2013;

(h) assist with the relocation or transfer of applicants for or beneficiaries of international protection within the Union;

(i) provide interpretation services;

(j) assist Member States in ensuring that all the necessary safeguards with respect to the rights of the child and child protection are in place, in particular as regards unaccompanied minors;

(k) assist Member States in identifying applicants in need of special procedural guarantees or applicants with special reception needs, or other persons in a vulnerable situation, including minors, in referring those persons to the competent national authorities for appropriate assistance on the basis of national measures and in ensuring that all the necessary safeguards for those persons are in place;

(l) form part of the migration management support teams at hotspot areas referred to in Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 in close cooperation with other relevant Union bodies, offices and agencies;

(m) deploy asylum support teams;

(n) deploy technical equipment for asylum support teams, as appropriate.

3. The Agency shall finance or co-finance the operational and technical measures set out in paragraph 2 from its budget in accordance with the financial rules applicable to the Agency.

4. The Executive Director shall evaluate the result of the operational and technical measures set out in paragraph 2 of this Article. Within 60 days of the end of the provision of those measures, the Executive Director shall transmit to the Management Board detailed evaluation reports, together with the observations of the fundamental rights officer, in accordance with the reporting and evaluation scheme provided for in operational plans as referred to in Article 18(2), point (k). The Agency shall make a comprehensive comparative analysis of those results, which shall be included in the annual report on the situation of asylum in the Union referred to in Article 69.