Proposal for a regulation
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11a Reporting The Commission shall monitor and review the application of this regulation and submit an overall progress report to the European Parliament and the Council, for the first time by 31 December 2016 and again after two years, on the effectiveness of the measures adopted to prevent unauthorised cross-border movements and combat cross-border crime. The report shall include at least the following: – procedures followed for exchanges of information and cooperation in practice between the Member States and the European external border surveillance system (Eurosur); – compliance by the Member States and the Agency with their operations under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue, the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and other relevant international instruments; – measures to be taken in future to improve maritime safety and enhance external border security.