Article 18 · Directive (EU) 2024/1500

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Article 18Monitoring and reporting#

1.By 19 June 2026, the Commission shall, by means of an implementing act, establish a list of common indicators on the functioning of the equality bodies designated under this Directive. When preparing the indicators, the Commission may seek advice from the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, the European Institute for Gender Equality and from networks of equality bodies at Union level. The indicators shall cover the human, technical and financial resources, independent functioning, accessibility and effectiveness of equality bodies, as well as developments in their mandate, powers or structure, ensuring the comparability, objectivity and reliability of the data collected at national level. The indicators shall not be for the purpose of ranking or of issuing specific recommendations to individual Member States.The implementing act shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 22(2).

2.By 19 June 2031, and every 5 years thereafter, Member States shall provide the Commission with all relevant information regarding the application of this Directive. Such information shall include at least data on the functioning of equality bodies and shall take into account the reports drawn up by the equality bodies under Article 17, points (b) and (c).

3.The Commission shall draw up a report on the application and practical effects of this Directive, based on the information referred to in paragraph 2 and additional relevant data collected at national and Union level, in particular from equality bodies, networks of equality bodies at Union level such as Equinet, civil society organisations or other stakeholders, by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Institute for Gender Equality. The report shall address the independent functioning and the effectiveness of equality bodies in the Member States based on the indicators established pursuant to paragraph 1.