1.The European standardisation organisations shall send an annual report on the implementation of this Regulation to the Commission. It shall contain detailed information on the following:
(a)the application of Articles 4, 5, 10, 15 and 17;
(b)the representation of SMEs, consumer organisations and environmental and social stakeholders in national standardisation bodies;
(c)the representation of SMEs on the basis of the annual reports referred to in Article 6(3);
(d)the use of ICT in the standardisation system;
(e)cooperation between the national standardisation bodies and European standardisation organisations.
2.The European stakeholder organisations that received Union financing in accordance with this Regulation shall send an annual report on their activities to the Commission. This report shall contain in particular detailed information about the membership of these organisations and the activities referred to in Article 16.
3.By 31 December 2015 and every five years thereafter, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the implementation of this Regulation. This report shall contain an analysis of the annual reports referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, an evaluation of the relevance of the standardisation activities receiving Union financing in the light of the requirements of Union legislation and policies as well as an assessment of potential new measures to simplify the financing of European standardisation and to reduce the administrative burden for the European standardisation organisations.