Article 6Annual evaluation programme
1.
The Commission shall establish an annual evaluation programme by 31 October of the year preceding that to which the programme relates, taking into account in particular the risk analyses provided by Frontex in accordance with Article 7 and, where appropriate, the information provided by Europol and other Union bodies, offices and agencies, in particular in accordance with Article 8.
The annual evaluation programme shall include proposals for the evaluation of:
(a)
the application of the Schengen acquis or parts thereof by one Member State, as specified in the multiannual evaluation programme; and
(b)
where relevant, the application of specific parts of the Schengen acquis across several Member States (i.e. thematic evaluations).
2.
The Commission shall establish, by means of implementing acts, the first section of the annual evaluation programme, including a provisional time-schedule of the on-site visits. That section shall list the Member States to be evaluated in the following year in accordance with the multiannual evaluation programme, the areas to be evaluated and the on-site visits. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 21(2). The Commission shall transmit the annual evaluation programme to the European Parliament and to the Council.
3.
The Commission shall draft and adopt the second section of the annual evaluation programme. That section shall list the unannounced on-site visits to be carried out in the following year. It shall be considered confidential and shall not be communicated.
4.
The annual evaluation programme may be adapted, if necessary, in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3.
5.
The first annual evaluation programme shall be established by 27 May 2014. The starting date of that programme shall be 27 November 2014 and the end date shall be 31 December 2014.