‘The Annual Reports on the implementation of the Data Collection Framework, as specified in Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1283 of 24 August 2018, are submitted to DG MARE by Member States on 31 May each year. The Annual Reports are evaluated by a dedicated STECF Expert Working Group (EWG). The STECF evaluation of the EWG results and the STECF advice on the Annual Reports are published on the STECF website. The Member States are encouraged to address the STECF to improve and meet the standards of data collection in the EU framework’.