1. The Commission and Council shall constantly monitor whether a situation of crisis or force majeure, identified in a Commission implementing decision as referred to in Article 3(8) persists.
2. The Commission shall pay particular attention to the compliance with fundamental rights and humanitarian standards and may request the Asylum Agency to initiate a specific monitoring exercise pursuant to Article 15(2) of .
3. Where the Commission considers that the circumstances that led to the establishment of the situation of crisis or force majeure have ceased to exist, it shall propose to repeal the Council implementing decision referred to in Article 4(3). Where the Commission considers it appropriate on the basis of relevant information, it shall propose the adoption of a new Council implementing decision authorising the amendment or extension of the measures as established in accordance with Article 5(2).
4. The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and the Council, every three months after the entry into force of the Council implementing decision as referred to in Article 4(3), on the application of that decision, in particular on the effectiveness of the measures undertaken in resolving the situation of crisis or force majeure and shall determine whether the situation persists and whether the measures continue to be necessary and proportionate.