8 The Commission verifies compliance and may The study concludes with a set of recommen- suspend reimbursements if conditions are not dations for both the EU and Member States. met. It uses qualitative criteria, considering both These recommendations address the allocation judicial and non-judicial sources. Member States of additional BMVI resources anticipated in the are required to have in place mechanisms to implementation of the Pact and the BMVI mid-term address fundamental rights breaches and report review. They also emphasize the need for strict non-compliance cases to monitoring commit- enforcement of fundamental rights conditional- tees. The study finds, however, challenges such ity, enhanced participation of civil society in EU as limited awareness and accessibility of these funding monitoring committees, and planning for complaint mechanisms lead to low reporting rates the next Multiannual Financial Framework beyond and delays in resolving issues. Additionally, a lack 2027. of transparency in the overall framework presents another significant challenge. During the approval phase of the national programmes, the Commission requested additional clarifications on various issues in Member States. This includes lack of access to asylum procedures in Greece, reception and detention conditions in Cyprus and Greece, allegations of pushbacks, anti-discrimination issues in Poland, and deficiencies in judicial independence in Hungary. However, only the programmes of Hungary, Cyprus and Poland were considered incompliant with the horizontal enabling conditions related to the Charter in the beginning of 2023. All programmes were eventually approved after exchanges between the Commission and Member States. Criticisms from the European Parliament regarding transparency in the assessment process lead to a lawsuit concerning budget disbursement to Hungary.