Only cite the source if you checked all the boxes.
Tick is correct, it was published in 2016.
Yes, you find references in footnotes and an extensive reference list.
Although the main target group of this publication are policy makers, the author complies with academic standards, and thus produces information that is relevant for scholars and can be part of scholarly debate.
The author himself is not part of the scholarly community - but EU assigned the research to him due to his expertise in the field. The guarantee for his expertise cannot be concluded from his name (he has no academic title / no academic affiliation), but from the institution, which stands for reliable and unbiased information.
The author / the institution is interested in reliable information as a basis of policy making.
