- Trade topics
- Trade policy
Ex-post evaluations also look for unintended effects (i.e. those which were not anticipated at the time of the Impact Assessment or Sustainability Impact Assessment) and look for evidence of causality.
Methodology
How are the evaluations carried out?
Evaluations are prepared by Commission services in accordance with the related Better Regulation Guidelines and Better Regulation Toolbox. Results of the evaluation work are summarised in a Commission Staff Working document.
When part, or all of, the evaluation work was outsourced to an external consultant, their evaluation report is published as well.
Better Regulation Agenda
The Better Regulation Agenda is about designing and evaluating EU policies and laws transparently.
Ongoing evaluations
Japan
Evaluation of the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement
- Terms of Reference - June 2024
Canada
Evaluation of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
- Final Inception Report - May 2024
- Annexes - May 2024
- Draft Inception Report - April 2024
- Annexes - April 2024
- Call for Evidence - March 2024
- Terms of Reference - July 2023
Impact of the EU’s agreements on key environmental aspects, including the climate
- Draft Inception Report - January 2024
Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Evaluation of the EU-SADC Economic Partnership Agreement
Final Report:
- Final Report (including Case Studies and Appendices) - September 2024
- Executive Summary (other languages) - September 2024
Draft Final Report:
- Draft Final Report - March 2024
- Appendices - March 2024
- Executive Summary (other languages) - March 2024
- Case Studies - March 2024
Interim Report:
- Final Interim Report, December 2023
- Annexes, December 2023
Inception Report:
- Final Inception Report - June 2023
- Annex 1: Consultation Plan - June 2023
- Draft Inception Report - May 2023
Terms of Reference and Evaluation Roadmap:
- Evaluation Roadmap - June 2023
- Terms of Reference - September 2022
Completed evaluations
2023/10: Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
Evaluation of the EU-Colombia/Ecuador/Peru Trade Agreement
More information about the EU-Colombia-Ecuador-Peru ex-post evaluation
Staff Working Document:
Main report – October 2023
Executive Summary (other languages) – October 2023
Final Report:
- Volume I: Main Report (other languages)
- Volume II: Annexes
- Volume III: Case Studies (other languages)
- Executive Summary (other languages)
Interim Report:
- Final Interim Report - July 2021
- Draft Interim Report – March 2021
- Annex – March 2021
Inception Report:
- Inception Report - November 2020
Terms of Reference and Evaluation Roadmap:
- Terms of Reference - October 2019
- Evaluation Roadmap - February 2019
2023/9: Georgia and Moldova
Evaluation of the EU-Georgia and the EU-Moldova Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas
- Final Report - Georgia - September 2023
- Annexes - September 2023
- Final Report - Moldova - September 2023
- Annexes - September 2023
Draft Final Report:
- Draft Final Report - Georgia – July 2022
- Annexes – July 2022
- Draft Final Report - Moldova – July 2022
- Annexes – July 2022
Draft Inception Report:
- Draft Inception Report – April 2021
- Appendix B: Draft Consultation Strategy - April 2021
Terms of Reference and Evaluation Roadmap:
- Terms of Reference - July 2020
- Evaluation Roadmap - February 2020
2023/06: Evaluation of the EU-Central America Association Agreement
Staff Working Document:
Main Report – June 2023
Executive Summary (other languages) – June 2023
Final Report:
- Final Report (other languages) – September 2022
- Annexes A-F – September 2022
- Annexes: Case Studies (other languages) – September 2022
- Executive Summary (other languages) – September 2022
Infographics:
Draft Final Report:
- Draft Final Report – May 2022
- Annexes A-F – May 2022
- Annexes G-H – May 2022
Inception Report:
- Inception Report – May 2021
- Annex A – May 2021
- Annex B - Consultation strategy and plan – May 2021
Terms of Reference and Evaluation Roadmap:
- Terms of Reference – July 2020
- Evaluation Roadmap – May 2019
2021/03: Evaluation of six Euro-Med FTAs
Evaluation of the trade component of the EU's Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreements with six Mediterranean partner countries (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia)
- Final Report - March 2021
- Staff Working Documents for the Evaluation and its summary - November 2021
- Executive Summary of the Final Report - March 2021
- Interim Technical Report – March 2020
- Final Inception Report - July 2019
- Evaluation Roadmap - 20 November 2017
2021/01: EU-Cariforum EPA
Evaluation of the CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement
- Staff Working Document Executive Summary (other languages) and Document, September 2024
- Final Report - January 2021
- Executive Summary of the Final Report (other languages) - January 2021
- Implementation Report - January 2021
- Executive Summary of the Implementation Report - January 2021
- Inception Report - June 2019
- Terms of Reference - October 2018
- Evaluation Roadmap - July 2018
2020/08: Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP)
Interim evaluation of the EU Regulation No 978/2012 on a scheme of generalised tariff preferences (GSP Regulation)
- Final Report - August 2020
- Interim Report - September 2017
- Inception Report - April 2017
- Consultation Strategy - February 2017
- Terms of Reference - July 2016
- Evaluation Roadmap - May 2016
2019/03: EU-Korea FTA
Evaluation of the Free Trade Agreement between the EU and its Member States and the Republic of Korea
- Final Report
- Staff Working Document for the Evaluation
- Interim technical report - June 2017
- Inception Report – October 2016
- Terms of Reference - December 2015
- Evaluation Roadmap - September 2015
2017/02: EU-Mexico FTA
Ex-post evaluation of the implementation of the EU-Mexico Free Trade Agreement
2015/09: Key medicines
Evaluation of Council Regulation (EC) No. 953/2003 to avoid trade diversion into the European Union of certain key medicines
2014/09: EU-Cariforum EPA
Monitoring the implementation and results of the Cariforum-EU EPA
2012/03: EU-Chile
Evaluation of the economic impact of the Trade Pillar of the EU-Chile Association Agreement
- Final Report - March 2012
