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Ex post evaluations
Ex post evaluations are used throughout the European Commission to assess whether a specific intervention was justified and whether it worked (or is working) as expected in achieving its objectives and why.
Ex post evaluations also look for unintended effects (i.e. those which were not anticipated at the time of the IA or SIA) and look for evidence of causality.
Ongoing evaluations
Central America Show or hide
Evaluation of the EU-Central America Association Agreement
- Evaluation Roadmap - May 2019
Georgia and Moldova Show or hide
Evaluation of the EU-Georgia and the EU-Moldova Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Areas
- Evaluation Roadmap - February 2020
Colombia, Ecuador and Peru Show or hide
Evaluation of the EU-Colombia/Ecuador/Peru Trade Agreement
- Evaluation Roadmap - February 2019
- Terms of reference - October 2019
Evaluation of six Euro-Med FTAsShow or hide
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)
- Interim technical report – March 2020
- Final Inception Report - July 2019
- Evaluation Roadmap - 20 November 2017
Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP)Show or hide
Interim evaluation of the EU Regulation No 978/2012 on a scheme of generalised tariff preferences (GSP Regulation)
- Final Report - August 2020
- Inception Report – April 2017
- Consultation Strategy - February 2017
- Terms of reference - July 2016
- Evaluation Roadmap - May 2016
- Interim Report - September 2017
Completed evaluations
2021/01: EU-Cariforum EPAShow or hide
Evaluation of the CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement
- Final report - January 2021
- Final report executive summary (ES) - January 2021
- Implementation report - January 2021
- Implementation report executive summary - January 2021
- Inception Report - June 2019
- Terms of reference - October 2018
- Evaluation Roadmap - July 2018
2019/03: EU-Korea FTAShow or hide
Evaluation of the Free Trade Agreement between the EU and its Member States and the Republic of Korea
- Final Report
- Staff Working Documents for the Evaluation
- Interim technical report - June 2017
- Inception Report – October 2016
- Evaluation Roadmap - September 2015
- Terms of reference - December 2015
2017/02: EU – Mexico FTAShow or hide
Ex post evaluation of the implementation of the EU – Mexico Free Trade Agreement
2015/09: Key medicinesShow or hide
Evaluation of Council Regulation (EC) No 953/2003 to avoid trade diversion into the European Union of certain key medicines
2014/09: EU-Cariforum EPAShow or hide
Monitoring the implementation and results of the Cariforum-EU EPA
2012/03: EU-ChileShow or hide
Evaluation of the economic impact of the Trade Pillar of the EU-Chile Association Agreement
- Final Report - March 2012
How are the evaluations carried out?

The Better Regulation Agenda is about designing and evaluating EU policies and laws transparently.
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.