Ex-post evaluation of the impact of trade chapters of the Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreements with six partners

This report presents the results of an ex-post evaluation of the impact of trade chapters of the Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreements with six partners (Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco and Tunisia).

The purpose of the evaluation was to assess the achievement of the main objectives of the trade chapters of the Euro-Mediterranean Association Agreements as well as of the supplementarytrade-related protocols or agreements complementing the FTAs.

The evaluation assessed the extent to which the objectives of the Euro-Med FTAs have been reached in terms of the following criteria listed in the EU's Better Regulation guidelines and toolbox: effectiveness, efficiency, coherence and relevance.

The evaluation has been commissioned by the Directorate General for Trade (DG TRADE) of the European Commission and it has been implemented by the Consortium consisting of Ecorys and the Center for Social and Economic Research (CASE), supported by the Euro-Mediterranean Forum of Institutes of Economic Sciences (FEMISE).

It is expected that the evaluation will help to determine best practice and lessons learned from the FTAs in order to better inform further implementation of the current Euro-Med FTAs as well as to enable cross fertilization of the gained insights across the various countries in the region to further enhance the Euro-Mediterranean partnership.

The report is available via the following link: https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/fab9bddd-9106-1...