Study on the assessment of Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 and the policy options for its amendment : Final report ; Evaluation

The present report constitutes the Final Report of the “Study on the assessment of Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003 (‘Brussels IIa’ Regulation) and the policy options for its amendment”, carried out by Deloitte on behalf of the European Commission, Directorate-General for Justice. It presents the completed Evaluation of the Brussels IIa Regulation, which looks into the Relevance, Coherence, Effectiveness, Efficiency, as well as EU added value and utility of this instrument. The assessment of Effectiveness in the main body of the report is conducted at the level of the specific and general objectives. A more detailed analysis of this evaluation criterion, at the level of the operational objectives, is presented in the separate volume of Analytical annexes. The Impact Assessment on the Regulation, which was conducted within the framework of the same assignment, and was based on this Evaluation, is provided in an other separate volume.

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Year of publication:	2015-05
Other Persons:	Chalsège, Luc (contributor)
Institutions:	Deloitte ; Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Justiz und Verbraucher (contributor) ; coffey (contributor)
Subject:	Bewertung \| evaluation \| Ehe \| marriage \| EU \| Familienrecht \| family law \| Gericht \| court \| Kind \| child \| Recht \| law \| Rechtsanwendung \| legal usage

1 Introduction to the report
2 Objectives and scope of the Evaluation and the Impact Assessment Study
2.1 Objectives of the Evaluation and the Impact Assessment Study
2.2 Scope of the Study
3 Evaluation of the Brussels IIa Regulation
3.1 Relevance
3.1.1 Evolution of the initial problem
3.1.2 The relevance of the scope of the Regulation in view of the current needs or problems faced by EU citizens
3.2 Coherence
3.2.1 Delineation of scope with other EU instruments
3.2.2 Interrelationships between the Regulation and relevant Conventions
3.2.3 Interrelationship with the Nordic Convention
3.3 Effectiveness
3.3.1 Achievement of the specific objectives
3.3.2 Achievement of the general objectives
3.3.3 Challenges and additional measures affecting the application of the Brussels IIa Regulation in the Member States
3.4 Efficiency
3.4.1 Effects of the Brussels IIa Regulation on the additional costs of the cross - border cases covered by the Regulation compared to domestic proceedings
3.4.2 Costs of the Regulation
3.4.3 Could the same effects have been achieved at lower costs?
3.4.4 Possible simplification of the Regulation
3.5 EU added value and utility
3.5.1 EU added value
3.5.2 Utility
3.6 Main conclusions of the evaluation
3.6.1 Relevance
3.6.2 Coherence
3.6.3 Effectiveness
3.6.4 Efficiency
3.6.5 EU added value and utility

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