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 another separate volume.