Legal basis for the current EU GSP
- Council Regulation (EU) No 978/2012 of 25 October 2012 (expiring on 31 December 2023)
Documents related to the review of the EU GSP and the development of a new EU GSP Regulation
- Midterm evaluation of the EU Generalised Scheme of Preferences (2018): this link provides access to the the Commission's report to the European Parliament and the Council, the corresponding Commission's Staff Working Document, and the external consultant's evaluation report.
- European Parliamentary Research Service (December 2018): The Generalised Scheme of Preferences Regulation (No 978/2012). European Implementation Assessment.
- European Parliament non-legislative resolution on the implementation of the GSP Regulation on 14 March 2019.
- European Commission's inception impact assessment for a post-2023 GSP regulation: this link also provides access to feedbacl provided by stakeholders on the roadmap.
Documents on methodological issues
- European Commission (2017), Better Regulation “Toolbox”
- European Commission (2015), Guidelines on the analysis of human rights impacts in impact assessments for trade-related policy initiatives
Further links
- European Commission's GSP website: note the recently published report on the GSP for 2018-2019
- European Commission's website on rules of origin under the GSP
- GSP Hub website
- Website of the 2018 GSP mid-term evaluation