The study has now been completed; all reports produced are available for download below. The European Commission has also produced a position paper (July 2021) in response to the SIA.

Final report

  • Final report, March 2020 - Main report
  • Annexes I to V
  • Annex VI - Consultations report
  • Draft final report - Executive summary (EN)
  • Draft final report - Résumé (FR)
  • Draft final report - Zusammenfassung (DE)

Draft final report

  • Draft final report, 13 December 2019 - Main report (EN)
  • Annexes
  • Draft final report - Executive summary (EN)
  • Draft final report - Résumé (FR)
  • Draft final report - Zusammenfassung (DE)
  • Presentation of the draft final report, CSD meeting 17 December 2019

Inception report

  • Final Inception report, 10 May 2019 - Full report (EN)
  • Final Inception report - Executive summary (EN)
  • Final Inception report - Résumé (FR)
  • Final Inception report - Zusammenfassing (DE)
  • Presentation of the draft inception report, CSD meeting 04 April 2019
  • Draft inception report, 13 March 2019 - Full report (EN)

Analyses of the EU-New Zealand Trade Agreement

  • European Commission (2017), Commission Staff Working Document. Impact Assessment. Accompanying the document Recommendation for a Council Decision authorising the opening of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with New Zealand, SWD(2017) 289 final, Brussels, 13 September 2017
  • Ex-ante study of the EU-Australia and EU-New Zealand trade and investment agreements, Final Report (2017)

Information related to the negotiation of the Trade Agreement

  • Information on the EU - New Zealand Trade Negotiations provided by the European Commission: factsheets, textual proposals, etc.
  • Information on the FTA negotiations provided by the New Zealand Government, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
  • European Parliament's Legislative Train Schedule page on the FTA negotiations

Documents on methodological issues

  • European Commission (2017), Better Regulation “Toolbox”
  • European Commission (2016), Handbook for Trade Sustainability Impact Assessment, 2nd edition
  • European Commission (2015), Guidelines on the analysis of human rights impacts in impact assessments for trade-related policy initiatives
  • European Commission (2018), Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) Chapters in the EU Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), non-paper of the Commission services

Further links

  • European Commission's EU-New Zealand trade website: Provides information about the ongoing negotiations, trade statistics, etc.