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# Structure of an Evaluation

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## The assessment is structured into five steps:

1. The [**gathering of information**](/guide-devaluation-des-bilans-en/assessment-instructions/rapport-devaluation-et-pieces-justificatives/remplissage-du-rapport.md) specific to the assessment
2. The assessment of the [**prerequisites** ](/guide-devaluation-des-bilans-en/information-to-be-assessed/informations-a-evaluer/prerequis-et-auto-evaluation.md)of the different methods
3. The assessment of compliance with the [**methodological criteria**](/guide-devaluation-des-bilans-en/information-to-be-assessed/informations-a-evaluer/evaluation-du-respect-de-la-methodologie.md)
4. The assessment of the [**orders of magnitude, consistency of the assessment and relevance of its Transition Plan**](/guide-devaluation-des-bilans-en/information-to-be-assessed/informations-a-evaluer/ordres-de-grandeur-coherence-et-pertinence.md)
5. [**The transmission of the Evaluation result, as well as supporting documents**](/guide-devaluation-des-bilans-en/assessment-instructions/rapport-devaluation-et-pieces-justificatives.md)

The information required to carry out these five steps is accessible to the evaluator through various means depending on the assessment to be evaluated: for a Bilan Carbone®, the necessary information and documents will be provided directly to the Evaluation lead by the Organisation. The documents to be provided are listed in the [methodological guide to Bilan Carbone®](/guide-devaluation-des-bilans-en/resources/bibliographie.md#guide-methodologique-bilan-carbone-r). In the case of a regulatory GHG emissions report, the necessary information is available on the platform [Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory of ADEME, French Public Agency for Ecological Transition](/guide-devaluation-des-bilans-en/resources/bibliographie.md#plateforme-bilan-ges-de-lademe).

The steps 1 to 4 above are done in a [dedicated assessment tool](/guide-devaluation-des-bilans-en/resources/bibliographie.md#outil-devaluation-des-bilans), provided to trained and certified evaluators.

## Final result

If the assessment of the **Bilan Carbone®** or **Regulatory GHG Assessment** allows it to be determined that all the evaluated criteria have been met, the evaluation report must state this.

Once the completed report is received, the Association for Low Carbon Transition (ABC) sends the**evaluation certificate** to the Organisation whose balance sheet was assessed.