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# Structure of an Evaluation
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## The assessment is structured in five stages:
1. The [**collection of information**](/guide-devaluation-des-bilans-en/evaluation-guidelines/evaluation-report-and-supporting-documents/filling-in-the-report.md) specific to the assessment
2. The assessment of the [**prerequisites** ](/guide-devaluation-des-bilans-en/information-to-be-evaluated/information-to-be-evaluated/prerequisites-and-self-assessment.md)of the different methods
3. The assessment of compliance with the [**methodological criteria**](/guide-devaluation-des-bilans-en/information-to-be-evaluated/information-to-be-evaluated/evaluation-of-compliance-with-the-methodology.md)
4. The assessment of the [**order-of-magnitude checks, consistency of the assessment, and relevance of its transition plan**](/guide-devaluation-des-bilans-en/information-to-be-evaluated/information-to-be-evaluated/order-of-magnitude-consistency-and-relevance.md)
5. [**The transmission of the assessment result, as well as supporting documents**](/guide-devaluation-des-bilans-en/evaluation-guidelines/evaluation-report-and-supporting-documents.md)
The information needed to carry out these five stages is accessible to the assessor through different means depending on the assessment to be evaluated: for a Bilan Carbone®, the required information and documents will be provided directly to the evaluation project lead by the organisation. The documents to be provided are listed in the [Bilan Carbone® methodological guide](/guide-devaluation-des-bilans-en/resources/bibliography.md#guide-methodologique-bilan-carbone-r). In the case of a regulatory GHG assessment, the necessary information is available on the [ADEME Bilan GES platform](/guide-devaluation-des-bilans-en/resources/bibliography.md#plateforme-bilan-ges-de-lademe).
Stages 1 to 4 above are carried out in a [dedicated evaluation tool](/guide-devaluation-des-bilans-en/resources/bibliography.md#outil-devaluation-des-bilans)provided to trained and certified assessors.
## Final result
If the assessment of the **Bilan Carbone®** or **Regulatory GHG Assessment** shows that all assessed criteria have been met, the evaluation report must state this.
Once the completed report is received, ABC sends the**evaluation certificate** to the organisation whose assessment was evaluated.
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