of the responding countries countries reported having requirements for ex ante gias on primary legislation compared to countries for ex post in general however it seems gias are not yet routine elements of policy making the majority of responding countries reserve gias for primary and secondary legislation rather than for policies and programmes see figure box contains the eu criteria for gia which take into account both the differences between men and women as well as the need for restorative action to ensure that any previous genderbased inequalities are addressed while box provides information on gender impact reports in sweden and ireland