diff --git a/YACOSCore/ejbModule/org/yacos/core/evaluation/EvaluationManagerBean.java b/YACOSCore/ejbModule/org/yacos/core/evaluation/EvaluationManagerBean.java
index a44c688..3adebb1 100644
--- a/YACOSCore/ejbModule/org/yacos/core/evaluation/EvaluationManagerBean.java
+++ b/YACOSCore/ejbModule/org/yacos/core/evaluation/EvaluationManagerBean.java
@@ -76,6 +76,16 @@ public class EvaluationManagerBean implements IEvaluationManager {
 		//return q.getResultList();
 	}
 	
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.yacos.core.evaluation.IEvaluationManager#getCriterions()
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public List<Criterion> getCriterions() {
+		Query query = em.createQuery("from Criterion");
+		return query.getResultList();
+	}
+	
 	
 
 	public Criterion addCriterion(String name, Integer min_rating,
diff --git a/YACOSCore/ejbModule/org/yacos/core/evaluation/IEvaluationManager.java b/YACOSCore/ejbModule/org/yacos/core/evaluation/IEvaluationManager.java
index fdce74d..5d74139 100644
--- a/YACOSCore/ejbModule/org/yacos/core/evaluation/IEvaluationManager.java
+++ b/YACOSCore/ejbModule/org/yacos/core/evaluation/IEvaluationManager.java
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ public interface IEvaluationManager {
 	public void removeCriterion(int criterionId);
 	public List<Criterion> getCriterions(int confId);
 	
+	/*
+	 * Return a list of all the existing criterions
+	 */
+	public List<Criterion> getCriterions();
+	
 	public Report addReport(int articleId, String commentPCMember, String commentAuthor, 
 			List<Rating> ratings, String userLogin);
 	public void updateReport(Report report);