20.1 The Core Principles are intended mainly to help countries assess the quality of their systems and to provide input into their reform agenda. Assessing a country's compliance with the Core Principles is a useful tool for promoting the implementation of an effective system of banking supervision. To promote objectivity and comparability of compliance with the Core Principles in the different country assessments, [Ranking supervisory systems is not one of the aims of the assessments.] supervisors and assessors should refer to this assessment methodology, which does not eliminate the need for both parties to use their judgment in assessing compliance. Such an assessment should identify weaknesses in the existing system of supervision and regulation, and form a basis for remedial measures by government authorities and banking supervisors.