Member State report / Art18 / 2018 / D8 / Belgium / NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea
| Report type | Member State report to Commission |
| MSFD Article | Art. 18 Interim report on programme of measures |
| Report due | 2018-10-15 |
| GES Descriptor | D8 Contaminants |
| Member State | Belgium |
| Region/subregion | NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea |
| Reported by | FPS Health, Food Chain safety and Environment - Service Marine environment |
| Report date | 2018-12-11 |
| Report access | msfd-ART18_Belgium.xml |
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| Features | |||||||||||||||||
| Measure code | 1 |
12 |
14B |
15 |
17 |
18A |
18B |
18D |
19A |
19B |
23B |
26A |
28A |
29D |
3D |
5B |
6F |
| Measure name | Report on Environmental Impacts (REI) and Adapted Evaluation (AE) |
Ban on shipping (including fisheries) within the wind farm areas |
Ban on the use of TBT (International convention of the IMO on the control of anti-fouling on ships, Directive 2002/62/EC, Regulation 782/2003) |
Measures associated with the land (policies and Directives): Waste Directive, Water Framework Directive, Urban Wastewater Directive, Packaging Framework Directive, policy plan of the Flemish region, policy on waste from coastal municipalities |
Follow-up of the marine environment quality – national obligations within the scope of OSPAR (JAMP) |
Measures within the scope of the national approach (fighting material, air control, satellite), MARPOL, OPRC, Bonn agreement, European mechanisms |
Prevention of shipping pollution (especially the tanker ships with a double wall) (as presented in MARPOL) |
Control flights from the Defence, EMSA, MUMM and the Marine Environment Service |
Installation of port reception facilities(waste collection MARPOL Annex I and V) |
Waste management plans for harbours
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Supporting relevant Belgian authorities for better implementation of the existing land-based measures (cf Fiche 15) |
Stricter maintenance of the shipping ban in the wind farm areas (cf Fiche 12) |
Raising awareness about the prevention of dumping in the case of bunkering of fishing ships and yachting in harbours |
Supporting alternatives to fishing lead (Pb)
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Authorisation conditions to prevent hydrocarbon pollution |
The dumping of dredged material at sea must meet the sediment quality criteria |
Increased shipping security by studying the possibilities for the routing system of additional ships (IMO), reassessment of Westpit2 and fix tug station |
| Measure category (type) | 1a |
1a |
1a |
1a |
1a |
1a |
1a |
1a |
1a |
1a |
2a |
2a |
2a |
2b |
1a |
1a |
1a |
| Progress in implementation | Implementation not started |
Implementation not started |
Implementation not started |
Implementation started |
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| Measure withdrawn | No |
No |
No |
No |
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| Reason for withdrawal | |||||||||||||||||
| Year of implementation (Temporal coverage - timeline for implementation) | 2020 |
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| Delay | 0 |
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| Reasons for delay | |||||||||||||||||
| Other obstacles (Obstacles to implementation) | No |
No |
No |
No |
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| Further information on obstacle (Description) | |||||||||||||||||
| Brief description of progress (measurement of effectiveness of measure) | In 2018-2019 zal een grondige test uitgevoerd worden waarbij alternatieven voor loodvrije werpgewichten aan de recreatieve visserij worden ter beschikking getest en op zee worden gebruikt. De gedetailleerde weersomstandigheden, werpefficiëntie, vangstefficiëntie en mate van verlies tijdens het hengelen zullen nauwkeurig geregistreerd en geëvalueerd worden. Op basis van de resultaten van deze test zal beoordeeld worden of er verdere stappen kunnen ondernomen worden in het stimuleren van loodvrije werpgewichten. |