Member State report / Art10-2024 / 2024 / D9 / Belgium / NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art10
Report due 2024-10-15
GES Descriptor D9 Contaminants in seafood
Member State Belgium
Region/subregion NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea
Report date 2026-01-13 14:08:15

Target code
D9.1
D9.T1
D9.T2
Target code
Target description
See targets for Descriptor 8
The level of pollutants in edible tissues (muscle, liver, hom, meat or other soft parts, as appropriate) of fishery products (including fish, crustaceans, molluscs, echinoderms, seaweeds and other marine plants) caught or harvested in nature (excluding fish from mariculture) is not higher than for the pollutants listed in Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006, the maximum levels laid down in that Regulation, which constitute the threshold values for the application of this Decision.
The level of pollutants in edible tissues (muscle, liver, hom, meat or other soft parts, as appropriate) of fishery products (including fish, crustaceans, molluscs, echinoderms, seaweeds and other marine plants) caught or harvested in nature (excluding fish from mariculture) is not higher than for the additional pollutants, which are not included in Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006, threshold values that Member States establish through regional or subregional cooperation.
Target purpose
  • DirectlyPreventFurtherPressure
  • IndirectlyPreventFurtherPressure
  • DirectlyPreventFurtherPressure
Feature(s)
  • Commercially exploited fish and shellfish
  • Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events
  • Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events
GES components
  • D9C1 Contaminants in seafood (9.1, 9.1.1)
  • D9
  • D9C1 Contaminants in seafood (9.1, 9.1.1)
  • D9
  • D9C1 Contaminants in seafood (9.1, 9.1.1)
Timescale
Update date
202502
202502
202502
Update type target
TargetNew
TargetNotNeeded
TargetNotNeeded
Marine reporting unit
  • ANS-BE-MS-1
  • ANS-BE-MS-1
  • ANS-BE-MS-1
Element
PresInputCont
PresInputCont
Parameter
Concentration in biota
Concentration in biota
Target value
Target value
Value achieved - upper
Value achieved - lower
Value unit
Target status
Target achieved
Target achieved
Assessment period
2016-2021
2016-2021
Target assessment description
Transferred to GES definition
Transferred to GES definition
Related indicator
  • ANS-BE-CONT-SF-2024
  • ANS-BE-CONT-SF-2024
Related measures
  • 14B
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • ANSBE-M032
  • 14B
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • ANSBE-M032
  • 14B
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • ANSBE-M032