Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D9 / Cyprus / Mediterranean: Aegean-Levantine Sea
Report type | Member State report to Commission |
MSFD Article | Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates) |
Report due | 2018-10-15 |
GES Descriptor | D9 Contaminants in seafood |
Member State | Cyprus |
Region/subregion | Mediterranean: Aegean-Levantine Sea |
Reported by | Department of Fisheries and Marine Research, Ministry of Agriculture Natural Resources and Environme |
Report date | 2020-08-12 |
Report access | MSFD2018_Art8_GES_CY__5___2_.xml |
MAL-CY-MS
GES component |
D9
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Feature |
Contaminants - in seafood
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Element |
Cadmium and its compounds |
Element code |
CAS_7440-43-9 |
Element code source |
Eutrophication (D5) and contaminants (D8-D9) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/wise/ObservedProperty/view
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Element 2 |
Mullus sp.
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Element 2 code |
126986
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Element 2 code source |
Species (D1) http://www.marinespecies.org/
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Element source |
EU |
Criterion |
D9C1
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Parameter |
Other
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Parameter other |
CONC-B-MU
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Threshold value upper |
0.05 |
Threshold value lower |
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Threshold qualitative |
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Threshold value source |
Regulation on contaminants in foodstuffs (EC 1881/2006)
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Threshold value source other |
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Value achieved upper |
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Value achieved lower |
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Value unit |
milligram per kilogram
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Value unit other |
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Proportion threshold value |
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Proportion value achieved |
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Proportion threshold value unit |
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Trend |
Stable |
Parameter achieved |
Yes |
Description parameter |
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Related indicator |
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Criteria status |
Good |
Description criteria |
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Element status |
Good |
Description element |
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Integration rule type parameter |
Not relevant
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Integration rule description parameter |
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Integration rule type criteria |
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Integration rule description criteria |
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GES extent threshold |
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GES extent achieved |
100.00 |
GES extent unit |
Proportion of substances in good status |
GES achieved |
GES achieved |
Description overall status |
Cyprus does not have sources of contamination in general since there are no heavy industry installations onshore and there are no river inputs due to the decision of the State to construct dams and intercept all waterways to the sea. In this way, the possible input of contaminants is minimized to the two main ports of Cyprus, Lemesos and Vasilikos. In this context Cyprus decided in the beginning of WFD to monitor contaminants in seawater in these two areas of interest, while monitoring in biota was conducted in more areas. Also, sediment monitoring has been conducted for the last years. The number of contaminants measured in all matrices are dependent on local resources and available analytical technology. Cyprus, has not been able to fully develop the desired technology at once but is intending to do so to fully implement 2017/848. |
Assessments period |
2012-2018 |
Related pressures |
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Related targets |