Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D1-M / Germany / NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 9 Determination of GES (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D1 Mammals
Member State Germany
Region/subregion NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea
Reported by Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit
Report date 2020-02-17
Report access DE_ART9_GES.xml

GES component
D1
D1-M
D1C1
D1C2
D1C3
D1C4
D1C5
Marine reporting units
  • ANSDE_MS
Features
  • Seals
  • Small toothed cetaceans
GES description
The GES for D1 is defined, inter alia, as: ... the coastal waters in accordance with the Water Framework Directive are in good environmental status and in good chemical status. ... the habitat types of Annex I (habitat type 11) of the Habitats Directive that are relevant to the North Sea are in a...
Determination date
201810
Update type
Same as last reported determination
Justification for non-use of criterion
Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements
During the reporting period, regional cooperation focused on the development of methodological standards to assess the various aspects of stress and resilience on the basis of Commission Decision 2010/477/EU. The OSPAR regional cooperation has failed to agree on thresholds for all indicators. Com...