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Please note that LDAP authentication will be phased out and disabled by the end of August 2026.
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Should you encounter any issues or require assistance during this transition, please contact Laszlo Cseh at laszlo.cseh@eaudeweb.ro 
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As part of EEA's ongoing security and identity management improvements, we are currently migrating the system to Entra ID authentication.
We kindly ask all users to start using Entra ID credentials when logging in to the system. 

Please note that LDAP authentication will be phased out and disabled by the end of August 2026.
We encourage you to verify that you can successfully access the system and that your account and permissions function as expected after Entra ID login.
Should you encounter any issues or require assistance during this transition, please contact Laszlo Cseh at laszlo.cseh@eaudeweb.ro 
Thank you for your cooperation and support.

Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D7 / Germany / NE Atlantic: Greater North 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 D7 Hydrographical changes
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_ART8_GES.xml

ANSDE_CW

GES component
D7
D7
D7
D7
Feature
Hydrographical changes
Hydrographical changes
Hydrographical changes
Hydrographical changes
Element
Salinity
Water temperature
Element code
EEA_3141-01-3
EEA_3121-01-5
Element code source
Eutrophication (D5) and contaminants (D8-D9) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/wise/ObservedProperty/view
Eutrophication (D5) and contaminants (D8-D9) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/wise/ObservedProperty/view
Element 2
Element 2 code
Element 2 code source
Element source
National
National
Criterion
D7C1
D7C1
D7C1
D7C2
Parameter
Extent
Other
Other
Habitat condition
Parameter other
Not specified
Not specified
Threshold value upper
Threshold value lower
Threshold qualitative
Threshold value source
Threshold value source other
Value achieved upper
Value achieved lower
Value unit
Value unit other
Proportion threshold value
Proportion value achieved
Proportion threshold value unit
Trend
Stable
Unknown
Unknown
Stable
Parameter achieved
Yes, based on low risk
Not assessed
Not assessed
Not assessed
Description parameter
The assessment of the above elements applies to the entire North Sea. The physical loss resulting from damage to the sea bed from sand and gravel extraction, offshore and coastal protection facilities, fairway maintenance and dredging amounted to 0.3-0.5% in coastal waters (< 1 sm).
The loss of habitats due to damage to the sea bed from sand and gravel extraction, offshore and coastal protection facilities, fairway maintenance and dumping of dredging material amounted to less than 0.3-.05% in coastal waters (< 1 sm).
Related indicator
  • NAT-DE-PHYLOSS
  • NAT-DE-PHYLOSS
Criteria status
Not assessed
Not assessed
Not assessed
Good, based on low risk
Description criteria
Not assessed
Not assessed
The loss of habitats due to damage to the sea bed from sand and gravel extraction, offshore and coastal protection facilities, fairway maintenance and dumping of dredging material amounted to less than 0.3-.05% in coastal waters (< 1 sm).
Element status
Good, based on low risk
Good, based on low risk
Description element
The values of the salt content remain within the limits of natural variability.
The annual mean surface temperature average of the entire North Sea has been at an increased level compared to long-term mean since the mid-1980s. The extreme warm regime of the first decade of the new millennium, where the annual average of the North Sea SST was fluctuating at around a mean of 10.8 °C, ended with the cold winter of 2010. After four significantly colder years, North Sea SST reached the highest annual average to date of 11,4C in 2014, while the two subsequent years of 2015 and 2016 were again clearly cooler (Klein et al. 2017). But the values remain within the range of natural variability.
Integration rule type parameter
Integration rule description parameter
Integration rule type criteria
Integration rule description criteria
GES extent threshold
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit
GES achieved
Not relevant
Not relevant
Not relevant
Not relevant
Description overall status
not required
not required
not required
not required
Assessments period
2011-2016
2011-2016
2011-2016
2011-2016
Related pressures
  • Changes to hydrological conditions
  • Physical loss of the seabed
  • Changes to hydrological conditions
  • Physical loss of the seabed
  • Changes to hydrological conditions
  • Physical loss of the seabed
  • Changes to hydrological conditions
  • Physical loss of the seabed
Related targets
  • UZN7
  • UZN7.1
  • UZN7.2
  • UZN7.3
  • UZN7
  • UZN7.1
  • UZN7.2
  • UZN7.3
  • UZN7
  • UZN7.1
  • UZN7.2
  • UZN7.3
  • UZN7
  • UZN7.1
  • UZN7.2
  • UZN7.3

ANSDE_offshore

GES component
D7
D7
D7
D7
Feature
Hydrographical changes
Hydrographical changes
Hydrographical changes
Hydrographical changes
Element
Salinity
Water temperature
Element code
EEA_3141-01-3
EEA_3121-01-5
Element code source
Eutrophication (D5) and contaminants (D8-D9) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/wise/ObservedProperty/view
Eutrophication (D5) and contaminants (D8-D9) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/wise/ObservedProperty/view
Element 2
Element 2 code
Element 2 code source
Element source
National
National
Criterion
D7C1
D7C1
D7C1
D7C2
Parameter
Extent
Other
Other
Habitat condition
Parameter other
Not specified
Not specified
Threshold value upper
Threshold value lower
Threshold qualitative
Threshold value source
Threshold value source other
Value achieved upper
Value achieved lower
Value unit
Value unit other
Proportion threshold value
Proportion value achieved
Proportion threshold value unit
Trend
Stable
Unknown
Unknown
Stable
Parameter achieved
Yes, based on low risk
Not assessed
Not assessed
Not assessed
Description parameter
The assessment of the above elements applies to the entire North Sea. The physical loss resulting from the damage to the sea bed from sand and gravel extraction, offshore and coastal defences, fairway maintenance and dumping of dredged material was 0,8-1.0 % in the marine waters (> 1 sm).
The loss of habitats due to disturbance to the sea bed from sand and gravel extraction, offshore and coastal protection facilities, fairway maintenance and dredging amounted to 0,8 1.0 % in the marine waters (> 1 sm).
Related indicator
  • NAT-DE-PHYLOSS
  • NAT-DE-PHYLOSS
Criteria status
Not assessed
Not assessed
Not assessed
Good, based on low risk
Description criteria
Not assessed
Not assessed
The loss of habitats due to damage to the sea bed from sand and gravel extraction, offshore and coastal protection facilities, fairway maintenance and dumping of dredging material was less than 0,8-1.0 % in marine waters (> 1 sm).
Element status
Good, based on low risk
Good, based on low risk
Description element
The values remain within the range of natural variability.
The annual mean surface temperature average of the entire North Sea has been at an increased level compared to long-term mean since the mid-1980s. The extreme warm regime of the first decade of the new millennium, where the annual average of the North Sea SST was fluctuating at around a mean of 10.8 °C, ended with the cold winter of 2010. After four significantly colder years, North Sea SST reached the highest annual average to date of 11,4C in 2014, while the two subsequent years of 2015 and 2016 were again clearly cooler (Klein et al. 2017). But the values remain within the range of natural variability.
Integration rule type parameter
Integration rule description parameter
Integration rule type criteria
Integration rule description criteria
GES extent threshold
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit
GES achieved
Not relevant
Not relevant
Not relevant
Not relevant
Description overall status
not required
not required
not required
not required
Assessments period
2011-2016
2011-2016
2011-2016
2011-2016
Related pressures
  • Changes to hydrological conditions
  • Physical loss of the seabed
  • Changes to hydrological conditions
  • Physical loss of the seabed
  • Changes to hydrological conditions
  • Physical loss of the seabed
  • Changes to hydrological conditions
  • Physical loss of the seabed
Related targets
  • UZN7
  • UZN7.1
  • UZN7.2
  • UZN7.3
  • UZN7
  • UZN7.1
  • UZN7.2
  • UZN7.3
  • UZN7
  • UZN7.1
  • UZN7.2
  • UZN7.3
  • UZN7
  • UZN7.1
  • UZN7.2
  • UZN7.3