Member State report / Art9-2024 / 2024 / D7 / Germany / NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea
| Report type | Member State report to Commission |
| MSFD Article | Art9 |
| Report due | 2024-10-15 |
| GES Descriptor | D7 Hydrographical changes |
| Member State | Germany |
| Region/subregion | NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea |
| Report date | 2024-10-15 10:22:35 |
GES component |
D7
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Marine reporting units |
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Features |
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GES description |
Good environmental status is achieved when permanent changes in the hydrographical condition due to human intervention have only local impacts and these impacts, individually or cumulatively, do not have adverse effects on marine ecosystems (species, habitats, ecosystem functions) and do not lead to biogeographical population effects. Good environmental status if the permanent changes in hydrographic conditions addressed in accordance with D7 do not prevent good ecological status in accordance with the WFD. The habitat types of Annex I relevant to the marine areas and the habitats of the marine species of Annex II to the Habitats Directive, as well as the habitats of the species of the Birds Directive relevant to the marine area, are not adversely altered or damaged by permanent changes in hydrographic conditions due to human activities such as the construction of bridges, tunnels or offshore wind turbines, etc. and are in a favourable conservation status. The conservation status of a habitat is considered favourable if its natural range and the area it covers in that area are stable or increasing and the structures and specific functions necessary for its long-term maintenance exist and are likely to continue to exist in the foreseeable future. The species are considered to have favourable conditions for their nutrition and reproduction.
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Determination date |
201205 |
Update type |
DeterminationSame |
Justification for non-use of criterion |
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Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements |
Commission Decision (EU) 2017/848 imposes an explicit obligation on EU Member States to agree on assessment elements, thresholds and integration rules within the EU MSFD-CIS process and through regional or sub-regional cooperation. Germany is actively working with the countries bordering the North Sea and the Baltic Sea to establish them in the framework of the ongoing work programmes of the EU MSFD-CIS process and OSPAR-HELCOM and bodies, where a coordinated definition is still missing. In light of ongoing developments and the revised EU requirements on criteria and methodological standards to characterise and assess good environmental status (Commission Decision (EU) 2017/848), this report is still partially a transition to a further consolidated marine water management framework.
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