Member State report / Art13 / 2022 / D9 / Germany / NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 13 Programme of measures (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2022-10-15
GES Descriptor D9 Contaminants in seafood
Member State Germany
Region/subregion NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea
Reported by Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, nukleare Sicherheit und Verbraucherschutz (BMUV)
Report date 2022-06-30
Report access 363

Marine reporting units
  • ANSDE_MS
  • ANSDE_MS
  • BALDE_MS
RegionSubregion
NEA Greater North Sea
Baltic Sea; NEA Greater North Sea
Measure code
DE-M938-other
DE-M408-UZ2-04
Measure old code
ANSDE-M408-UZ2-04; BALDE-M408-UZ2-04
Measure name
OSPAR Nordostatlantik-Umweltstrategie 2021-2030 // OSPAR North-East Atlantic Environment Strategy 2021-2030
Umgang mit Munitionsaltlasten im Meer // Management of dumped munitions
Measure description
Across all objectives, the North-East Atlantic Environmental Strategy, updated to implement the OSPAR Convention, contributes to the achievement of the objectives of the MSFD in the sense of a Category 1b measure, while continuing existing OSPAR measures. The inclusion of regional measures, plans and programmes in the national programme of measures does not alter their legal nature. The effectiveness of the measure is measured through the MSFD environmental indicators. Specific indicators may exist within the framework of the policy implementing the action and may be used to assess effectiveness. //Indicators: The actions of NEAES are linked to the OSPAR indicator system, which captures the impact of the measures (https://www.ospar.org/work-areas/cross-cutting-issues/ospar-common-indicators). The indicator system is constantly evolving.
Measures will be implemented to deal with hazardous situations (including ammunition removal), to continue to fill gaps in the situational picture (e.g. research to update the overall assessment) and to ensure forward-looking assessment (e.g. exchange of experts at national and international level). Additional information can be obtained from the measure fiche: https://www.meeresschutz.info/berichte-art13.html?file
Update type
Measure modified since 2015 PoM
Measure category
Category 1.b (non-WFD)
Category 2.a
Policy conventions
Policy national
Responsible competent authority
SH-MELUND, BMDV, BMUV, MV-LM, NI-MU
Responsible organisation
Coordination level
  • EU
  • Local
  • National
  • Regional - HELCOM
  • Regional - OSPAR
Regional cooperation countries
  • Not relevant
CEA
Yes
CEA reference
CBA
Yes
CBA reference
Financing
  • Die Quellen der Finanzierung richten sich nach Ort, Ziel und Charakter des konkreten Vorhabens. Erforderliche F & E Projekte werden analog zum 1. Zyklus weiterhin finanziert.
Spatial scope
  • Beyond MS Marine Waters
  • Coastal waters (WFD)
  • EEZ (or similar)
  • Terrestrial part of MS
  • Territorial waters
  • Transitional waters (WFD)
  • Coastal waters (WFD)
  • EEZ (or similar)
  • Terrestrial part of MS
  • Territorial waters
  • Transitional waters (WFD)
Measure purpose
Directly prevent further inputs of a pressure (e.g. by managing the source activity); Directly reduce existing levels of the pressure in the marine environment (e.g. removal of litter or oil spill clean-up); Establish monitoring programmes (of relevant activities, pressures or impacts); Improve knowledge base (e.g. by research or one-off surveys); Indirectly prevent further inputs of a pressure (e.g. by governance mechanisms, financial incentives, awareness campaigns)
Pressures
  • Disturbance of species (e.g. where they breed, rest and feed) due to human presence
  • Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities)
  • Input of anthropogenic sound (impulsive, continuous)
  • Input of genetically modified species and translocation of native species
  • Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)
  • Input of microbial pathogens
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition
  • Input of organic matter - diffuse sources and point sources
  • Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events
  • Input or spread of non-indigenous species
  • Loss of, or change to, natural biological communities due to cultivation of animal or plant species
  • Physical disturbance to seabed
  • Physical loss of the seabed
  • Input of anthropogenic sound (impulsive, continuous)
  • Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events
Relevant KTMs
  • MSFD27
  • Measures to adapt to climate change impacts on the marine environment
  • Measures to address the introduction of microbial pathogens
  • Measures to reduce biological disturbances in the marine environment from the extraction of species including incidental non-target catches
  • Measures to reduce contamination by hazardous substances (synthetic substances
  • Measures to reduce inputs of energy to the marine environment
  • Measures to reduce interferences with hydrological processes in the marine environment (beyond WFD Coastal waters)
  • Measures to reduce marine litter
  • Measures to reduce nutrient and organic matter inputs to the marine environment from sea-based or air-based sources
  • Measures to reduce other types of biological disturbance
  • Measures to reduce physical loss of seabed habitats in the marine environment (beyond WFD coastal waters)
  • Measures to reduce sea-based accidental pollution
  • Measures to reduce the introduction and spread of non-indigenous species in the marine environment and for their control
  • Measures to restore and conserve marine ecosystems
  • Measures to reduce contamination by hazardous substances (synthetic substances
  • Measures to reduce inputs of energy to the marine environment
  • Measures to reduce other types of biological disturbance
Relevant targets
  • UZN1.1
  • UZN1.2
  • UZN1.3
  • UZN2.1
  • UZN2.2
  • UZN2.3
  • UZN2.4
  • UZN2.5
  • UZN3.1
  • UZN3.2
  • UZN3.3
  • UZN3.4
  • UZN3.5
  • UZN4.1
  • UZN4.2
  • UZN4.3
  • UZN4.4
  • UZN4.5
  • UZN4.6
  • UZN5.1
  • UZN5.2
  • UZN5.3
  • UZN6.1
  • UZN6.2
  • UZN6.3
  • UZN6.4
  • UZN6.5
  • UZN7.1
  • UZN7.2
  • UZN7.3
  • UZN2.3
  • UZN2.5
  • UZN6.1
  • UZO2.3
  • UZO2.5
  • UZO6.1
Related indicator
  • No indicator
GEScomponent
  • D1-B
  • D1-C
  • D1-F
  • D1-M
  • D1-P
  • D10
  • D11
  • D2
  • D3
  • D4
  • D5
  • D6
  • D7
  • D8
  • D9
  • D11
  • D8
  • D9
Feature
  • Acute pollution events
  • Agriculture
  • Aquaculture - freshwater
  • Aquaculture - marine, including infrastructure
  • Benthic broad habitats
  • Benthic-feeding birds
  • Canalisation and other watercourse modifications
  • Coastal defence and flood protection
  • Coastal fish
  • Coastal/shelf cephalopods
  • Commercially exploited fish and shellfish
  • Contaminants - UPBT substances
  • Contaminants - in seafood
  • Contaminants - non UPBT substances
  • Continuous low frequency sound
  • Demersal shelf fish
  • Established non-indigenous species
  • Eutrophication
  • Extraction of minerals (rock, metal ores, gravel, sand, shell)
  • Extraction of oil and gas, including infrastructure
  • Fish and shellfish harvesting (professional, recreational)
  • Fish and shellfish processing
  • Forestry
  • Grazing birds
  • HabPelOther
  • Hunting and collecting for other purposes
  • Hydrographical changes
  • Impulsive sound in water
  • Industrial uses
  • Land claim
  • Litter and micro-litter in species
  • Litter in the environment
  • Marine plant harvesting
  • Micro-litter in the environment
  • Military operations (subject to Article 2(2))
  • Newly-introduced non-indigenous species
  • Non-renewable energy generation
  • Offshore structures (other than for oil/gas/renewables)
  • Other benthic habitats
  • Pelagic broad habitats
  • Pelagic shelf fish
  • Pelagic-feeding birds
  • PresEnvBycatch
  • PrevEnvAdvEffectsSppHab
  • Renewable energy generation (wind, wave and tidal power), including infrastructure
  • Research, survey and educational activities
  • Restructuring of seabed morphology, including dredging and depositing of materials
  • Seals
  • Small toothed cetaceans
  • Surface-feeding birds
  • Tourism and leisure activities
  • Tourism and leisure infrastructure
  • Transmission of electricity and communications (cables)
  • Transport - air
  • Transport - land
  • Transport - shipping
  • Transport infrastructure
  • Urban uses
  • Wading birds
  • Waste treatment and disposal
  • Benthic broad habitats
  • CharaChem
  • Coastal fish
  • Coastal/shelf cephalopods
  • Contaminants - UPBT substances
  • Contaminants - in seafood
  • Contaminants - non UPBT substances
  • Demersal shelf fish
  • HabPelOther
  • Impulsive sound in water
  • Military operations (subject to Article 2(2))
  • Other benthic habitats
  • Pelagic broad habitats
  • Pelagic shelf fish
  • Seals
  • Small toothed cetaceans
Element
Temporal scope
2030
2016-2027
Implementation status
Implementation started
Implementation started
Implementation delay
0
0
Implementation reason
No obstacles to implementation
No obstacles to implementation
Progress description
Die Umsetzung der 2016 gemeldeten Maßnahme war für 2022 geplant. Infolge der Überarbeitung der Maßnahmen für 2022 wurden vollständig umgesetzte Aktivitäten durch neue Teilmaßnahmen ersetzt (z.B. umfassende und standortspezifische Erhebung über den Erhaltungszustand von Munitionsaltlasten für eine Priorisierung des möglichen Handlungsbedarfs in Nord- und Ostsee). Teilmaßnahmen, die noch nicht vollständig abgeschlossen werden konnten werden weitergeführt und teilweise präzisiert. Die Laufzeit der Maßnahme wurde an der Umsetzung der neuen Teilmaßnahmen ausgerichtet und entsprechend aktualisiert.
Reason description