It can be said that the good environmental status for D6 as a whole cannot yet be determined, but the minimum requirement is that the good environmental status has been achieved if: - the coastal waters are in a good ecological status in accordance with the WFD and the entire coastal sea area is in a good chemical condition. - the habitat types relevant for the marine area of ​​the Baltic Sea in Annex I (LRT 11xx) of the Habitats Directive are in a favorable conservation status. - those for the marine area of ​​the Baltic Sea relevant species of Annex II of the Habitats Directive as well as the species of the Birds Directive relevant to the marine area of ​​the Baltic Sea are in a favorable conservation status due to the quality of their foraging habitat. - the objectives of individual species or species group-specific conventions (e.g. ASCOBANS, Jastarnia-Plan) have been achieved. - According to HELCOM, biological diversity is in good condition. To assess the good environmental status with regard to D1 / D6 benthos, the following criteria are used in accordance with the decision of the Commission (EU) 2017/848: D6C1, D6C2, D6C3, D6C4, D6C5. Explanation: In this reporting round, Germany does not update the general description of good environmental status from 2012 at descriptor level. In the reporting period, Germany worked together with the countries bordering the Baltic Sea as part of the EU's MSFD-CIS process and in HELCOM to develop methodological standards (indicators, assessment procedures). Specific concretizations of criteria and indicators that contribute to a quantitative assessment of the good environmental status are reported in the reporting scheme Art. 8_GES. For the evaluation of the criteria of the decision of the Commission (EU) 2017/848 under Art. 8_GES, where relevant, the evaluations according to other EU directives are included, as far as possible the regional evaluations agreed so far are taken into account and supplemented by national evaluations in individual cases.