Member State report / Art10 / 2018 / D5 / Denmark / NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea
Report type | Member State report to Commission |
MSFD Article | Art. 10 Environmental targets (and Art. 17 updates) |
Report due | 2018-10-15 |
GES Descriptor | D5 Eutrophication |
Member State | Denmark |
Region/subregion | NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea |
Reported by | Danish Environmental Protection Agency |
Report date | 2019-08-30 |
Report access | DK_ART10_Targets_Merge_20190829.xml |
Target code |
DK-T5.1 |
DK-T5.3 |
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Target description |
The Ministry of Environment and Food contributes to regional work regarding establishment of threshold values and determination of good environmental status for the North Sea, including the Skagerrak, and works to ensure that anthropogenic eutrophication
and its effects are in accordance hereto (operational target). |
Coastal waters: Target loads and needs for measures for fjords, estuaries and coastal waters determined in accordance with the Water Framework Directive are complied with. Targets and needs are described in the Danish river basin management plans. |
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Timescale |
202410 |
202410 |
Update date |
201904 |
201904 |
Update type |
New target |
New target |
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Parameter |
Concentration in water
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Other
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Parameter - other |
As used in Water Framework Directive
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Target status |
Target not yet achieved |
Target not yet achieved |
Assessment period |
2018-2024 |
2018-2024 |
Target assessment description |
The Danish watershed plans stipulate 119 coastal waters distributed over four water districts. Overall, the state of the water areas is assessed on the basis of the indicators (quality elements) chlorophyll, eelgrass and bottom fauna. The indicators are monitored in the national monitoring program. When the river basin plans were published in 2016, two coastal waters had met their targets, but the trend is towards improving the condition. As a result of the previous aquatic environment efforts, significant reductions in nitrogen emissions from land-based sources have occurred. During the period 1990-2010, the emissions of nitrogen from land have been halved, and the emissions of phosphorus have been reduced to approx. a third.
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