Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D8 / Denmark / 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 | D8 Contaminants |
Member State | Denmark |
Region/subregion | NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea |
Reported by | Danish Environmental Protection Agency |
Report date | 2019-08-30 |
Report access | DK_ART8_GES_Merge_20190829.xml |
ANS-DK1-CW
GES component |
D8
|
D8
|
D8
|
D8
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Feature |
Contaminants - UPBT substances
|
Contaminants - UPBT substances
|
Contaminants - UPBT substances
|
Contaminants - UPBT substances
|
Element |
Benzo(a)pyrene |
Brominated diphenylethers (congener numbers 28, 47, 99, 100, 153 and 154) |
Mercury and its compounds |
Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and its derivatives |
Element code |
CAS_50-32-8 |
EEA_32-04-2 |
CAS_7439-97-6 |
CAS_1763-23-1 |
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
|
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 |
EU |
EU |
EU |
National |
Criterion |
D8C1
|
D8C1
|
D8C1
|
D8C1
|
Parameter |
Other
|
Other
|
Other
|
Other
|
Parameter other |
As used in WFD
|
As used in WFD
|
As used in WFD
|
As used in WFD
|
Threshold value upper |
||||
Threshold value lower |
||||
Threshold qualitative |
As in WFD
|
As in WFD
|
As in WFD
|
As in WFD
|
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 |
% area of MRU achieving threshold value |
% area of MRU achieving threshold value |
% area of MRU achieving threshold value |
% area of MRU achieving threshold value |
Trend |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Parameter achieved |
Unknown |
No |
No |
No |
Description parameter |
100% of MRU is unknown
|
19.77% of MRU is causing failure. The rest is unknown |
19.77% area of MRU is causing failure, the rest is unknown |
19.77% area of MRU is causing failure and the rest is unknown |
Related indicator |
||||
Criteria status |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Description criteria |
||||
Element status |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Description element |
||||
Integration rule type parameter |
Other
|
Other
|
Other
|
Other
|
Integration rule description parameter |
According to WFD
|
According to WFD
|
According to WFD
|
According to WFD
|
Integration rule type criteria |
Other
|
Other
|
Other
|
Other
|
Integration rule description criteria |
According to WFD
|
According to WFD
|
According to WFD
|
According to WFD
|
GES extent threshold |
||||
GES extent achieved |
||||
GES extent unit |
Proportion of substances in good status |
Proportion of substances in good status |
Proportion of substances in good status |
Proportion of substances in good status |
GES achieved |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Description overall status |
||||
Assessments period |
2010-2016 |
2010-2016 |
2010-2016 |
2010-2016 |
Related pressures |
||||
Related targets |
ANS-DK2-CW
GES component |
D8
|
D8
|
D8
|
D8
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Feature |
Contaminants - UPBT substances
|
Contaminants - UPBT substances
|
Contaminants - UPBT substances
|
Contaminants - UPBT substances
|
Element |
Benzo(a)pyrene |
Brominated diphenylethers (congener numbers 28, 47, 99, 100, 153 and 154) |
Mercury and its compounds |
Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and its derivatives |
Element code |
CAS_50-32-8 |
EEA_32-04-2 |
CAS_7439-97-6 |
CAS_1763-23-1 |
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
|
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 |
EU |
EU |
EU |
National |
Criterion |
D8C1
|
D8C1
|
D8C1
|
D8C1
|
Parameter |
Other
|
Other
|
Other
|
Other
|
Parameter other |
As used in WFD
|
As used in WFD
|
As used in WFD
|
As used in WFD
|
Threshold value upper |
||||
Threshold value lower |
||||
Threshold qualitative |
As in WFD
|
As in WFD
|
As in WFD
|
As in WFD
|
Threshold value source |
||||
Threshold value source other |
||||
Value achieved upper |
||||
Value achieved lower |
||||
Value unit |
||||
Value unit other |
||||
Proportion threshold value |
||||
Proportion value achieved |
0.46 |
|||
Proportion threshold value unit |
% area of MRU achieving threshold value |
% area of MRU achieving threshold value |
% area of MRU achieving threshold value |
% area of MRU achieving threshold value |
Trend |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Parameter achieved |
No |
No |
No |
Unknown |
Description parameter |
34.94% area of MRU is causing failure, the rest is unknown |
18.17% area of MRU is causing failure the rest of the area has unknown status |
18.17% area of MRU is causing failure. 0.46% area of MRU is achieving threshold value and the rest is unknown |
53.11% area of MRU is causing failure the rest has unknown status |
Related indicator |
||||
Criteria status |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Description criteria |
||||
Element status |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Description element |
||||
Integration rule type parameter |
Other
|
Other
|
Other
|
Other
|
Integration rule description parameter |
According to WFD
|
According to WFD
|
According to WFD
|
According to WFD
|
Integration rule type criteria |
Other
|
Other
|
Other
|
Other
|
Integration rule description criteria |
According to WFD
|
According to WFD
|
According to WFD
|
According to WFD
|
GES extent threshold |
||||
GES extent achieved |
||||
GES extent unit |
Proportion of substances in good status |
Proportion of substances in good status |
Proportion of substances in good status |
Proportion of substances in good status |
GES achieved |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Description overall status |
||||
Assessments period |
2010-2016 |
2010-2016 |
2010-2016 |
2010-2016 |
Related pressures |
||||
Related targets |
ANS-DK4-CW
GES component |
D8
|
D8
|
D8
|
D8
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Feature |
Contaminants - UPBT substances
|
Contaminants - UPBT substances
|
Contaminants - UPBT substances
|
Contaminants - UPBT substances
|
Element |
Benzo(a)pyrene |
Brominated diphenylethers (congener numbers 28, 47, 99, 100, 153 and 154) |
Mercury and its compounds |
Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and its derivatives |
Element code |
CAS_50-32-8 |
EEA_32-04-2 |
CAS_7439-97-6 |
CAS_1763-23-1 |
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
|
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 |
EU |
EU |
EU |
National |
Criterion |
D8C1
|
D8C1
|
D8C1
|
D8C1
|
Parameter |
Other
|
Other
|
Other
|
Other
|
Parameter other |
As used in WFD
|
As used in WFD
|
As used in WFD
|
As used in WFD
|
Threshold value upper |
||||
Threshold value lower |
||||
Threshold qualitative |
As in WFD
|
As in WFD
|
As in WFD
|
As in WFD
|
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 |
% area of MRU achieving threshold value |
% area of MRU achieving threshold value |
% area of MRU achieving threshold value |
% area of MRU achieving threshold value |
Trend |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Parameter achieved |
No |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Description parameter |
100% of MRU is unknown
|
100% of MRU has unknown status
|
100% area of MRU has unknown status
|
100% of MRU is unknown
|
Related indicator |
||||
Criteria status |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Description criteria |
||||
Element status |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Description element |
||||
Integration rule type parameter |
Other
|
Other
|
Other
|
Other
|
Integration rule description parameter |
According to WFD
|
According to WFD
|
According to WFD
|
According to WFD
|
Integration rule type criteria |
Other
|
Other
|
Other
|
Other
|
Integration rule description criteria |
According to WFD
|
According to WFD
|
According to WFD
|
According to WFD
|
GES extent threshold |
||||
GES extent achieved |
||||
GES extent unit |
Proportion of substances in good status |
Proportion of substances in good status |
Proportion of substances in good status |
Proportion of substances in good status |
GES achieved |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Description overall status |
||||
Assessments period |
2010-2016 |
2010-2016 |
2010-2016 |
2010-2016 |
Related pressures |
||||
Related targets |
Danish part of OSPAR Nordsøen (L 2.2.5) from coastline to EEZ (ANS-DK-L2.2.5)
GES component |
D8
|
---|---|
Feature |
Contaminants - non UPBT substances
|
Element |
Littorina littorea |
Element code |
140262 |
Element code source |
Species (D1) http://www.marinespecies.org/
|
Element 2 |
|
Element 2 code |
|
Element 2 code source |
|
Element source |
OSPAR |
Criterion |
D8C2
|
Parameter |
Other
|
Parameter other |
Imposex
|
Threshold value upper |
|
Threshold value lower |
|
Threshold qualitative |
|
Threshold value source |
|
Threshold value source other |
|
Value achieved upper |
|
Value achieved lower |
|
Value unit |
Other
|
Value unit other |
Vas Deferens Sequence Index
|
Proportion threshold value |
|
Proportion value achieved |
|
Proportion threshold value unit |
|
Trend |
Unknown |
Parameter achieved |
Yes |
Description parameter |
Mean Vas Deferens Sequence Index for 3 species of snails |
Related indicator |
|
Criteria status |
Good |
Description criteria |
|
Element status |
Good |
Description element |
|
Integration rule type parameter |
|
Integration rule description parameter |
|
Integration rule type criteria |
Not relevant
|
Integration rule description criteria |
no integration rule has been applied
|
GES extent threshold |
|
GES extent achieved |
|
GES extent unit |
|
GES achieved |
GES achieved |
Description overall status |
|
Assessments period |
2010-2015 |
Related pressures |
|
Related targets |
|
Danish part of OSPAR Skagerrak (L 2.2.7) from coastline to EEZ (ANS-DK-L2.2.7)
GES component |
D8
|
---|---|
Feature |
Contaminants - non UPBT substances
|
Element |
Littorina littorea |
Element code |
140262 |
Element code source |
Species (D1) http://www.marinespecies.org/
|
Element 2 |
|
Element 2 code |
|
Element 2 code source |
|
Element source |
OSPAR |
Criterion |
D8C2
|
Parameter |
Other
|
Parameter other |
Imposex
|
Threshold value upper |
|
Threshold value lower |
|
Threshold qualitative |
|
Threshold value source |
|
Threshold value source other |
|
Value achieved upper |
|
Value achieved lower |
|
Value unit |
Other
|
Value unit other |
Vas Deferens Sequence Index
|
Proportion threshold value |
|
Proportion value achieved |
|
Proportion threshold value unit |
|
Trend |
Unknown |
Parameter achieved |
Unknown |
Description parameter |
Mean Vas Deferens Sequence Index for 3 species of snails |
Related indicator |
|
Criteria status |
Not good |
Description criteria |
|
Element status |
Not good |
Description element |
|
Integration rule type parameter |
|
Integration rule description parameter |
|
Integration rule type criteria |
Not relevant
|
Integration rule description criteria |
no integration rule has been applied
|
GES extent threshold |
|
GES extent achieved |
|
GES extent unit |
|
GES achieved |
Unknown |
Description overall status |
|
Assessments period |
2010-2015 |
Related pressures |
|
Related targets |
|
Danish part of Atlantic North Sea from coastline to EEZ (ANS-DK-TOTAL)
GES component |
D8
|
D8
|
D8
|
D8
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Feature |
Acute pollution events
|
Acute pollution events
|
Acute pollution events
|
Acute pollution events
|
Element |
||||
Element code |
||||
Element code source |
||||
Element 2 |
||||
Element 2 code |
||||
Element 2 code source |
||||
Element source |
||||
Criterion |
D8C3
|
D8C3
|
D8C3
|
D8C3
|
Parameter |
Other
|
Other
|
Other
|
Other
|
Parameter other |
Amount (tonne oil)
|
Amount (tonnes of chemicals)
|
Number of chemical spills
|
Number of oil spills
|
Threshold value upper |
||||
Threshold value lower |
||||
Threshold qualitative |
||||
Threshold value source |
||||
Threshold value source other |
||||
Value achieved upper |
45.0 |
28.0 |
40.0 |
77.0 |
Value achieved lower |
1.0 |
1.0 |
26.0 |
21.0 |
Value unit |
tonne
|
tonne
|
(number of) events per year
|
(number of) events per year
|
Value unit other |
||||
Proportion threshold value |
||||
Proportion value achieved |
||||
Proportion threshold value unit |
||||
Trend |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Parameter achieved |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Description parameter |
Between 1-45 tonnes of oil were spilt in the Danish Waters per year between 2009-2015. |
Between 1-28 tonnes of chemicals were spilt in the Danish Waters per year between 2012-2014. |
In the Danish Waters there were between 26-40 Chemical spills per year from 2012-2014. |
In the Danish Waters there were between 21-77 oil spills per year between 2009-2015. |
Related indicator |
||||
Criteria status |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Description criteria |
||||
Element status |
||||
Description element |
||||
Integration rule type parameter |
||||
Integration rule description parameter |
||||
Integration rule type criteria |
Not relevant
|
Not relevant
|
Not relevant
|
Not relevant
|
Integration rule description criteria |
no integration rule has been applied
|
no integration rule has been applied
|
no integration rule has been applied
|
no integration rule has been applied
|
GES extent threshold |
||||
GES extent achieved |
||||
GES extent unit |
||||
GES achieved |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Description overall status |
||||
Assessments period |
2009-2014 |
2009-2014 |
2009-2014 |
2009-2014 |
Related pressures |
|
|
|
|
Related targets |
|
|
|
|
Danish part of Atlantic North Sea from coastline to EEZ. Data covers DK-TOTAL. (DK-TOTAL-part-ANS)
GES component |
D8
|
---|---|
Feature |
Contaminants - non UPBT substances
|
Element |
Zoarces viviparus |
Element code |
127123 |
Element code source |
Species (D1) http://www.marinespecies.org/
|
Element 2 |
|
Element 2 code |
|
Element 2 code source |
|
Element source |
National |
Criterion |
D8C2
|
Parameter |
Other
|
Parameter other |
Reproductive effects
|
Threshold value upper |
|
Threshold value lower |
|
Threshold qualitative |
|
Threshold value source |
|
Threshold value source other |
|
Value achieved upper |
|
Value achieved lower |
|
Value unit |
Other
|
Value unit other |
%
|
Proportion threshold value |
|
Proportion value achieved |
|
Proportion threshold value unit |
|
Trend |
Unknown |
Parameter achieved |
Unknown |
Description parameter |
No threshold has been set yet
|
Related indicator |
|
Criteria status |
Unknown |
Description criteria |
|
Element status |
Unknown |
Description element |
|
Integration rule type parameter |
|
Integration rule description parameter |
|
Integration rule type criteria |
Not relevant
|
Integration rule description criteria |
No integration rule has been applied
|
GES extent threshold |
|
GES extent achieved |
|
GES extent unit |
|
GES achieved |
Unknown |
Description overall status |
|
Assessments period |
2015-2016 |
Related pressures |
|
Related targets |
|
Danish part of Atlantic North Sea from coastline to EEZ. Data covers DK-TOTAL-WO_coast. (DK-TOTAL-WO_coast-part-ANS)
GES component |
D8
|
D8
|
D8
|
D8
|
---|---|---|---|---|
Feature |
Contaminants - UPBT substances
|
Contaminants - UPBT substances
|
Contaminants - UPBT substances
|
Contaminants - UPBT substances
|
Element |
Benzo(a)pyrene |
Brominated diphenylethers (congener numbers 28, 47, 99, 100, 153 and 154) |
Mercury and its compounds |
Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and its derivatives |
Element code |
CAS_50-32-8 |
EEA_32-04-2 |
CAS_7439-97-6 |
CAS_1763-23-1 |
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
|
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 |
EU |
HELCOM |
EU |
EU |
Criterion |
D8C1
|
D8C1
|
D8C1
|
D8C1
|
Parameter |
Concentration in biota
|
Concentration in biota
|
Concentration in biota
|
Concentration in biota
|
Parameter other |
||||
Threshold value upper |
5.0 |
0.0085 |
20.0 |
9.1 |
Threshold value lower |
||||
Threshold qualitative |
||||
Threshold value source |
Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC)
|
Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC)
|
Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC)
|
Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC)
|
Threshold value source other |
||||
Value achieved upper |
||||
Value achieved lower |
||||
Value unit |
microgram per kilogram of wet weight
|
microgram per kilogram of wet weight
|
microgram per kilogram of wet weight
|
microgram per kilogram of wet weight
|
Value unit other |
||||
Proportion threshold value |
||||
Proportion value achieved |
||||
Proportion threshold value unit |
||||
Trend |
Stable |
Unknown |
Stable |
Stable |
Parameter achieved |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Description parameter |
||||
Related indicator |
||||
Criteria status |
Good |
Not good |
Not good |
Good |
Description criteria |
||||
Element status |
Good |
Not good |
Not good |
Good |
Description element |
||||
Integration rule type parameter |
||||
Integration rule description parameter |
||||
Integration rule type criteria |
Not relevant
|
Not relevant
|
Not relevant
|
Not relevant
|
Integration rule description criteria |
no integration rule has been applied
|
no integration rule has been applied
|
no integration rule has been applied
|
no integration rule has been applied
|
GES extent threshold |
||||
GES extent achieved |
||||
GES extent unit |
||||
GES achieved |
Not assessed |
Not assessed |
Not assessed |
Not assessed |
Description overall status |
||||
Assessments period |
2010-2015 |
2010-2015 |
2010-2015 |
2010-2015 |
Related pressures |
|
|
|
|
Related targets |
|
|
|
|