MS/Art9/2018/D8/Denmark/NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea

Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D8 / Denmark / NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea

Report type	Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article	Art. 9 Determination of GES (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_ART9_GES_Merge_20190829.xml

Simplified table

GES component	D8	D8C1	D8C2	D8C3	D8C4
Marine reporting units		DK-TOTAL-part-ANS	DK-TOTAL-part-ANS	ANS-DK-WO-KA	DK-TOTAL-part-ANS
Features		Contaminants - UPBT substances	All biological pressures	Acute pollution events	Acute pollution events
GES description		The concentrations of pollutants in coastal and territorial waters do not exceed the environmental quality requirements set by the Water Framework Directive. The concentrations of pollutants outside coastal and territorial waters do not exceed the thresholds set.	Levels of imposex / intersex in sea snails in all Danish marine areas do not exceed the set thresholds. Note: No relevant feature for D8C2 was found in the list of features	The extent of significant acute pollution events is minimized	The adverse effects of major acute pollution events on species health and habitat status have been minimized and, as far as possible, eliminated.
Determination date		201904	201904	201904	201904
Update type		Modified from reported determination	Modified from reported determination	New determination	New determination
Justification for non-use of criterion					So far, no collected registration has been performed for this criteria
Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements		List of contaminants has not yet been fully established through regional or subregional cooperation according to GES D8C1, criteria (2)(b). Furthermore thresholds are not agreed for all contaminants through regional or subregional cooperation	A list of species, and relevant tissues to be assessed, and habitats has not yet been established through regional or subregional cooperation	There has not been set an agreed definition of what 'acute pollution events' means	No agreed definition of 'acute pollution events' has been agreed upon.