Discharges of contaminants in the water, sediment and living organisms do not lead to exceeding of the environmental quality standards applied in current legislation

Adverse effects on marine mammals and birds from acute pollution events are prevent-ed and minimised as much as possible. For example, this may be secured by means of floating booms as well as through contingency plans for marine mammals and birds injured in oil spills.

Up to the next monitoring programme (2020), the Danish Environmental Protection Agency will examine how the adverse effects of the most significant pollution events can be monitored and registered in the specific cases.

Emissions, discharges and losses of PBDE and Mercury are ceased or phased out

The Ministry of Environment and Food contributes to work regionally and in the EU regarding establishment of threshold values and determination of good environmental status, and works to ensure that the quantities of contaminants are in accorance hereto.

There is a gradual decrease in the levels of imposex/intersex in marine gastropods

By 2021, a process has been carried out to trace the source of the most polluting substances which prevent meeting the environmental targets laid Down for surface Water bodies in the Water Framework Directive. If necessay, the relevant licences and permits will be revised as far as possible.

The Ministry of Environment and Food is working to ensure that more indicators are established

The Ministry of Environment and Food ensures increased coordination between policy areas/directives when new national environmental quality requirements are set for selected substances in matrices, where there is monitoring data

The Ministry of Environment and Food is working to develop additional regional joint tests for biological impacts. No appropriate feature could be found

The spatial extent and duration of acute pollution events is gradually reduced as much as possible through prevention, monitoring and risk-based scaling of contingency and response facilities.