Art8-2024

Member State report / Art8-2024 / 2024 / D10 / Estonia / Baltic Sea

Report type	Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article	Art8
Report due	2024-10-15
GES Descriptor	D10 Litter
Member State	Estonia
Region/subregion	Baltic Sea
Report date	2024-12-11 14:54:57

BAL-EE-AA-AA

Simplified table

Regional assessment area
Component MRUs
GES component	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10
Feature	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter in the environment	Litter and micro-litter in species	Litter and micro-litter in species	Litter and micro-litter in species	Litter and micro-litter in species	Litter and micro-litter in species	Litter and micro-litter in species	Litter and micro-litter in species	Species
Element							Macrolitter (all)	Macrolitter (all)	Macrolitter (all)	Macrolitter (all)	Macrolitter (all)	Macrolitter (all)		Microlitter	Microlitter	Microlitter	Microlitter	Microlitter	Microlitter
Element extent
Trend element							Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Element 2														Clupea harengus	Macoma balthica	Mytilus trossulus	Perca fluviatilis	Platichthys flesus	Rhithropanopeus harrisii
Element source							MSFD 2017 Decision	MSFD 2017 Decision	MSFD 2017 Decision	MSFD 2017 Decision	MSFD 2017 Decision	MSFD 2017 Decision		MSFD 2017 Decision	MSFD 2017 Decision	MSFD 2017 Decision	MSFD 2017 Decision	MSFD 2017 Decision	MSFD 2017 Decision
Criterion	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C1	D10C3	D10C3	D10C3	D10C3	D10C3	D10C3	D10C3	D10C4
Parameter	Amount on coastline	Amount on seabed	Amount on seabed	Amount on seabed	Amount on seabed	Amount on water surface	Amount on coastline	Amount on seabed	Amount on seabed	Amount on seabed	Amount on seabed	Amount on water surface	AMO-B	AMO-B	AMO-B	AMO-B	AMO-B	AMO-B	AMO-B
Threshold value upper	20.0						20.0
Threshold value lower
Threshold value operator	<=						<=
Threshold qualitative		The establishment of a quantitative threshold value requires additional data. Based on current knowledge, GES is achieved if the amount of litter does not increase significantly	The establishment of a quantitative threshold value requires additional data. Based on current knowledge, GES is achieved if the amount of litter does not increase significantly	The establishment of a quantitative threshold value requires additional data. Based on current knowledge, GES is achieved if the amount of litter does not increase significantly	The establishment of a quantitative threshold value requires additional data. GES is achieved if the amount of litter does not increase significantly	The establishment of a quantitative threshold value requires additional data. Based on current knowledge, GES is achieved if the amount of litter does not increase significantly		The establishment of a quantitative threshold value requires additional data. Based on current knowledge, GES is achieved if the amount of litter does not increase significantly	The establishment of a quantitative threshold value requires additional data. Based on current knowledge, GES is achieved if the amount of litter does not increase significantly	The establishment of a quantitative threshold value requires additional data. Based on current knowledge, GES is achieved if the amount of litter does not increase significantly	The establishment of a quantitative threshold value requires additional data. GES is achieved if the amount of litter does not increase significantly	The establishment of a quantitative threshold value requires additional data. Based on current knowledge, GES is achieved if the amount of litter does not increase significantly	The establishment of a quantitative threshold value requires additional data. GES is achieved if the amount of litter does not increase significantly	The establishment of a quantitative threshold value requires additional data. GES is achieved if the amount of litter does not increase significantly	The establishment of a quantitative threshold value requires additional data. GES is achieved if the amount of litter does not increase significantly	The establishment of a quantitative threshold value requires additional data. GES is achieved if the amount of litter does not increase significantly	The establishment of a quantitative threshold value requires additional data. GES is achieved if the amount of litter does not increase significantly	The establishment of a quantitative threshold value requires additional data. GES is achieved if the amount of litter does not increase significantly	The establishment of a quantitative threshold value requires additional data. GES is achieved if the amount of litter does not increase significantly
Threshold value source	MSFD 2017 Decision;HELCOM	National	National	National	National	National	MSFD 2017 Decision;HELCOM	National	National	National	National	National	National	National	National	National	National	National	National
Value achieved upper	24.25	381.75	1008.0	3192.33	32.41	1.85	24.25	381.75	1008.0	3192.33	32.41	1.85		0.02	0.46	0.39	0.05	0.03	0.26
Value achieved lower
Value unit	items/100m	number of items per square kilometre	number of items per square kilometre	number of items per square kilometre	number of items per square kilometre	number of items per square kilometre	items/100m	number of items per square kilometre	number of items per square kilometre	number of items per square kilometre	number of items per square kilometre	number of items per square kilometre	number of items per kilogram	number of items per centimetre	number of items per centimetre	number of items per centimetre	number of items per centimetre	number of items per centimetre	number of items per centimetre
Proportion threshold value
Proportion value achieved
Proportion threshold value unit
Trend parameter	Stable	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Stable	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Parameter achieved	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Description parameter		The trend is evaluated for the assessment	The trend is evaluated for the assessment	The trend is evaluated for the assessment	The trend is evaluated for the assessment	The data was collected only in 2021 (pilot study). It's not possible to provide assessment results based on the data from one year.		For the assessment, the trend is evaluated	For the assessment, the trend is evaluated	For the assessment, the trend is evaluated	For the assessment, the trend is evaluated	The data was collected only in 2021 (pilot study). Based on the data from just one year, it's not possible to provide assessment results.	For the assessment, the trend is evaluated. Due to limited data available, trend analysis cannot be conducted yet	11.9 items/kg. For the assessment, the trend is evaluated. Due to limited data available trend analysis cannot be conducted yet	7082.9 items/kg. For the assessment, the trend is evaluated. Due to limited data available trend analysis cannot be conducted yet.	6645.6 items/kg. For the assessment, the trend is evaluated. Due to limited data available trend analysis cannot be conducted yet	16.8 items/kg. For the assessment, the trend is evaluated. Due to limited data available trend analysis cannot be conducted yet	10.4 items/kg. For the assessment, the trend is evaluated. Due to limited data available trend analysis cannot be conducted yet	708.5 items/kg. For the assessment, the trend is evaluated. Due to limited data available trend analysis cannot be conducted yet
Related indicator	Contamination ratio of beach litter	Macrolitter on seafloor in coastal sea [natural areas]	BALEED10C1.4	Macrolitter on seafloor in coastal sea [areas affected by human activity]	BALEED10C1.3	BALEED10C1.5	Contamination ratio of beach litter	Macrolitter on seafloor in coastal sea [natural areas]	BALEED10C1.4	Macrolitter on seafloor in coastal sea [areas affected by human activity]	BALEED10C1.3	BALEED10C1.5	BALEED10C3.1 BALEED10C3.2	BALEED10C3.1	BALEED10C3.2	BALEED10C3.2	BALEED10C3.1	BALEED10C3.1	BALEED10C3.2
Criteria status	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Not assessed
Description criteria																				Monitoring has not been initiated. There is no data available for the assessment period 2016–2021 to provide a status evaluation
Element status							Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good		Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Description element														Contributes to D1C2	Contributes to D1C2	Contributes to D1C2	Contributes to D1C2	Contributes to D1C2	Contributes to D1C2
Source assessment feature	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision
Reporting method feature	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D
Trend feature	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Not assessed
Integration rule type parameter	THRES	THRES	THRES	THRES	THRES	THRES	THRES	THRES	THRES	THRES	THRES	THRES	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant
Integration rule description parameter
Integration rule type criteria	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant
Integration rule description criteria
GES extent threshold	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status
GES achieved	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Not assessed
Description overall status
Assessments period	2016-2021	2016-2021	2016-2021	2016-2021	2016-2021	2016-2021	2016-2021	2016-2021	2016-2021	2016-2021	2016-2021	2016-2021	2016-2021	2016-2021	2016-2021	2016-2021	2016-2021	2016-2021	2016-2021	2016-2021
Related pressures	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)
Related targets	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26
Test TV	No	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	No	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Test results	Correct	False	False	False	False	Correct	Correct	False	False	False	False	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct	False

BAL-EE-AA-GF

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Regional assessment area
Component MRUs
GES component	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10
Feature	Micro-litter in the environment	Micro-litter in the environment	Micro-litter in the environment	Micro-litter in the environment	Micro-litter in the environment	Micro-litter in the environment
Element			Artificial polymer materials	Artificial polymer materials	Microlitter	Microlitter
Element extent
Trend element			Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Element 2
Element source			MSFD 2017 Decision	MSFD 2017 Decision	MSFD 2017 Decision	MSFD 2017 Decision
Criterion	D10C2	D10C2	D10C2	D10C2	D10C2	D10C2
Parameter	Amount on seabed	Amount on water surface	Amount on seabed	Amount on water surface	Amount on seabed	Amount on water surface
Threshold value upper			381.0	0.13	1314.0	0.21
Threshold value lower
Threshold value operator			<=	<=	<=	<=
Threshold qualitative
Threshold value source	National	National	National	National	National	National
Value achieved upper			270.0	0.05	3875.0	0.1
Value achieved lower
Value unit	number of items per kilogram of dry weight	number of items per kilogram of dry weight	number of items per kilogram of dry weight	number of items per square metre	number of items per kilogram of dry weight	number of items per square metre
Proportion threshold value
Proportion value achieved
Proportion threshold value unit
Trend parameter	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Parameter achieved	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Description parameter	The assessment compares the amounts of microlitter/microplastics in seabed sediments with baseline year data	The assessment compares the amounts of microlitter/microplastics in surface waters with baseline year data	The assessment compares the amounts of microlitter/microplastics in seabed sediments with baseline year data	The assessment compares the amounts of microlitter/microplastics in surface waters with baseline year data	The assessment compares the amounts of microlitter/microplastics in seabed sediments with baseline year data	The assessment compares the amounts of microlitter/microplastics in surface waters with baseline year data
Related indicator	BALEED10C2.2	Microlitter in the surface layer of the water column	BALEED10C2.2	Microlitter in the surface layer of the water column	BALEED10C2.2	Microlitter in the surface layer of the water column
Criteria status	Not good	Not good	Good	Good	Not good	Not good
Description criteria
Element status			Good	Good	Not good	Not good
Description element
Source assessment feature	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision
Reporting method feature	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D
Trend feature	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Integration rule type parameter	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO
Integration rule description parameter	TV in both matrices (water & sediment) (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved	TV in both matrices (water & sediment) (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved	TV in both matrices (water & sediment) (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved	TV in both matrices (water & sediment) (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved	TV in both matrices (water & sediment) (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved	TV in both matrices (water & sediment) (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved
Integration rule type criteria	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other
Integration rule description criteria	Conditional: TV for microplastics (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved for GES	Conditional: TV for microplastics (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved for GES	Conditional: TV for microplastics (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved for GES	Conditional: TV for microplastics (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved for GES	Conditional: TV for microplastics (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved for GES	Conditional: TV for microplastics (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved for GES
GES extent threshold	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
GES extent achieved	50.00	50.00	50.00	50.00	50.00	50.00
GES extent unit	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status
GES achieved	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported
Description overall status
Assessments period	2016-2022	2016-2022	2016-2022	2016-2022	2016-2022	2016-2022
Related pressures	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)
Related targets	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26
Test TV	NA	NA	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Test results	False	False	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct

BAL-EE-AA-GR

Simplified table

Regional assessment area
Component MRUs
GES component	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10
Feature	Micro-litter in the environment	Micro-litter in the environment	Micro-litter in the environment	Micro-litter in the environment	Micro-litter in the environment	Micro-litter in the environment
Element			Artificial polymer materials	Artificial polymer materials	Microlitter	Microlitter
Element extent
Trend element			Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Element 2
Element source			MSFD 2017 Decision	MSFD 2017 Decision	MSFD 2017 Decision	MSFD 2017 Decision
Criterion	D10C2	D10C2	D10C2	D10C2	D10C2	D10C2
Parameter	Amount on seabed	Amount on water surface	Amount on seabed	Amount on water surface	Amount on seabed	Amount on water surface
Threshold value upper			107.0	0.05	433.0	0.12
Threshold value lower
Threshold value operator			<=	<=	<=	<=
Threshold qualitative
Threshold value source	National	National	National	National	National	National
Value achieved upper			209.0	0.1	2335.5	0.15
Value achieved lower
Value unit	number of items per kilogram of dry weight	number of items per square metre	number of items per kilogram of dry weight	number of items per square metre	number of items per kilogram of dry weight	number of items per square metre
Proportion threshold value
Proportion value achieved
Proportion threshold value unit
Trend parameter	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Parameter achieved	No	No	No	No	No	No
Description parameter	The assessment compares the amounts of microlitter/microplastics in seabed sediments with baseline year data	The assessment compares the amounts of microlitter/microplastics in surface waters with baseline year data	The assessment compares the amounts of microlitter/microplastics in seabed sediments with baseline year data	The assessment compares the amounts of microlitter/microplastics in surface waters with baseline year data	The assessment compares the amounts of microlitter/microplastics in seabed sediments with baseline year data	The assessment compares the amounts of microlitter/microplastics in surface waters with baseline year data
Related indicator	BALEED10C2.2	Microlitter in the surface layer of the water column	BALEED10C2.2	Microlitter in the surface layer of the water column	BALEED10C2.2	Microlitter in the surface layer of the water column
Criteria status	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good
Description criteria
Element status			Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good
Description element
Source assessment feature	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision
Reporting method feature	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D
Trend feature	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Integration rule type parameter	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO
Integration rule description parameter	TV in both matrices (water & sediment) (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved	TV in both matrices (water & sediment) (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved	TV in both matrices (water & sediment) (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved	TV in both matrices (water & sediment) (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved	TV in both matrices (water & sediment) (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved	TV in both matrices (water & sediment) (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved
Integration rule type criteria	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other
Integration rule description criteria	Conditional: TV for microplastics (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved for GES	Conditional: TV for microplastics (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved for GES	Conditional: TV for microplastics (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved for GES	Conditional: TV for microplastics (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved for GES	Conditional: TV for microplastics (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved for GES	Conditional: TV for microplastics (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved for GES
GES extent threshold	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status
GES achieved	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported
Description overall status
Assessments period	2016-2022	2016-2022	2016-2022	2016-2022	2016-2022	2016-2022
Related pressures	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)
Related targets	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26
Test TV	NA	NA	No	No	No	No
Test results	False	False	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct

BAL-EE-AA-NBP

Simplified table

Regional assessment area
Component MRUs
GES component	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10	D10
Feature	Micro-litter in the environment	Micro-litter in the environment	Micro-litter in the environment	Micro-litter in the environment	Micro-litter in the environment	Micro-litter in the environment
Element			Artificial polymer materials	Artificial polymer materials	Microlitter	Microlitter
Element extent
Trend element			Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Element 2
Element source			MSFD 2017 Decision	MSFD 2017 Decision	MSFD 2017 Decision	MSFD 2017 Decision
Criterion	D10C2	D10C2	D10C2	D10C2	D10C2	D10C2
Parameter	Amount on seabed	Amount on water surface	Amount on seabed	Amount on water surface	Amount on seabed	Amount on water surface
Threshold value upper			52.0	0.3	451.0	0.62
Threshold value lower
Threshold value operator			<=	<=	<=	<=
Threshold qualitative
Threshold value source	National	National	National	National	National	National
Value achieved upper			320.0	0.04	3959.0	0.07
Value achieved lower
Value unit	number of items per kilogram of dry weight	number of items per square metre	number of items per kilogram of dry weight	number of items per square metre	number of items per kilogram of dry weight	number of items per square metre
Proportion threshold value
Proportion value achieved
Proportion threshold value unit
Trend parameter	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Parameter achieved	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes
Description parameter	The assessment compares the amounts of microlitter/microplastics in seabed sediments with baseline year data	The assessment compares the amounts of microlitter/microplastics in surface waters with baseline year data	The assessment compares the amounts of microlitter/microplastics in seabed sediments with baseline year data	The assessment compares the amounts of microlitter/microplastics in surface waters with baseline year data	The assessment compares the amounts of microlitter/microplastics in seabed sediments with baseline year data	The assessment compares the amounts of microlitter/microplastics in surface waters with baseline year data
Related indicator	BALEED10C2.2	Microlitter in the surface layer of the water column	BALEED10C2.2	Microlitter in the surface layer of the water column	BALEED10C2.2	Microlitter in the surface layer of the water column
Criteria status	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good
Description criteria
Element status			Not good	Not good	Not good	Not good
Description element
Source assessment feature	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision	EU MSFD 2017 Decision
Reporting method feature	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D
Trend feature	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Integration rule type parameter	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO
Integration rule description parameter	TV in both matrices (water & sediment) (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved	TV in both matrices (water & sediment) (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved	TV in both matrices (water & sediment) (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved	TV in both matrices (water & sediment) (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved	TV in both matrices (water & sediment) (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved	TV in both matrices (water & sediment) (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved
Integration rule type criteria	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other
Integration rule description criteria	Conditional: TV for microplastics (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved for GES	Conditional: TV for microplastics (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved for GES	Conditional: TV for microplastics (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved for GES	Conditional: TV for microplastics (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved for GES	Conditional: TV for microplastics (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved for GES	Conditional: TV for microplastics (EU MSFD CIS_TG Litter) should be achieved for GES
GES extent threshold	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00	100.00
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status	Proportion of litter categories in good status
GES achieved	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported	GES later than 2024, Art14ExceptionNotReported
Description overall status
Assessments period	2016-2022	2016-2022	2016-2022	2016-2022	2016-2022	2016-2022
Related pressures	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)	Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)
Related targets	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26	BALEE-T31-2024 BALEE-T33 BALEE-T37 BALEE-T38 BALEE-T39 BALEE-T41 BALEE-T42 BALEE-T43 BALEE-T47 BALEE-T54 Target 26
Test TV	NA	NA	No	Yes	No	Yes
Test results	False	False	Correct	Correct	Correct	Correct