Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D10 / Finland / Baltic 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 D10 Litter
Member State Finland
Region/subregion Baltic Sea
Reported by Finnish Environment Institute
Report date 2019-04-10
Report access msfd2018-ART9_GES_3Jan2019_4_.xml

GES component
D10
D10C1
D10C1
D10C2
D10C3
D10C4
Marine reporting units
  • BAL-FI-AS
  • BAL-FI-BB
  • BAL-FI-BS
  • BAL-FI-GF
  • BAL-FI-NB
  • BAL-FI-QK
  • BAL-FI-AS
  • BAL-FI-BB
  • BAL-FI-BS
  • BAL-FI-GF
  • BAL-FI-NB
  • BAL-FI-QK
  • BAL-FI-AS
  • BAL-FI-BB
  • BAL-FI-BS
  • BAL-FI-GF
  • BAL-FI-NB
  • BAL-FI-QK
Features
  • Litter in the environment
  • Litter in the environment
  • Micro-litter in the environment
GES description
With respect to the amount of marine litter, the target is a downward trend in total and in different types of litter (see above). In order to verify this trend, a methodology is developed.
For litter, good status is considered to be achieved by achieving 30 % litter reduction by 2025 compared to baseline. The baseline will be set in the course of 2018. The reduction is calculated separately for each type of waste (artificial polymers, rubber, textile, paperboard, treated wood, metal, glass and ceramics, chemicals, catering waste, other).
The target for micro-litter is a downward trend both in total amount and per type of micro-litter (artificial polymers, others). The already developed methods will be implemented in 2018.
Determination date
201807
201807
201807
Update type
Modified from reported determination
Modified from reported determination
Modified from reported determination
Justification for non-use of criterion
Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements
Thresholds for litter have not yet been developed under the TG ML in cooperation with other Member States. Finland's interim threshold are (1) %-reduction and (2) trend-based.
Thresholds for litter have not yet been developed under the TG ML in cooperation with other Member States. Finland's interim threshold are (1) %-reduction and (2) trend-based.
Thresholds for litter have not yet been developed under the TG ML in cooperation with other Member States. Finland's interim threshold is trend-based.