MS/Art18/2018/D7/Finland/Baltic Sea

Member State report / Art18 / 2018 / D7 / Finland / Baltic Sea

Report type	Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article	Art. 18 Interim report on programme of measures
Report due	2018-10-15
GES Descriptor	D7 Hydrographical changes
Member State	Finland
Region/subregion	Baltic Sea
Reported by	Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)
Report date	2018-12-21
Report access	BALFI-ART18_21DEC2018.xml

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Marine reporting units
Features
Measure code	BALFI-M017-PHYS	BALFI-M018-PHYS	BALFI-M019-HYDRO	BALFI-M025-HABIT	BALFI-X001-HABIT	BALFI-X001-HYDRO	BALFI-X001-PHYS	BALFI-X002-HABIT	BALFI-X002-HYDRO	BALFI-X002-PHYS	BALFI-X003-HABIT	BALFI-X003-HYDRO	BALFI-X003-PHYS	BALFI-X004-HABIT	BALFI-X004-HYDRO	BALFI-X004-PHYS	BALFI-X004-SHIP	BALFI-X005-HYDRO	BALFI-X005-PHYS	BALFI-X005-SHIP	BALFI-X006-HYDRO	BALFI-X006-PHYS	BALFI-X007-HABIT	BALFI-X009-HABIT	BALFI-X010-HABIT
Measure name	PHYS1 - Reduce harmful impacts of dredging	PHYS2 - Draft a national plan on extraction of marine sand and aggregate	HYDRO1-Implement measures to improve local flow conditions in coastal areas	HABIT1 - Improve conservation in marine protected areas	National Shoreline Protection Programme implementing the EU Recommendation on Integrated Coastal Zone Management (2002/413/EC)	Measures that relate to the Environmental Impact Assessment Procedure Act (468/1994, EIA Law) and Decree (713/2006, EIA Regulation)	Government Decision on National Land Use Purposes (30 November 2000)	Measures that relate to the Nature Conservation Act (1096/1996) and Decree (160/1997)	Measures that relate to the Law on the Finnish EEZ (1058/2004)	Act on the Exclusive Economic Zone of Finland (1058/2004)	Inventory Programme for the Underwater Marine Environment (VELMU), 2004-2015	Act on the Environmental Impact Assessment of Plans and Programs by Authorities (200/2005) (SEA Act)	Act on the Environmental Impact Assessment of Plans and Programs by Authorities (200/2005) (SEA Act)	Management Plan for the Finnish Seal Populations in the Baltic Sea (2007)	Measures that relate to the Water Act (587/2011)	An action plan to improve the status of endangered habitats (2011)	Government Decree (2/2000) on the Implementation of the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea	Measures that relate to the Government Decree on Water Management Matters (1560/2011)	Engineering of wind power constructions through landscape plans (2012)	Act on the Exclusive Economic Zone of Finland (1058/2004)	Measures that relate to the Environmental Protection Act (527/2014) and Decree (713/2014)	Sediment dredging and deposition instructions (2015)	The Water Act (587/2011) as one way of implementing marine Natura 2000-areas	Saving Nature for People. National action plan for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in Finland 2013–2020 (Government Resolution 20 December 2012)	Current state of conservation and development needs of habitats - Statutory safeguards (2013)
Measure category (type)	2b	2b	2b	2a	1a	1a	1a	1a	1a	1a	1a	1a	1a	1a	1a	1a	1a	1a	1a	1a	1a	1a	1a	1a	1a
Progress in implementation	Implementation started	Implementation started	Implementation not started	Implementation started
Measure withdrawn	No	No	No	No
Reason for withdrawal
Year of implementation (Temporal coverage - timeline for implementation)	2021	2021		2021
Delay	0	0		0
Reasons for delay
Other obstacles (Obstacles to implementation)	No	No	No	No
Type of obstacle
Further information on obstacle (Description)
Brief description of progress (measurement of effectiveness of measure)														Ongoing (infinite)										The strategy has been adopted and it is ongoing and being implemented by ongoing measures.