Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D8 / France / NE Atlantic: Celtic Seas

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 France
Region/subregion NE Atlantic: Celtic Seas
Reported by Ministère de la transition Ecologique et Solidaire
Report date 2020-02-19
Report access ART9_GES_FR_2019-12-12.xml

GES component
D8
D8C1
D8C2
D8C3
D8C4
Marine reporting units
  • ACS-FR-MS-MC-ZC12M
  • ACS-FR-MS-MC-ZL12M
  • ACS-FR-MS-MC-ZC12M
Features
  • Contaminants - UPBT substances
  • Contaminants - non UPBT substances
  • Marine species
GES description
Contaminant concentrations do not exceed threshold values (Decision 2017/848/EU).
Characteristics related to species health and habitat status (e.g. species composition and relative abundance in chronically polluted locations) are not adversely affected by contaminants, including cumulative and synergistic effects (Decision 2017/848/EU).
Determination date
201910
201910
Update type
New determination
New determination
Justification for non-use of criterion
Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements
Criterion D8C1 could only be partially assessed for all contaminants in this evaluation due primarily to the lack of an aggregation (threshold) rule at the level of each parameter and a rule for integrating the parameters at the level of the criterion. Indeed, the assessment of the state of each ...
Criterion D8C3 (duration and spatial extent of acute pollution events) could not be filled in for this assessment. Indeed, data from accidental pollution reports (POLREPs) could not be collected and the information associated with the POLREPs does not allow a robust assessment of this criterion t...