Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D6 / France / Mediterranean: Western Mediterranean 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 | D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats |
| Member State | France |
| Region/subregion | Mediterranean: Western Mediterranean Sea |
| 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 |
D6
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D6C1
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D6C2
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D6C3
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D6C4
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D6C5
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Marine reporting units |
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Features |
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GES description |
Spatial extent and distribution of physical loss (permanent change) of the natural seabed (Decision 2017/848/EU).
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Spatial extent and distribution of pressures from physical disturbance of the seabed (Decision 2017/848/EU).
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Spatial extent of each habitat type adversely affected by changes in its biotic and abiotic structure and functions (e.g. change in species composition and relative abundance, absence of particularly sensitive or fragile species or species performing a key function, size structure of species) due to physical disturbance (Decision 2017/848/EU).
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Determination date |
201910 |
201910 |
201910 |
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Update type |
New determination |
New determination |
New determination |
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Justification for non-use of criterion |
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Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements |
Criterion D6C1 does not have a threshold required in Decision 2017/848/EU.
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Criterion D6C2 does not have a threshold required in Decision 2017/848/EU.
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Criterion D6C3 requires the establishment, through cooperation between Member States at regional or sub-regional level, of threshold values for adverse effects of physical disturbance. Such thresholds have not yet been defined for the French marine sub-regions, but work in this direction is under way at the European level, particularly within the framework of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES). The methodological standards associated with this criterion will be specified following further studies, as provided for in Ministerial Order 2019 on the definition of good environmental status of marine waters.
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No indicators are available for the assessment of criterion D6C4. The methodological standards associated with criterion D6C4 will be further developed following additional studies, as provided for in the Ministerial Order 2019 on the definition of good environmental status of marine waters. The evaluation is available at: https://doi.org/10.13155/60192
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The assessment of the D6C5 criterion is informed by the calculation of the BenthoVal indicator (Labrune et al., in preparation) selected at the national level. Due to the absence of a defined threshold, criterion D6C5 is not assessed. It should be noted that for this assessment, the BenthoVal indicator could not be calculated for rocky habitats, despite the acquisition of data, because the applicability of BenthoVal to these types of habitats requires further testing. The methodological standards associated with criterion D6C5 will be specified following further studies, as provided for in Ministerial Order 2019 on the definition of good ecological status of marine waters. The evaluation is available at: https://doi.org/10.13155/60192
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