Member State report / Art10 / 2018 / D7 / France / Mediterranean: Western Mediterranean Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 10 Environmental targets (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D7 Hydrographical changes
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 ART10_TARGETS_FR_2019-12-12.xml

Target code
D07-A2
D07-B2
D07-B2
D07-OE01
D07-OE03
D07-OE03
D07-OE04
OE_MO_gen_A
OE_MO_gen_B
Target description
Avoid any new development or activity (marine works, extraction of materials, dredging, dumping of dredged materials, land-based developments and discharges) modifying hydrographic conditions with a significant residual impact on the current and sedimentology of the sea-lagoon transition zones (MED specific)
Avoid any new development or activity (marine works, extraction of materials, dredging, dumping of dredged materials, land-based developments and discharges) modifying hydrographic conditions with a significant residual impact on the current and sedimentology of deep-sea sandy dune areas (MED specific)
Avoid any new development or activity (marine works, extraction of materials, dredging, dumping of dredged materials, land-based developments and discharges) modifying hydrographic conditions with a significant residual impact on the current and sedimentology of deep-sea sandy dune areas (MED specific)
Avoid significant residual impacts* of turbidity on the habitats and the main fish functional zones of importance most sensitive to this pressure, under the influence of marine works, material extraction, dredging, dumping of dredged material, developments and land-based discharges *notable residual impacts within the meaning of environmental assessment N. B. 1: This objective targets the main fish functional zones of importance (FFZIs) and the following habitats: maerl beds, phanerogam meadows (eelgrass, posidonia, cymodocae), belts of rockweed, kelp and cystose, lithophyllum sidewalks, sabellarid bioconstructions and coralligenous (coastal and deep). N.B. 2: Maps of FFZIswill be produced as part of M004.
Limiting pressures and barriers to sea-land connectivity in estuaries and coastal lagoons
Limiting pressures and barriers to sea-land connectivity in estuaries and coastal lagoons
Ensuring an adequate volume of freshwater in the coastal sector throughout the year, including by reducing the levels of water abstraction (groundwater and surface water) at the catchment level
Maintaining or restoring biodiversity and the functioning of coastal fund ecosystems (medio, infra and circalittoral)
Maintaining a good etat of conservation of the deep habitats of the submarine canyons
Feature(s)
  • Changes to hydrological conditions
  • Current regime
  • Littoral sediment
  • Other benthic habitats
  • Physical disturbance to seabed
  • Seabed substrate and morphology
  • Changes to hydrological conditions
  • Circalittoral coarse sediment
  • Circalittoral mixed sediment
  • Circalittoral sand
  • Current regime
  • Offshore circalittoral coarse sediment
  • Offshore circalittoral mixed sediment
  • Offshore circalittoral sand
  • Physical disturbance to seabed
  • Seabed substrate and morphology
  • Changes to hydrological conditions
  • Circalittoral coarse sediment
  • Circalittoral mixed sediment
  • Circalittoral sand
  • Current regime
  • Offshore circalittoral coarse sediment
  • Offshore circalittoral mixed sediment
  • Offshore circalittoral sand
  • Physical disturbance to seabed
  • Seabed substrate and morphology
  • Circalittoral coarse sediment
  • Circalittoral mixed sediment
  • Circalittoral rock and biogenic reef
  • Infralittoral mixed sediment
  • Infralittoral rock and biogenic reef
  • Infralittoral sand
  • Input of organic matter - diffuse sources and point sources
  • Littoral rock and biogenic reef
  • Littoral sediment
  • Offshore circalittoral mixed sediment
  • Offshore circalittoral rock and biogenic reef
  • Turbidity (silt/sediment loads)
  • Changes to hydrological conditions
  • Freshwater input
  • Input of water - point sources (e.g. brine)
  • Littoral sediment
  • Other benthic habitats
  • Changes to hydrological conditions
  • Freshwater input
  • Input of water - point sources (e.g. brine)
  • Littoral sediment
  • Other benthic habitats
  • Freshwater input
  • Input of water - point sources (e.g. brine)
  • Benthic habitats
  • Circalittoral coarse sediment
  • Circalittoral mixed sediment
  • Circalittoral mud
  • Circalittoral rock and biogenic reef
  • Circalittoral sand
  • Coastal fish
  • Demersal shelf fish
  • Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities)
  • Infralittoral coarse sediment
  • Infralittoral mixed sediment
  • Infralittoral mud
  • Infralittoral rock and biogenic reef
  • Infralittoral sand
  • Littoral rock and biogenic reef
  • Littoral sediment
  • Offshore circalittoral coarse sediment
  • Offshore circalittoral mixed sediment
  • Offshore circalittoral mud
  • Offshore circalittoral rock and biogenic reef
  • Offshore circalittoral sand
  • Other benthic habitats
  • Pelagic habitats
  • Physical disturbance to seabed
  • Physical loss of the seabed
  • Other benthic habitats
  • Physical disturbance to seabed
  • Physical loss of the seabed
  • Upper bathyal rock and biogenic reef
  • Upper bathyal sediment
GES components
  • D7
  • D7
  • D7
  • D7
  • D7
  • D7
  • D7
  • D1
  • D3
  • D4
  • D6
  • D7
  • D1
  • D3
  • D4
  • D6
  • D7
Timescale
202612
202612
202612
202612
202612
202612
202612
202012
202012
Update date
201909
201909
201909
201909
201909
201909
201909
201909
201909
Update type
New target
New target
New target
New target
New target
New target
New target
Target no longer needed
Target no longer needed
Marine reporting unit
  • MWE-FR-MS-MO
  • MWE-FR-MS-MO
  • MWE-FR-MS-MO
  • MWE-FR-MS-MO
  • MWE-FR-MS-MO
  • MWE-FR-MS-MO
  • MWE-FR-MS-MO
  • MWE-FR-MS-MO
  • MWE-FR-MS-MO
Element
Habitats
Habitats
Habitats
Habitats
Area physically lost, disturbed or hydrographicall
Habitats
Habitats
Element 2
Parameter
Other
Other
Other
Other
Other
Extent
Other
Habitat condition
Parameter - other
Ratio
Number
Number
Number
Number
Structure and functioning of ecosystems
Target value
100.0
100.0
100.0
Value achieved - upper
Value achieved - lower
Value unit
percentage
Other
percentage
percentage
Value unit - other
number
Target status
Target not yet achieved
Target not yet achieved
Target not yet achieved
Target not yet achieved
Target not yet achieved
Target not yet achieved
Assessment period
2015-2021
2015-2021
2015-2021
2015-2021
2015-2021
2015-2021
2012-2018
2012-2018
Target assessment description
cible : 100 % des nouvelles autorisations concernent des projets ne présentant pas d'impacts résiduels notables suite à l'application de la séquence ERC, à compter de l'adoption de la stratégie de façade maritime
cible : 0 nouveau projet d'extraction concernant les dunes de haut talus, à compter de l'adoption de la stratégie de façade maritime
cible : 100 % des nouvelles autorisations concernent des projets ne présentant pas d'impacts résiduels notables suite à l'application de la séquence ERC, à compter de l'adoption de la stratégie de façade maritime
Target: 100% of new authorizations and renewals of authorizations concern projects with no significant residual impacts as a result of the application of the ERC sequence, as of the adoption of the seafront strategy.
target: Defined and concerted in facade and adopted at the same time as the action plan of the facade strategic document
target: Defined and concerted on the façade as part of measure M003, and adopted at the same time as the Facade Strategic Document (Document Stategique de Facade) action plan.
The environmental objective is abandoned as it does not correspond to the definition of an environmental target for the second cycle. It is too general, it is not intended to reduce a clearly identified pressure and does not have an indicator enabling it to be assessed.
The environmental objective is abandoned as it does not correspond to the definition of an environmental target for the second cycle. It is too general, it is not intended to reduce a clearly identified pressure and does not have an indicator enabling it to be assessed.
Related indicator
Related measures