Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D7 / 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 | 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 | ART9_GES_FR_2019-12-12.xml |
GES component |
D7
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D7C1
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D7C2
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Marine reporting units |
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Features |
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GES description |
Spatial extent and distribution of the permanent change in hydrographic conditions on the seabed and in the water column associated, inter alia, with a physical loss of the natural seabed (Decision 2017/848/EU).
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Spatial extent of each benthic habitat type adversely affected (physical and hydrographic features and associated biological communities) due to permanently altered hydrological conditions (Decision 2017/848/EU).
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Determination date |
201910 |
201910 |
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Update type |
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 |
According to the advice given in guidance 14 (Walmsley et al., 2017) no threshold is to be specified for D7C1: GES achievement is therefore not assessed for D7C1.
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Consistent with the advice provided in Guidance 14 (Walmsley et al. 2017), the evaluation of D7C2 should be conducted for each habitat type that is affected by changing hydrographic conditions and the results of D7C2 are not integrated. In addition, no GES thresholds have been defined to date for impacts on major habitat types, so GES achievement is not assessed for criterion D7C2. The methodological standards associated with this criterion will be further developed through further studies, as foreseen in the Ministerial Order 2019 on the definition of Good Environmental Status of Marine Waters.
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