Member State report / Art10 / 2018 / D7 / Ireland / NE Atlantic: Celtic Seas

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 Ireland
Region/subregion NE Atlantic: Celtic Seas
Reported by Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government
Report date 2020-08-31
Report access msfd2018-ART10_Targets_IE_Updated_24July.xml

Target code
Cycle 1 D7T1
D7T1
Target description
Target: All developments that may give rise to significant permanent changes in the hydrological regime of currents, waves, or sediments must comply with existing regulatory regimes and guidance should be followed to ensure that regulatory assessments are undertaken in a way that ensures the full consideration of any potential impacts, including cumulative effects at the most appropriate spatial scales to ensure that GES is not compromised. Notes: The targets for MSFD Cycle 2 have been aligned with the criteria outlined in the Commission Decision 2017/848. Where targets from MSFD Cycle 1 do not align with the Criteria these have been discontinued and have been reported as ‘Target no longer needed’. There was no Target timescale date specified in MSFD Cycle 1 for this target. The Timescale date 205012 has been entered to allow the Schema be submitted and processed without errors. Under no circumstances should this date be attributed to the now abandoned target.
The spatial extent and distribution of permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions to the seabed and water column, is at a level that ensures that the structure and functions of the ecosystems are safeguarded and that benthic ecosystems, in particular, are not adversely affected
Feature(s)
  • Hydrographical changes
  • Hydrographical changes
GES components
  • D7
  • D7C1 Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions (7.1, 7.1.1)
Timescale
205012
202512
Update date
201304
202003
Update type
Target no longer needed
Modified from 2012 definition
Marine reporting unit
  • ACS-IE-AA-001
  • ACS-IE-AA-001
Element
Hydrographical changes
Element 2
Parameter
Extent
Parameter - other
Target value
Value achieved - upper
Value achieved - lower
Value unit
Value unit - other
Target status
Target achieved
Assessment period
2014-2018
Target assessment description
Related indicator
Related measures
  • M014
  • M015
  • M017
  • M066
  • M068
  • M124
  • M125
  • M126
  • M127
  • M128
  • M129
  • M130
  • M133
  • M148
  • M149
  • M177
  • M014
  • M015
  • M017
  • M066
  • M068
  • M124
  • M125
  • M126
  • M127
  • M128
  • M129
  • M130
  • M133
  • M148
  • M149
  • M177