Member State report / Art18 / 2018 / D10 / Latvia / Baltic Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 18 Interim report on programme of measures
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D10 Litter
Member State Latvia
Region/subregion Baltic Sea
Reported by Latvian Institute of Aquatic Ecology
Report date 2019-01-31
Report access BALLV_msfd-ART18.xml
Marine reporting units
Features
Measure code
BALLV-M009
BALLV-M010
BALLV-M011
BALLV-M012
BALLV-M013
BALLV-M015
BALLV-M016
Measure name
Development of packaging waste take-back system for outlets[1] in coastal zone (including the beach) (on a voluntary basis)
Measures to achieve a steady reduction of plastic shopping bag consumption.
Waste Monitoring on seashore (beach litter monitoring)
Public information and education activities
Research to improve the knowledge base of contamination levels of microscopic plastic particles in the water column.
Launch of marine data information system in order to ensure effective and timely exchange of data on marine ecosystems between all parties involved
Initiate the development of methodologies for spatial cumulative impact assessment for a variety of marine space uses in order to ensure application of the methodology in of the EIA process.
Measure category (type)
2b
2a
2b
2a
2b
2b
2b
Progress in implementation
Implementation started
Implementation started
Implementation started
Implementation started
Implementation started
Implementation started
Implementation not started
Measure withdrawn
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Reason for withdrawal
Year of implementation (Temporal coverage - timeline for implementation)
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
Delay
0
0
0
0
0
0
Reasons for delay
Other obstacles (Obstacles to implementation)
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Type of obstacle
Further information on obstacle (Description)
Brief description of progress (measurement of effectiveness of measure)