Art8-2024

Member State report / Art8-2024 / 2024 / D9 / Latvia / Baltic Sea

Report type	Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article	Art8
Report due	2024-10-15
GES Descriptor	D9 Contaminants in seafood
Member State	Latvia
Region/subregion	Baltic Sea
Report date	2026-04-27 09:00:00

BAL-LV-MS-006

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Regional assessment area	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea	Baltic Sea
Component MRUs	BAL-LV-MS-006	BAL-LV-MS-006	BAL-LV-MS-006	BAL-LV-MS-006	BAL-LV-MS-006	BAL-LV-MS-006	BAL-LV-MS-006
GES component	D9	D9	D9	D9	D9	D9	D9
Feature	Contaminants - in seafood	Contaminants - in seafood	Contaminants - in seafood	Contaminants - in seafood	Contaminants - in seafood	Contaminants - in seafood	Contaminants - in seafood
Element		Cadmium	Dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (12 PCB-DLs: 77,81,105,114,118,123,126,156,157,167,169,189)	Lead	Mercury	Non-dioxin like PCB (sum of 6 PCB: 28, 52, 101, 138, 153 and 180)	Sum of dioxins (WHO-PCDD/F-PCB-TEQ)
Element extent
Trend element		Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable
Element 2
Element source		Foodstuffs	Foodstuffs	Foodstuffs	Foodstuffs	Foodstuffs	Foodstuffs
Criterion	D9C1	D9C1	D9C1	D9C1	D9C1	D9C1	D9C1
Parameter	Concentration in biota	CONC-B-Muscle		CONC-B-Muscle	CONC-B-Muscle
Threshold value upper	1.0	0.1		0.3	0.5
Threshold value lower
Threshold value operator	>=	<		<	<
Threshold qualitative
Threshold value source	Regulation on contaminants in foodstuffs (EC 1881/2006)	Regulation on contaminants in foodstuffs (EC 1881/2006)		Regulation on contaminants in foodstuffs (EC 1881/2006)	Regulation on contaminants in foodstuffs (EC 1881/2006)
Value achieved upper	1.0	0.009		0.013	0.036
Value achieved lower
Value unit	Proportion	milligram per kilogram of wet weight		milligram per kilogram of wet weight	milligram per kilogram of wet weight
Proportion threshold value
Proportion value achieved
Proportion threshold value unit
Trend parameter	Stable	Stable		Stable	Stable
Parameter achieved	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes
Description parameter	GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved		GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved
Related indicator	Contaminants in food	Contaminants in food		Contaminants in food	Contaminants in food
Criteria status	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
Description criteria	GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved
Element status		Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good
Description element		GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved	GES has been achieved
Source assessment feature	Foodstuffs MSFD MSFD 2017 Decision	Foodstuffs MSFD MSFD 2017 Decision	Foodstuffs MSFD MSFD 2017 Decision	Foodstuffs MSFD MSFD 2017 Decision	Foodstuffs MSFD MSFD 2017 Decision	Foodstuffs MSFD MSFD 2017 Decision	Foodstuffs MSFD MSFD 2017 Decision
Reporting method feature	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D	Type D
Trend feature	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable	Stable
Integration rule type parameter	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO
Integration rule description parameter
Integration rule type criteria	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO
Integration rule description criteria
GES extent threshold
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant
GES achieved	GES achieved by 2012	GES achieved by 2012	GES achieved by 2012	GES achieved by 2012	GES achieved by 2012	GES achieved by 2012	GES achieved by 2012
Description overall status	GES is achieved	GES is achieved	GES is achieved	GES is achieved	GES is achieved	GES is achieved	GES is achieved
Assessments period	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021	2017-2021
Related pressures	Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events	Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events	Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events	Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events	Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events	Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events	Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events
Related targets	JVM5	JVM5	JVM5	JVM5	JVM5	JVM5	JVM5
Test TV	Yes	Yes	NA	Yes	Yes	NA	NA
Test results	Correct	Correct	False	Correct	Correct	False	False