Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D10 / Netherlands / NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D10 Litter
Member State Netherlands
Region/subregion NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea
Reported by Rijkswaterstaat Centre for Water management, Ministry of infrastructure and the environment
Report date 2019-04-15
Report access XML_ART8GES_201904091515.xml

OSPAR Greater NorthSea (L1.2)

GES component
D10
Feature
Litter in the environment
Element
Artificial polymer materials
Cloth/textile
Glass/ceramics
Metal
Paper/cardboard
Processed/worked wood
Rubber
Undefined
Element code
ARTPOLY
TEXTILE
GLASS
METAL
PAPER
WOOD
RUBBER
UNDEF
Element code source
Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant
Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant
Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant
Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant
Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant
Link to other vocabulary or code lists that may be relevant
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Element 2
Cost element: Ceramic Pottery
Cost element: Medical
ElementCode: OSPAR ID 414.
Cost element: Plastic Polystyrene.
Element 2 code
OSPAR
OSPAR
OSPAR
OSPAR
Element 2 code source
Element source
OSPAR
OSPAR
OSPAR
OSPAR
OSPAR
OSPAR
OSPAR
OSPAR
OSPAR
OSPAR
OSPAR
Criterion
D10C1
D10C1
D10C1
D10C1
D10C1
D10C1
D10C1
D10C1
D10C1
D10C1
D10C1
Parameter
Amount on seabed
Amount on water surface
Amount on coastline
Amount on coastline
Amount on coastline
Amount on coastline
Amount on coastline
Amount on coastline
Amount on coastline
Amount on coastline
Amount on coastline
Amount on coastline
Parameter other
Threshold value upper
-1.0
-1.0
-1.0
-1.0
-1.0
-1.0
-1.0
-1.0
-1.0
-1.0
-1.0
Threshold value lower
Threshold qualitative
Trend as GES definition
Trend as GES definition
Trend as GES definition
Trend as GES definition
Trend as GES definition
Trend as GES definition
Trend as GES definition
Trend as GES definition
Trend as GES definition
Trend as GES definition
Trend as GES definition
Threshold value source
Other (specify)
Other (specify)
Other (specify)
Other (specify)
Other (specify)
Other (specify)
Other (specify)
Other (specify)
Other (specify)
Other (specify)
Other (specify)
Threshold value source other
National
National
National
National
National
National
National
National
National
National
National
Value achieved upper
-1.0
Value achieved lower
Value unit
Other
Other
Other
Other
Other
Other
Other
Other
Other
Other
Other
Value unit other
Trend indicator
Trend indicator
Trend indicator
Trend indicator
Trend indicator
Trend indicator
Trend indicator
Trend indicator
Trend indicator
Trend indicator
Trend indicator
Proportion threshold value
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
100.0
Proportion value achieved
Proportion threshold value unit
% area of MRU achieving threshold value
% area of MRU achieving threshold value
% area of MRU achieving threshold value
% area of MRU achieving threshold value
% area of MRU achieving threshold value
% area of MRU achieving threshold value
% area of MRU achieving threshold value
% area of MRU achieving threshold value
% area of MRU achieving threshold value
% area of MRU achieving threshold value
% area of MRU achieving threshold value
Trend
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Stable
Parameter achieved
Unknown
No
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
Description parameter
In the entire assessed area, waste is found on the seabed, especially in the form of plastic. The amounts of waste in the eastern Bay of Biscay, the Southern Celtic Sea and the Channel are greater than in the northern part of the International North Sea and the Celtic Sea.
Measured as plastic in stomachs of Fulmars. The OSPAR common indicator plastics in the stomachs of Northern petrels (Fulmarus glacialis) developed in the Netherlands has been reliably measured since around 1998, and has been extensively published. This indicator serves two purposes: (a) measuring...
Related indicator
Criteria status
Not good
Not good
Not good
Not good
Not good
Not good
Not good
Not good
Not good
Not good
Not good
Description criteria
Element status
Not good
Not good
Not good
Not good
Not good
Not good
Not good
Not good
Not good
Not good
Not good
Description element
Measured as plastic in stomachs or Fulmars. The OSPAR common indicator plastics in the stomachs of Northern petrels (Fulmarus glacialis) developed in the Netherlands, has been reliably measured since around 1998, and has been extensively published. This indicator serves two purposes: (a) measurin...
Other: Reporting guidance
Other: Reporting guidance
Other: Reporting guidance
Other: Reporting guidance
Other: Reporting guidance
Other: Reporting guidance
Other: Reporting guidance
Other: Reporting guidance
Other: Reporting guidance
Other: Reporting guidance
Integration rule type parameter
Other
Integration rule description parameter
No integration
Integration rule type criteria
Other
Integration rule description criteria
No integration
GES extent threshold
100.00
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit
Proportion of litter categories in good status
GES achieved
GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported
Description overall status
Situation improves, but good environmental status has not yet been achieved.
Assessments period
2009-2015
Related pressures
  • Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)
Related targets
  • ANSNL-D10T1