Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D8 / Netherlands / NE Atlantic: Greater North 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 D8 Contaminants
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_ART9_201904091515.xml

GES component
D8
D8C1
D8C1
D8C2
D8C3
D8C4
Marine reporting units
  • ANS-NL-CW-1
  • L2.2.5
  • L2.2.5
  • L1.2
Features
  • Contaminants - UPBT substances
  • Contaminants - non UPBT substances
  • Contaminants - UPBT substances
  • Contaminants - non UPBT substances
  • Contaminants - UPBT substances
  • Contaminants - non UPBT substances
  • Contaminants - UPBT substances
  • Contaminants - non UPBT substances
GES description
For coastal waters (up to 12 nautical miles): The concentrations of polluting substances relevant to the marine environment, measured in the most appropriate compartment (water, sediment or biota), comply with the Environmental Quality Standards used in the WFD in the 12-mile zone (for priority substances) and within the 1-mile zone (for all other substances) respectively.
For offshore waters (from 1 or 12 nautical miles respectively): The concentrations of pollutants relevant to the marine environment, measured in the most appropriate compartment (water, sediment or biota) show a downward trend (in accordance with OSPAR).
Decreasing trend with respect to 2012 of imposex.
The spatial extent and duration of the significant serious contaminants are kept to a minimum.
Determination date
201807
201807
201807
201807
Update type
Modified from reported determination
New determination
New determination
New determination
Justification for non-use of criterion
Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements