Member State report / Art9 / 2018 / D10 / Poland / Baltic 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 D10 Litter
Member State Poland
Region/subregion Baltic Sea
Reported by Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection
Report date 2020-01-28
Report access ART9_GES_PL.xml

GES component
D10
D10C1
D10C2
D10C3
D10C4
Marine reporting units
  • L2-SEA-007-POL
  • L2-SEA-008-POL
  • L2-SEA-009-POL
  • L3-22
  • L3-24
  • L3-26
  • L3-22
  • L3-24
  • L3-26
  • L2-SEA-007-POL
  • L2-SEA-008-POL
  • L2-SEA-009-POL
  • L3-22
  • L3-24
  • L3-26
Features
  • Litter in the environment
  • Micro-litter in the environment
  • Litter in the environment
  • Micro-litter in the environment
GES description
Properties and quantities of marine litter do not cause harm to the coastal and marine environment. Threshold values were only determined for litter on the coastline.
The composition, amount and spatial distribution of litter on the coastline, in the surface layer of the water column, and on the seabed, are at levels that do not cause harm to the coastal and marine environment. The threshold values have been set at the national level for each category of litter collected on the coastline and for the sum of all litter as the number of items per 100m based on statistical calculations of monitoring data from 2015-2016.
The composition, amount and spatial distribution of micro-litter on the coastline, in the surface layer of the water column, and in seabed sediment, are at levels that do not cause harm to the coastal and marine environment.
Determination date
201810
201810
201810
Update type
New determination
New determination
New determination
Justification for non-use of criterion
Threshold values have not been determined for litter floating in the surface layer of the water column and deposited on the seabed, threshold values were only determined for litter on the coastline.
Threshold values for micro-litter on the coastline, in the surface layer of the water column, and in seabed sediment have not been set at either EU or regional or national level
Justification for delay in setting EU/regional requirements
Threshold values have not been determined for litter floating in the surface layer of the water column and deposited on the seabed, threshold values were only determined for litter on the coastline.