GES not defined at sub-region level. GES is considered to be achieved if: on the coastline, the median of the number of itens/100 m does not exceed 20 items, and on the seabed and water column, the trend in items/km² is not increasing.

GES not defined at sub-region level. 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.

GES of litter and micro-litter ingested by species not defined at sub-region level. GES is considered to be achieved if, for the species Calonectris borealis (cagarro), “no more than 20 % of juvenile cagarro have > 4 plastic particles in the proventriculum and gizzard on a sample of 200 birds or more over a period of at least five consecutive years (in average 40 birds per year), collected dead per assessment area/region during the rearing season”, and in the Caretta species caretta (common turtle), the temporal trend of items ingested by this species is not increasing.

GES is achieved if on the coastline, if the median of the no. itens/100 m does not exceed 20 items, and on the seabed and water column, the trend of items/km² is not increasing.

GES is achieved when the composition, quantity and spatial distribution of microscopic litter along the coastline, in the surface layer of the water column and in the seabed sediments, are at levels that do not endanger the coastal and marine environment.

GES is achieved when the amount of litter and microscopic litter ingested by marine animals is at a level that does not adversely affect the health of the species concerned.