Member State report / Art13 / 2022 / D1-C / Romania / Black Sea

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 13 Programme of measures (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2022-10-15
GES Descriptor D1 Cephalopods
Member State Romania
Region/subregion Black Sea
Reported by Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forest
Report date 2022-03-31
Report access 363

Marine reporting units
  • BLK_RO_AA_CT
  • BLK_RO_AA_MT01
  • BLK_RO_AA_CT
  • BLK_RO_AA_MT01
  • BLK_RO_AA_CT
  • BLK_RO_AA_MT01
  • BLK_RO_AA_MT02
  • BLK_RO_AA_TT03
  • BLK_RO_AA_CT
  • BLK_RO_AA_MT01
  • BLK_RO_AA_MT02
  • BLK_RO_AA_TT03
  • BLK_RO_AA_CT
  • BLK_RO_AA_MT01
  • BLK_RO_AA_MT02
  • BLK_RO_AA_TT03
RegionSubregion
Black Sea
Black Sea
Black Sea
Black Sea
Black Sea
Measure code
RO-MN-003
RO-MN-023
RO-MN-007
RO-MN-008
RO-MN-027
Measure old code
BLKRO-M003
BLKRO-M023
BLKRO-M007
BLKRO-M008
BLKRO-M027
Measure name
Protection of the migratory seabird species (Puffinus yelkouan and Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii) as well as other important protected seabird species which are on the standard List of Natura 2000, Rospa 0076 Black Sea
Amendment of existing legislation, if necessary, regarding maritime activities through the introduction of a permit regime for activities in marine territorial waters
Drawing up of risk maps on the habitat of the marine protected areas NATURA 2000
Harmonization of Maritime Spatial Planning (MSP) with Zonal Urban Plan to support protection and conservation measures for species and habitats
Identification of accumulation zones of plastic marine litter in the marine environment and development of an action plan to address the issue
Measure description
Initially, the developed measure concerned only two species of seabirds (Puffinus yelkouan) and the Mediterranean subspecies of mottled cormorant (Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii) selected as common indicators for Bulgaria and Romania, as both species are monitored on the coasts of the two countries. The measure is extended to all important protected bird species included in the Standard Form of the Natura 2000 site ROSPA 0076 Black Sea and in the Management Plan of ROSPA Black Sea. The measure aims to collect detailed information on the resting and feeding areas of selected marine species and will support the Monitoring Program D 1,4 - Seabirds in Bulgaria and Romania.
The measure refers to the human activities in the marine environment mentioned/listed in art. 8 of Directive 2014/89/EU establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning. The measure does not cover military activities. The measure implementation involves preparatory activities for amending/adapting national legislation if necessary, public and sectoral consultations, and legislation adaptation.
This measure involves the development of a management tool to anticipate risks for the protection and conservation of habitats in protected areas, considering socio-economic activities with potential negative impact on them, given the location of protected areas in the coastal area, heavily anthropized. The implementation of the measure involves the following actions: 1. Identifying socio-economic activities with direct, indirect and cumulative impact on protected habitats; 2. Classification of habitats according to their sensitivity and vulnerability to potential adverse effects; 3. Use of modeling software (eg Marxan) to estimate / quantify risks and make the best management decisions for activities with a negative impact.
This measure aims to fulfilling Romania's obligations since the adoption of the Maritime Spatial Planning Directive, which involves the coordination between all projects / activities of socio-economic development of the coastal area with the objectives of protection and conservation of habitats and species from marine protected areas. Actions required to implement this measure: 1. Adoption of a Joint Action Program concerning the objectives of socio-economic development included in the Zonal Urban Plans and those for the protection and conservation of marine protected areas through an Agreement between local administrative authorities, economic agents with coastal development interests and custodians / protected area administrators. 2. Personal training and acquisition of software required for spatial maritime planning by decision-making authorities; 3. The use (for the purpose of Maritime Spatial Planning) of decision-making tools, which facilitates the choice of the best options for the use of maritime space, taking into account the interactions between the socio-economic activities; 4. Public consultations with authorities responsible for maritime spatial planning in order to avoid conflicts of interest.
The measure refers to the knowledge of the areas where accumulations of waste have been identified, especially plastic and, depending on the identified area (beaches, sandbanks, lagoons, port aquifers, bays, offshore, etc.) will be developed specific actions for the recovery / collection of this plastic waste and their recycling The measure contributes to achieving the objectives of D10 (reducing the volume of plastic waste that can be transported from congested areas to less polluted areas, reducing the possibility of creating microplastic particles, formed by breaking down the plastic into fragments smaller than 5mm such as fibers , foils, spherical objects, etc.). The implementation of the measure involves the following actions 1. Promoting / encouraging the transmission of data / information / comments on the presence of (plastic) waste by individuals / authorities / commercial workers who have the opportunity to observe and inform the competent authorities (awareness campaigns, media campaigns, dedicated software applications (e.g. Marine Litter Watch, etc.); 2. Creation of a working group (to process the data / observations received and to develop models for the distribution of accumulation areas based on the data provided); 3. Elaboration of an action plan that includes specific actions for the types of areas identified
Update type
Measure modified since 2015 PoM
Measure same as in 2015 PoM
Measure same as in 2015 PoM
Measure same as in 2015 PoM
Measure new in 2021 PoM
Measure category
Category 2.a
Category 2.a
Category 2.a
Category 2.a
Category 2.b
Policy conventions
Policy national
LAW no. 6 of March 1, 2011 for the approval of the Government Emergency Ordinance no. 71/2010 on establishing the strategy for the marine environment; Law no. 88/2017 for the approval of the Government Ordinance no. 18/2016 on the arrangement of the maritime space
Responsible competent authority
Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests; Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization
Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests, Ministry of Education, Innovation and Digitization, Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure
Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests, Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization
Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests, Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization, Ministry of Public Works, Development and Administration, Ministry of Transport, Information and Communications
Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests
Responsible organisation
NGOs: Romanian Ornithological Society, Mare Nostrum
National Administration ""Romanian Waters"", National Environmental Protection Agency, National Institute for Marine Research and Development ""Grigore Antipa"", National Institute for Research and Development on Marine Geology and Geo-ecology – GeoEcoMar
National Agency for Environmental Protection, National Environmental Guard, ANANP Territorial Service
National Agency for Environmental Protection, National Environmental Guard, ANANP Territorial Service
Ministry of Environment, Waters and Forests (National Agency for Environmental Protection), Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization, NGO Mare Nostrum
Coordination level
  • Bilateral
  • National
  • National
  • Regional - BSC
  • National
  • Bilateral
  • Regional - BSC
Regional cooperation countries
  • Bulgaria
  • Romania
  • Bulgaria
  • Romania
  • Romania
  • Romania
  • Bulgaria
  • Romania
CEA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
CEA reference
CBA
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
CBA reference
Financing
  • Public funds, environmental fund, European programmes
  • Public funds
  • European programmes
  • Public funds
  • European programmes
  • Public funds
  • European programs
  • Public funds
Spatial scope
  • Territorial waters
  • Territorial waters
  • EEZ (or similar)
  • Territorial waters
  • EEZ (or similar)
  • Territorial waters
Measure purpose
Establish monitoring programmes (of relevant activities, pressures or impacts); Improve knowledge base (e.g. by research or one-off surveys)
Establish monitoring programmes (of relevant activities, pressures or impacts)
Directly restores a species or habitat(s); Improve knowledge base (e.g. by research or one-off surveys); Establish monitoring programmes (of relevant activities, pressures or impacts); Assess effectiveness of the measures (through assessing changes in state/impact/pressure in the marine environment)
Directly restores a species or habitat(s); Improve knowledge base (e.g. by research or one-off surveys); Establish monitoring programmes (of relevant activities, pressures or impacts); Assess effectiveness of the measures (through assessing changes in state/impact/pressure in the marine environment)
Directly prevent further inputs of a pressure (e.g. by managing the source activity); Directly reduce existing levels of the pressure in the marine environment (e.g. removal of litter or oil spill clean-up); Improve knowledge base (e.g. by research or one-off surveys)
Pressures
  • Disturbance of species (e.g. where they breed, rest and feed) due to human presence
  • Input of anthropogenic sound (impulsive, continuous)
  • Input of other forms of energy (including electromagnetic fields, light and heat)
  • Disturbance of species (e.g. where they breed, rest and feed) due to human presence
  • Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities)
  • Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition
  • Input of organic matter - diffuse sources and point sources
  • Input of other forms of energy (including electromagnetic fields, light and heat)
  • Input of water - point sources (e.g. brine)
  • Disturbance of species (e.g. where they breed, rest and feed) due to human presence
  • Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities)
  • Input of anthropogenic sound (impulsive, continuous)
  • Input of genetically modified species and translocation of native species
  • Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)
  • Input of microbial pathogens
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition
  • Input of organic matter - diffuse sources and point sources
  • Input of other forms of energy (including electromagnetic fields, light and heat)
  • Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events
  • Input of water - point sources (e.g. brine)
  • Input or spread of non-indigenous species
  • Loss of, or change to, natural biological communities due to cultivation of animal or plant species
  • Disturbance of species (e.g. where they breed, rest and feed) due to human presence
  • Extraction of, or mortality/injury to, wild species (by commercial and recreational fishing and other activities)
  • Input of anthropogenic sound (impulsive, continuous)
  • Input of genetically modified species and translocation of native species
  • Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)
  • Input of microbial pathogens
  • Input of nutrients - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition
  • Input of organic matter - diffuse sources and point sources
  • Input of other forms of energy (including electromagnetic fields, light and heat)
  • Input of other substances (e.g. synthetic substances, non-synthetic substances, radionuclides) - diffuse sources, point sources, atmospheric deposition, acute events
  • Input of water - point sources (e.g. brine)
  • Input or spread of non-indigenous species
  • Loss of, or change to, natural biological communities due to cultivation of animal or plant species
  • Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)
Relevant KTMs
  • MSFD27
  • Measures for the phasing-out of emissions
  • Measures to address the introduction of microbial pathogens
  • Measures to prevent or control the adverse impacts of fishing and other exploitation/removal of animal and plants
  • Measures to prevent or control the adverse impacts of recreation including angling
  • Measures to prevent or control the input of pollution from urban areas
  • Measures to reduce biological disturbances in the marine environment from the extraction of species including incidental non-target catches
  • Measures to reduce contamination by hazardous substances (synthetic substances
  • Measures to reduce inputs of energy to the marine environment
  • Measures to reduce interferences with hydrological processes in the marine environment (beyond WFD Coastal waters)
  • Measures to reduce marine litter
  • Measures to reduce nutrient and organic matter inputs to the marine environment from sea-based or air-based sources
  • Measures to reduce other types of biological disturbance
  • Measures to reduce physical loss of seabed habitats in the marine environment (beyond WFD coastal waters)
  • Measures to reduce the introduction and spread of non-indigenous species in the marine environment and for their control
  • MSFD27
  • Measures for the phasing-out of emissions
  • Measures to prevent or control the adverse impacts of fishing and other exploitation/removal of animal and plants
  • Measures to prevent or control the adverse impacts of recreation including angling
  • Measures to prevent or control the input of pollution from urban areas
  • Measures to reduce biological disturbances in the marine environment from the extraction of species including incidental non-target catches
  • Measures to reduce contamination by hazardous substances (synthetic substances
  • Measures to reduce inputs of energy to the marine environment
  • Measures to reduce interferences with hydrological processes in the marine environment (beyond WFD Coastal waters)
  • Measures to reduce marine litter
  • Measures to reduce nutrient and organic matter inputs to the marine environment from sea-based or air-based sources
  • Measures to reduce other types of biological disturbance
  • Measures to reduce physical loss of seabed habitats in the marine environment (beyond WFD coastal waters)
  • Measures to reduce sea-based accidental pollution
  • Measures to reduce the introduction and spread of non-indigenous species in the marine environment and for their control
  • Measures to reduce other types of biological disturbance
  • Research
  • Measures to address the introduction of microbial pathogens
  • Measures to reduce other types of biological disturbance
  • Research
  • Measures to prevent or control the adverse impacts of recreation including angling
  • Measures to reduce marine litter
Relevant targets
  • 1.1
  • 1.3
  • 1.6.1
  • 5.1
  • 5.2
  • 5.3
  • 8.1
  • 1.1
  • 1.6.1
  • 1.6.2
  • 1.1
  • 1.3
  • 1.6.1
  • 1.6.2
  • 10.1.1
  • 10.1.2
Related indicator
GEScomponent
  • D1-B
  • D1C4 Population distributional range and pattern (1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3)
  • D1-B
  • D1-C
  • D1-F
  • D1-M
  • D1-P
  • D1-R
  • D10
  • D10C1 Litter (excluding micro-litter) (10.1, 10.1.1, 10.1.2)
  • D10C2 Micro-litter (10.1, 10.1.3)
  • D10C3 Litter ingested (10.1, 10.2.1)
  • D10C4 Adverse effects of litter (10.2)
  • D11
  • D11C1 Anthropogenic impulsive sound (11.1, 11.1.1)
  • D11C2 Anthropogenic continuous low-frequency sound (11.2, 11.2.1)
  • D1C3 Population demographic characteristics (1.3, 1.3.1)
  • D1C4 Population distributional range and pattern (1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3)
  • D1C5 Habitat for the species
  • D1C6 Pelagic habitat condition (1.5.2, 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3)
  • D2
  • D2C1 Newly-introduced NIS
  • D2C2 Established NIS (2.1, 2.1.1)
  • D2C3 Adverse effects of NIS (2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2)
  • D3
  • D3C1 Fishing mortality rate (F) (3.1, 3.1.1, 3.1.2)
  • D3C2 Spawning stock biomass (SSB) (3.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.2)
  • D3C3 Population age/size distribution (3.3, 3.3.1, 3.3.3, 3.3.4)
  • D4
  • D4C1 Trophic guild species diversity (1.7, 1.7.1)
  • D4C2 Abundance across trophic guilds (1.7, 1.7.1, 4.3, 4.3.1)
  • D4C3 Trophic guild size distribution (4.2, 4.2.1)
  • D4C4 Trophic guild productivity (4.1, 4.1.1)
  • D5
  • D5C1 Nutrient concentrations (5.1, 5.1.1)
  • D5C2 Chlorophyll-a concentration (5.2.1)
  • D5C3 Harmful algal blooms (5.2.4)
  • D5C4 Photic limit (5.2.2)
  • D5C5 Dissolved oxygen concentration (5.3.2)
  • D5C6 Opportunistic macroalgae of benthic habitats (5.2.3)
  • D5C7 Macrophyte communities of benthic habitats (5.3.1)
  • D5C8 Macrofaunal communities of benthic habitats
  • D6
  • D6C1 Physical loss of the seabed (6.1)
  • D6C2 Physical disturbance to the seabed (6.1)
  • D6C3 Adverse effects from physical disturbance (6.1.2)
  • D6C4 Benthic habitat extent (1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.5, 1.5.1, 6.1.1)
  • D6C5 Benthic habitat condition (1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 6.2, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4)
  • D7
  • D7C1 Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions (7.1, 7.1.1)
  • D7C2 Adverse effects from permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions (7.2, 7.2.1, 7.2.2)
  • D8
  • D8C1 Contaminants in environment (8.1, 8.1.1)
  • D8C2 Adverse effects of contaminants (8.2, 8.2.1)
  • D8C3 Significant acute pollution events (8.2.2)
  • D8C4 Adverse effects of significant pollution events (8.2.2)
  • D9
  • D9C1 Contaminants in seafood (9.1, 9.1.1)
  • D1-F
  • D1-M
  • D1-P
  • D1C5 Habitat for the species
  • D1C6 Pelagic habitat condition (1.5.2, 1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3)
  • D4
  • D6
  • D1-F
  • D1C1 Mortality rate from incidental by-catch
  • D1C5 Habitat for the species
  • D3
  • D4
  • D6C5 Benthic habitat condition (1.6, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.3, 6.2, 6.2.1, 6.2.2, 6.2.3, 6.2.4)
  • D7C1 Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions (7.1, 7.1.1)
  • D7C2 Adverse effects from permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions (7.2, 7.2.1, 7.2.2)
  • D1-C
Feature
  • Pelagic-feeding birds
  • Coastal fish
  • Deep-sea fish
  • Demersal shelf fish
  • Pelagic shelf fish
  • Benthic broad habitats
  • Benthic-feeding birds
  • Coastal fish
  • Demersal shelf fish
  • Pelagic broad habitats
  • Pelagic shelf fish
  • Pelagic-feeding birds
  • Small toothed cetaceans
  • Surface-feeding birds
  • Benthic broad habitats
  • Benthic-feeding birds
  • Coastal fish
  • Demersal shelf fish
  • Pelagic broad habitats
  • Pelagic shelf fish
  • Pelagic-feeding birds
  • Small toothed cetaceans
  • Surface-feeding birds
  • Benthic broad habitats
  • Coastal fish
  • Commercially exploited fish and shellfish
  • Litter and micro-litter in species
  • Litter in the environment
  • Micro-litter in the environment
  • Pelagic shelf fish
  • Pelagic-feeding birds
  • Small toothed cetaceans
  • Surface-feeding birds
Element
Small toothed cetaceans
Benthic habitats
Litter in the environment; Macrolitter (all)
Temporal scope
2024
2024
2024
2024
2022-2024
Implementation status
Implementation started
Implementation started
Implementation started
Implementation started
Implementation started
Implementation delay
2
2
2
2
2
Implementation reason
Financing
Financing
Financing
Financing
Financing
Progress description
The measure is under development. Some actions have been performed as public awareness.
Reason description
Financing
Financing
Financing