MS/Art8/2018/D6/Romania/Black Sea

Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D6 / Romania / Black 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	D6 Sea-floor integrity/D1 Benthic habitats
Member State	Romania
Region/subregion	Black Sea
Reported by	Ministerul Apelor si Padurilor
Report date	2020-04-06
Report access	4.ART8_GES_18_12_3_05.xml

BLK_RO_RG_Coastal waters (BLK_RO_RG_CT)

Simplified table

GES component	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6
Feature	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Other benthic habitats	Other benthic habitats	Other benthic habitats
Element	Circalittoral mud	Circalittoral mud	Circalittoral rock and biogenic reef	Circalittoral rock and biogenic reef	Circalittoral rock and biogenic reef	Circalittoral sand	Circalittoral sand	Circalittoral sand	Infralittoral mud	Infralittoral rock and biogenic reef	Infralittoral rock and biogenic reef	Infralittoral sand	Infralittoral sand	Infralittoral sand	Littoral rock and biogenic reef	Littoral rock and biogenic reef	Littoral rock and biogenic reef	Littoral sediment	Littoral sediment	Littoral sediment	Pontic [Phyllophora nervosa] on vertical rock faces in the lower infralittoral	[Cystoseira] spp. in eulittoral rockpools	[Zostera] beds in infralittoral sediments
Element code	HabBenCircalitMud	HabBenCircalitMud	HabBenCircalitRock	HabBenCircalitRock	HabBenCircalitRock	HabBenCircalitSand	HabBenCircalitSand	HabBenCircalitSand	HabBenInfralitMud	HabBenInfralitRock	HabBenInfralitRock	HabBenInfralitSand	HabBenInfralitSand	HabBenInfralitSand	HabBenLitRock	HabBenLitRock	HabBenLitRock	HabBenLitSed	HabBenLitSed	HabBenLitSed	A3.23O	A1.4114	A5.533
Element code source	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/biodiversity/eunishabitats/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/biodiversity/eunishabitats/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/biodiversity/eunishabitats/view
Element 2
Element 2 code
Element 2 code source
Element source	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU
Criterion	D6C3	D6C5	D6C3	D6C4	D6C5	D6C3	D6C4	D6C5	D6C5	D6C3	D6C5	D6C3	D6C4	D6C5	D6C3	D6C4	D6C5	D6C3	D6C4	D6C5	D6C5	D6C5	D6C5
Parameter	Other	Habitat condition	Other	Other	Other	Other	Extent	Habitat condition	Habitat condition	Extent	Habitat condition	Other	Extent	Habitat condition	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other	Other		Habitat condition	Habitat condition
Parameter other	M-AMBI* (n)		Habitat present, not assessed	Habitat present, not assessed	Habitat present, not assessed	M-AMBI* (n)						M-AMBI* (n)			Habitat present, not assessed	Habitat present, not assessed	Habitat present, not assessed	Habitat present, not assessed	Habitat present, not assessed	Habitat present, not assessed
Threshold value upper	0.68	0.68				0.68	5.0	0.68	6.0		6.0	0.68	5.0	0.68								6.0	6.0
Threshold value lower	0.68	0.68				0.68	5.0	0.68	6.0		6.0	0.68	5.0	0.68								6.0	6.0
Threshold qualitative
Threshold value source	MS(sub)region	MS(sub)region				MS(sub)region	MS(sub)region	MS(sub)region	National		National	MS(sub)region	National	MS(sub)region								National	National
Threshold value source other
Value achieved upper	0.95	0.95				1.0	2.84	1.0	8.0		9.53	0.98	1.37	0.98								8.0	8.0
Value achieved lower	0.65	0.65				0.4		0.4	1.8		0.16	0.61	0.05	0.61								3.81	3.19
Value unit	ratio	Other				ratio	square kilometre	Other	Other		Other	ratio	square kilometre	Other								Other	Other
Value unit other		dmnl						dmnl	dmnl		dmnl			dmnl								dmnl	dmnl
Proportion threshold value									50.0		50.0											50.0	50.0
Proportion value achieved	89.0	89.0				83.0	0.9	83.0	73.0		27.0	83.0	1.2	83.0								82.0	90.0
Proportion threshold value unit	% of samples achieving threshold value	% of samples achieving threshold value				% of samples achieving threshold value	% area of habitat achieving threshold value	% of samples achieving threshold value	% of samples achieving threshold value		% of samples achieving threshold value	% of samples achieving threshold value	% area of habitat achieving threshold value	% of samples achieving threshold value								% of samples achieving threshold value	% of samples achieving threshold value
Trend	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Unknown	Unknown
Parameter achieved	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		Yes	Yes
Description parameter
Related indicator		M-AMBI (n)*						M-AMBI (n)*			Ecological Index (EI)			M-AMBI (n)*								EI	EI
Criteria status	Good	Good	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele	Good	Good	Good	Good	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele	Not good	Good	Good	Good	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele	Not assessed	Good	Good
Description criteria
Element status	Good	Good	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not good	Not good	Good	Good	Good	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Good	Good
Description element
Integration rule type parameter	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO
Integration rule description parameter
Integration rule type criteria	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	OOAO	MULTIMETRIC	MULTIMETRIC	MULTIMETRIC
Integration rule description criteria
GES extent threshold
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit
GES achieved	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported	GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported
Description overall status
Assessments period	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017
Related pressures	All pressures related to inputs of substances, litter and energy Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed	All pressures related to inputs of substances, litter and energy Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed	All pressures related to inputs of substances, litter and energy Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed	All pressures related to inputs of substances, litter and energy Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed	All pressures related to inputs of substances, litter and energy Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed	All pressures related to inputs of substances, litter and energy Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed	All pressures related to inputs of substances, litter and energy Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed	All pressures related to inputs of substances, litter and energy Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed	All pressures related to inputs of substances, litter and energy Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed	All pressures related to inputs of substances, litter and energy Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed	All pressures related to inputs of substances, litter and energy Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed	All pressures related to inputs of substances, litter and energy Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed	All pressures related to inputs of substances, litter and energy Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed	All pressures related to inputs of substances, litter and energy Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed	All pressures related to inputs of substances, litter and energy Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed	All pressures related to inputs of substances, litter and energy Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed	All pressures related to inputs of substances, litter and energy Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed	All pressures related to inputs of substances, litter and energy Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed	All pressures related to inputs of substances, litter and energy Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed	All pressures related to inputs of substances, litter and energy Physical disturbance to seabed Physical loss of the seabed	All pressures	All pressures	All pressures
Related targets

BLK_RO_RG_Marine shelf waters (BLK_RO_RG_MT01)

Simplified table

GES component	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6
Feature	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats
Element	Circalittoral coarse sediment	Circalittoral mixed sediment	Circalittoral mud	Circalittoral mud	Circalittoral mud	Circalittoral rock and biogenic reef	Circalittoral sand	Offshore circalittoral mud	Offshore circalittoral mud	Offshore circalittoral mud	Offshore circalittoral sand
Element code	HabBenCircalitCoarSed	HabBenCircalitMxdSed	HabBenCircalitMud	HabBenCircalitMud	HabBenCircalitMud	HabBenCircalitRock	HabBenCircalitSand	HabBenOffshMud	HabBenOffshMud	HabBenOffshMud	HabBenOffshSand
Element code source	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view
Element 2
Element 2 code
Element 2 code source
Element source	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU
Criterion	D6C3	D6C3	D6C3	D6C4	D6C5	D6C3	D6C3	D6C3	D6C4	D6C5	D6C3
Parameter	Extent	Extent	Other	Extent	Other	Extent	Extent	Other	Extent	Other	Extent
Parameter other			M-AMBI* (n)		M-AMBI* (n)			M-AMBI* (n)		M-AMBI* (n)
Threshold value upper			0.68	5.0	0.68			0.61	5.0	0.61
Threshold value lower			0.68	5.0	0.68			0.61	5.0	0.61
Threshold qualitative
Threshold value source				MS(sub)region				National	National	National
Threshold value source other
Value achieved upper			0.99		0.99			1.0		1.0
Value achieved lower			0.23		0.23			0.71		0.71
Value unit			ratio	square kilometre	ratio			ratio	ratio	ratio
Value unit other
Proportion threshold value
Proportion value achieved			56.0	0.05	56.0			100.0	0.09	100.0
Proportion threshold value unit			% of samples achieving threshold value	% area of habitat achieving threshold value	% of samples achieving threshold value			% of samples achieving threshold value	% area of habitat achieving threshold value	% of samples achieving threshold value
Trend	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Parameter achieved	Unknown	Unknown	No	Yes	No	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown
Description parameter
Related indicator
Criteria status	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele	Not good	Good	Not good	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele	Good	Good	Good	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele
Description criteria
Element status	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed
Description element
Integration rule type parameter
Integration rule description parameter
Integration rule type criteria	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant
Integration rule description criteria
GES extent threshold
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit	Proportion of habitats in good status	Proportion of habitats in good status	Proportion of habitats in good status	Proportion of habitats in good status	Proportion of habitats in good status	Proportion of habitats in good status	Proportion of habitats in good status	Proportion of habitats in good status	Proportion of habitats in good status	Proportion of habitats in good status	Proportion of habitats in good status
GES achieved	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed
Description overall status
Assessments period	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017
Related pressures
Related targets

BLK_RO_RG_Waters with variable salinity (BLK_RO_RG_TT03)

Simplified table

GES component	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6	D6
Feature	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats	Benthic broad habitats
Element	Circalittoral mixed sediment	Circalittoral mud	Circalittoral mud	Circalittoral rock and biogenic reef	Circalittoral sand	Infralittoral mud	Infralittoral sand	Infralittoral sand	Littoral sediment
Element code	HabBenCircalitMxdSed	HabBenCircalitMud	HabBenCircalitMud	HabBenCircalitRock	HabBenCircalitSand	HabBenInfralitMud	HabBenInfralitSand	HabBenInfralitSand	HabBenLitSed
Element code source	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view	Habitats (D1-D6) http://dd.eionet.europa.eu/vocabulary/msfd/broadHabitatTypes/view
Element 2
Element 2 code
Element 2 code source
Element source	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU	EU
Criterion	D6C3	D6C3	D6C5	D6C3	D6C3	D6C3	D6C3	D6C5	D6C3
Parameter	Extent	Other	Other	Extent	Extent	Extent	Other	Other	Other
Parameter other		M-AMBI* (n)	M-AMBI* (n)				M-AMBI* (n)	M-AMBI* (n)	Habitat present, not assessed
Threshold value upper		0.61	0.61				0.61	0.61
Threshold value lower		0.61	0.61				0.61	0.61
Threshold qualitative
Threshold value source		National	National				National	National
Threshold value source other
Value achieved upper		0.99	0.99				1.0	1.0
Value achieved lower		0.53	0.53				0.53	0.53
Value unit		ratio	ratio				ratio	ratio
Value unit other
Proportion threshold value
Proportion value achieved		93.0	93.0				85.0	85.0
Proportion threshold value unit		% of samples achieving threshold value	% of samples achieving threshold value				% of samples achieving threshold value	% of samples achieving threshold value
Trend	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
Parameter achieved	Unknown	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Not assessed	Not assessed	Yes	Yes	Not assessed
Description parameter
Related indicator
Criteria status	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele	Good	Good	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele	Good	Good	Contributes to assessment of another criterion/ele
Description criteria
Element status	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed
Description element
Integration rule type parameter	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant
Integration rule description parameter
Integration rule type criteria	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant	Not relevant
Integration rule description criteria
GES extent threshold
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit	Proportion of habitats in good status	Proportion of habitats in good status	Proportion of habitats in good status	Proportion of habitats in good status	Proportion of habitats in good status	Proportion of habitats in good status	Proportion of habitats in good status	Proportion of habitats in good status	Proportion of habitats in good status
GES achieved	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed	Not assessed
Description overall status
Assessments period	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017	2012-2017
Related pressures
Related targets