The main approach to developing what characterizes Good Environmental Status for each objective follows mainly the approach described in section 4.3 of the Common understanding document. This means that for Article 9, qualitative descriptions at the level of criteria have been developed for all 29 criteria according to Commission Decision 2010/477 / EC. Indicators have been developed for these criteria which, if possible, are quantitative. In some cases, instead, a direction is indicated on the trend of the indicator. Supporting indicators have not yet been developed for all criteria, but a plan for the continued work exists. The goals are designed to describe the desired environmental permit to be achieved, which is in accordance with the function of environmental quality standards according to Swedish legislation (see below). These standards have been linked to indicators which, in most cases, are the same as those found in Article 9, but indicators which belong only to Article 10 exist. There are as yet no indicators for all targets. Below is a description of the system with which both article 9 and 10 have been introduced in Swedish legislation, ie. in the form of environmental quality standards, the function of which is described in more detail in Chapter 5 of the Environmental Code and in the preparatory works that preceded the current regulations (mainly prop. 1997/98: 45 and prop.2009 / 10: 184). with the advent of the Environmental Code in 1999. They are described in more detail in Chapter 5. Environmental Code. Environmental quality standards were introduced to address the environmental impact of diffuse emission sources such as traffic and agriculture. An environmental quality standard shall comprise a certain geographical area, which may be a water body, a municipality, the whole country or as in the case of the maritime administration, a whole sea area. The starting point for establishing an environmental quality standard is knowledge of what man and nature can withstand without regard to economic or technical conditions. The norm should therefore reflect the lowest acceptable environmental quality or the desired environmental permit, but usually does not aim at how human activities should be designed. Environmental quality standards must be based on scientific criteria. First, it is the government that decides on environmental quality standards. But if the standards are a consequence of e.g. a new EU directive, the government can transfer the decision to an authority. Most of the environmental quality standards come from different EU directives. Ever since, there are environmental quality standards for outdoor air, water quality, fish water, mussel water and environmental noise. Environmental quality standards for the marine environment have been added to the marine environment regulation and the regulations of the Marine and Water Authority on what characterizes good environmental status and environmental quality standards with indicators for the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, HVMFS 2012: 18. According to Chapter 5, Section 2 of the Environmental Code, there are four different varieties of Environmental Quality Standards: Limit standards setting the levels of contamination or interference that must not be exceeded or exceeded, at certain specified times, or during one or more time periods. Targeting standards indicating the levels of pollution or interference to be pursued or which should not be exceeded or exceeded. standards that specify the highest or lowest occurrence of organisms in surface or groundwater that can serve as a guide for the state of the environment. Other standards that specify the requirements in other respects on the quality of the environment that result from Sweden's membership of the EU. s by establishing action programs that specify which measures need to be implemented to reach the norm, and partly because municipalities and authorities apply the norm at eg. licensing and supervision. The two roads are applied in parallel and in interaction with each other. Depending on how the current environmental quality standard is designed, one or the other tool becomes more or less important. A limit value standard can thus be expected to have a greater impact on the application of law, while environmental quality standards of a more targeted nature may need to be accompanied by action programs in order to reach the norm. The environmental quality standards developed by the Marine and Water Authority are mainly so-called other standards according to the fourth point above. An exception is the norm, B. 1, which deals with concentrations of hazardous substances in the marine environment that constitute a limit value standard according to the first point. The standards will only have an effect on individual operators only after they have been converted to some form of requirements, for example through authorization or supervision decisions. An environmental quality standard can, for example, be a support for assessing, when supervising, which requirements need to be imposed on an activity to protect human health or the environment. The action programs may be indicative when the authorities make demands. Two types of environmental quality standards are stated in the Marine Environment Regulation. Firstly, an overall norm that must state what characterizes good environmental standards

The main approach to developing what characterizes Good Environmental Status for each objective follows mainly the approach described in section 4.3 of the Common understanding document. This means that for Article 9, qualitative descriptions at the level of criteria have been developed for all 29 criteria according to Commission Decision 2010/477 / EC. Indicators have been developed for these criteria which, if possible, are quantitative. In some cases, instead, a direction is indicated on the trend of the indicator. Supporting indicators have not yet been developed for all criteria, but a plan for the continued work exists. The goals are designed to describe the desired environmental permit to be achieved, which is in accordance with the function of environmental quality standards according to Swedish legislation (see below). These standards have been linked to indicators which, in most cases, are the same as those found in Article 9, but indicators which belong only to Article 10 exist. There are as yet no indicators for all targets. Below is a description of the system with which both article 9 and 10 have been introduced in Swedish legislation, ie. in the form of environmental quality standards, the function of which is described in more detail in Chapter 5 of the Environmental Code and in the preparatory works that preceded the current regulations (mainly prop. 1997/98: 45 and prop.2009 / 10: 184). with the advent of the Environmental Code in 1999. They are described in more detail in Chapter 5. Environmental Code. Environmental quality standards were introduced to address the environmental impact of diffuse emission sources such as traffic and agriculture. An environmental quality standard shall comprise a certain geographical area, which may be a water body, a municipality, the whole country or as in the case of the maritime administration, a whole sea area. The starting point for establishing an environmental quality standard is knowledge of what man and nature can withstand without regard to economic or technical conditions. The norm should therefore reflect the lowest acceptable environmental quality or the desired environmental permit, but usually does not aim at how human activities should be designed. Environmental quality standards must be based on scientific criteria. First, it is the government that decides on environmental quality standards. But if the standards are a consequence of e.g. a new EU directive, the government can transfer the decision to an authority. Most of the environmental quality standards come from different EU directives. Ever since, there are environmental quality standards for outdoor air, water quality, fish water, mussel water and environmental noise. Environmental quality standards for the marine environment have been added to the marine environment regulation and the regulations of the Marine and Water Authority on what characterizes good environmental status and environmental quality standards with indicators for the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, HVMFS 2012: 18. According to Chapter 5, Section 2 of the Environmental Code, there are four different varieties of Environmental Quality Standards: Limit standards setting the levels of contamination or interference that must not be exceeded or exceeded, at certain specified times, or during one or more time periods. Targeting standards indicating the levels of pollution or interference to be pursued or which should not be exceeded or exceeded. standards that specify the highest or lowest occurrence of organisms in surface or groundwater that can serve as a guide for the state of the environment. Other standards that specify the requirements in other respects on the quality of the environment that result from Sweden's membership of the EU. s by establishing action programs that specify which measures need to be implemented to reach the norm, and partly because municipalities and authorities apply the norm at eg. licensing and supervision. The two roads are applied in parallel and in interaction with each other. Depending on how the current environmental quality standard is designed, one or the other tool becomes more or less important. A limit value standard can thus be expected to have a greater impact on the application of law, while environmental quality standards of a more targeted nature may need to be accompanied by action programs in order to reach the norm. The environmental quality standards developed by the Marine and Water Authority are mainly so-called other standards according to the fourth point above. An exception is the norm, B. 1, which deals with concentrations of hazardous substances in the marine environment that constitute a limit value standard according to the first point. The standards will only have an effect on individual operators only after they have been converted to some form of requirements, for example through authorization or supervision decisions. An environmental quality standard can, for example, be a support for assessing, when supervising, which requirements need to be imposed on an activity to protect human health or the environment. The action programs may be indicative when the authorities make demands. Two types of environmental quality standards are stated in the Marine Environment Regulation. Firstly, an overall norm that must state what characterizes good environmental standards

The main approach to developing what characterizes Good Environmental Status for each objective follows mainly the approach described in section 4.3 of the Common understanding document. This means that for Article 9, qualitative descriptions at the level of criteria have been developed for all 29 criteria according to Commission Decision 2010/477 / EC. Indicators have been developed for these criteria which, if possible, are quantitative. In some cases, instead, a direction is indicated on the trend of the indicator. Supporting indicators have not yet been developed for all criteria, but a plan for the continued work exists. The goals are designed to describe the desired environmental permit to be achieved, which is in accordance with the function of environmental quality standards according to Swedish legislation (see below). These standards have been linked to indicators which, in most cases, are the same as those found in Article 9, but indicators which belong only to Article 10 exist. There are as yet no indicators for all targets. Below is a description of the system with which both article 9 and 10 have been introduced in Swedish legislation, ie. in the form of environmental quality standards, the function of which is described in more detail in Chapter 5 of the Environmental Code and in the preparatory works that preceded the current regulations (mainly prop. 1997/98: 45 and prop.2009 / 10: 184). with the advent of the Environmental Code in 1999. They are described in more detail in Chapter 5. Environmental Code. Environmental quality standards were introduced to address the environmental impact of diffuse emission sources such as traffic and agriculture. An environmental quality standard shall comprise a certain geographical area, which may be a water body, a municipality, the whole country or as in the case of the maritime administration, a whole sea area. The starting point for establishing an environmental quality standard is knowledge of what man and nature can withstand without regard to economic or technical conditions. The norm should therefore reflect the lowest acceptable environmental quality or the desired environmental permit, but usually does not aim at how human activities should be designed. Environmental quality standards must be based on scientific criteria. First, it is the government that decides on environmental quality standards. But if the standards are a consequence of e.g. a new EU directive, the government can transfer the decision to an authority. Most of the environmental quality standards come from different EU directives. Ever since, there are environmental quality standards for outdoor air, water quality, fish water, mussel water and environmental noise. Environmental quality standards for the marine environment have been added to the marine environment regulation and the regulations of the Marine and Water Authority on what characterizes good environmental status and environmental quality standards with indicators for the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, HVMFS 2012: 18. According to Chapter 5, Section 2 of the Environmental Code, there are four different varieties of Environmental Quality Standards: Limit standards setting the levels of contamination or interference that must not be exceeded or exceeded, at certain specified times, or during one or more time periods. Targeting standards indicating the levels of pollution or interference to be pursued or which should not be exceeded or exceeded. standards that specify the highest or lowest occurrence of organisms in surface or groundwater that can serve as a guide for the state of the environment. Other standards that specify the requirements in other respects on the quality of the environment that result from Sweden's membership of the EU. s by establishing action programs that specify which measures need to be implemented to reach the norm, and partly because municipalities and authorities apply the norm at eg. licensing and supervision. The two roads are applied in parallel and in interaction with each other. Depending on how the current environmental quality standard is designed, one or the other tool becomes more or less important. A limit value standard can thus be expected to have a greater impact on the application of law, while environmental quality standards of a more targeted nature may need to be accompanied by action programs in order to reach the norm. The environmental quality standards developed by the Marine and Water Authority are mainly so-called other standards according to the fourth point above. An exception is the norm, B. 1, which deals with concentrations of hazardous substances in the marine environment that constitute a limit value standard according to the first point. The standards will only have an effect on individual operators only after they have been converted to some form of requirements, for example through authorization or supervision decisions. An environmental quality standard can, for example, be a support for assessing, when supervising, which requirements need to be imposed on an activity to protect human health or the environment. The action programs may be indicative when the authorities make demands. Two types of environmental quality standards are stated in the Marine Environment Regulation. Firstly, an overall norm that must state what characterizes good environmental standards

The main approach to developing what characterizes Good Environmental Status for each objective follows mainly the approach described in section 4.3 of the Common understanding document. This means that for Article 9, qualitative descriptions at the level of criteria have been developed for all 29 criteria according to Commission Decision 2010/477 / EC. Indicators have been developed for these criteria which, if possible, are quantitative. In some cases, instead, a direction is indicated on the trend of the indicator. Supporting indicators have not yet been developed for all criteria, but a plan for the continued work exists. The goals are designed to describe the desired environmental permit to be achieved, which is in accordance with the function of environmental quality standards according to Swedish legislation (see below). These standards have been linked to indicators which, in most cases, are the same as those found in Article 9, but indicators which belong only to Article 10 exist. There are as yet no indicators for all targets. Below is a description of the system with which both article 9 and 10 have been introduced in Swedish legislation, ie. in the form of environmental quality standards, the function of which is described in more detail in Chapter 5 of the Environmental Code and in the preparatory works that preceded the current regulations (mainly prop. 1997/98: 45 and prop.2009 / 10: 184). with the advent of the Environmental Code in 1999. They are described in more detail in Chapter 5. Environmental Code. Environmental quality standards were introduced to address the environmental impact of diffuse emission sources such as traffic and agriculture. An environmental quality standard shall comprise a certain geographical area, which may be a water body, a municipality, the whole country or as in the case of the maritime administration, a whole sea area. The starting point for establishing an environmental quality standard is knowledge of what man and nature can withstand without regard to economic or technical conditions. The norm should therefore reflect the lowest acceptable environmental quality or the desired environmental permit, but usually does not aim at how human activities should be designed. Environmental quality standards must be based on scientific criteria. First, it is the government that decides on environmental quality standards. But if the standards are a consequence of e.g. a new EU directive, the government can transfer the decision to an authority. Most of the environmental quality standards come from different EU directives. Ever since, there are environmental quality standards for outdoor air, water quality, fish water, mussel water and environmental noise. Environmental quality standards for the marine environment have been added to the marine environment regulation and the regulations of the Marine and Water Authority on what characterizes good environmental status and environmental quality standards with indicators for the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, HVMFS 2012: 18. According to Chapter 5, Section 2 of the Environmental Code, there are four different varieties of Environmental Quality Standards: Limit standards setting the levels of contamination or interference that must not be exceeded or exceeded, at certain specified times, or during one or more time periods. Targeting standards indicating the levels of pollution or interference to be pursued or which should not be exceeded or exceeded. standards that specify the highest or lowest occurrence of organisms in surface or groundwater that can serve as a guide for the state of the environment. Other standards that specify the requirements in other respects on the quality of the environment that result from Sweden's membership of the EU. s by establishing action programs that specify which measures need to be implemented to reach the norm, and partly because municipalities and authorities apply the norm at eg. licensing and supervision. The two roads are applied in parallel and in interaction with each other. Depending on how the current environmental quality standard is designed, one or the other tool becomes more or less important. A limit value standard can thus be expected to have a greater impact on the application of law, while environmental quality standards of a more targeted nature may need to be accompanied by action programs in order to reach the norm. The environmental quality standards developed by the Marine and Water Authority are mainly so-called other standards according to the fourth point above. An exception is the norm, B. 1, which deals with concentrations of hazardous substances in the marine environment that constitute a limit value standard according to the first point. The standards will only have an effect on individual operators only after they have been converted to some form of requirements, for example through authorization or supervision decisions. An environmental quality standard can, for example, be a support for assessing, when supervising, which requirements need to be imposed on an activity to protect human health or the environment. The action programs may be indicative when the authorities make demands. Two types of environmental quality standards are stated in the Marine Environment Regulation. Firstly, an overall norm that must state what characterizes good environmental standards

The main approach to developing what characterizes Good Environmental Status for each objective follows mainly the approach described in section 4.3 of the Common understanding document. This means that for Article 9, qualitative descriptions at the level of criteria have been developed for all 29 criteria according to Commission Decision 2010/477 / EC. Indicators have been developed for these criteria which, if possible, are quantitative. In some cases, instead, a direction is indicated on the trend of the indicator. Supporting indicators have not yet been developed for all criteria, but a plan for the continued work exists. The goals are designed to describe the desired environmental permit to be achieved, which is in accordance with the function of environmental quality standards according to Swedish legislation (see below). These standards have been linked to indicators which, in most cases, are the same as those found in Article 9, but indicators which belong only to Article 10 exist. There are as yet no indicators for all targets. Below is a description of the system with which both article 9 and 10 have been introduced in Swedish legislation, ie. in the form of environmental quality standards, the function of which is described in more detail in Chapter 5 of the Environmental Code and in the preparatory works that preceded the current regulations (mainly prop. 1997/98: 45 and prop.2009 / 10: 184). with the advent of the Environmental Code in 1999. They are described in more detail in Chapter 5. Environmental Code. Environmental quality standards were introduced to address the environmental impact of diffuse emission sources such as traffic and agriculture. An environmental quality standard shall comprise a certain geographical area, which may be a water body, a municipality, the whole country or as in the case of the maritime administration, a whole sea area. The starting point for establishing an environmental quality standard is knowledge of what man and nature can withstand without regard to economic or technical conditions. The norm should therefore reflect the lowest acceptable environmental quality or the desired environmental permit, but usually does not aim at how human activities should be designed. Environmental quality standards must be based on scientific criteria. First, it is the government that decides on environmental quality standards. But if the standards are a consequence of e.g. a new EU directive, the government can transfer the decision to an authority. Most of the environmental quality standards come from different EU directives. Ever since, there are environmental quality standards for outdoor air, water quality, fish water, mussel water and environmental noise. Environmental quality standards for the marine environment have been added to the marine environment regulation and the regulations of the Marine and Water Authority on what characterizes good environmental status and environmental quality standards with indicators for the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, HVMFS 2012: 18. According to Chapter 5, Section 2 of the Environmental Code, there are four different varieties of Environmental Quality Standards: Limit standards setting the levels of contamination or interference that must not be exceeded or exceeded, at certain specified times, or during one or more time periods. Targeting standards indicating the levels of pollution or interference to be pursued or which should not be exceeded or exceeded. standards that specify the highest or lowest occurrence of organisms in surface or groundwater that can serve as a guide for the state of the environment. Other standards that specify the requirements in other respects on the quality of the environment that result from Sweden's membership of the EU. s by establishing action programs that specify which measures need to be implemented to reach the norm, and partly because municipalities and authorities apply the norm at eg. licensing and supervision. The two roads are applied in parallel and in interaction with each other. Depending on how the current environmental quality standard is designed, one or the other tool becomes more or less important. A limit value standard can thus be expected to have a greater impact on the application of law, while environmental quality standards of a more targeted nature may need to be accompanied by action programs in order to reach the norm. The environmental quality standards developed by the Marine and Water Authority are mainly so-called other standards according to the fourth point above. An exception is the norm, B. 1, which deals with concentrations of hazardous substances in the marine environment that constitute a limit value standard according to the first point. The standards will only have an effect on individual operators only after they have been converted to some form of requirements, for example through authorization or supervision decisions. An environmental quality standard can, for example, be a support for assessing, when supervising, which requirements need to be imposed on an activity to protect human health or the environment. The action programs may be indicative when the authorities make demands. Two types of environmental quality standards are stated in the Marine Environment Regulation. Firstly, an overall norm that must state what characterizes good environmental standards

The main approach to developing what characterizes Good Environmental Status for each objective follows mainly the approach described in section 4.3 of the Common understanding document. This means that for Article 9, qualitative descriptions at the level of criteria have been developed for all 29 criteria according to Commission Decision 2010/477 / EC. Indicators have been developed for these criteria which, if possible, are quantitative. In some cases, instead, a direction is indicated on the trend of the indicator. Supporting indicators have not yet been developed for all criteria, but a plan for the continued work exists. The goals are designed to describe the desired environmental permit to be achieved, which is in accordance with the function of environmental quality standards according to Swedish legislation (see below). These standards have been linked to indicators which, in most cases, are the same as those found in Article 9, but indicators which belong only to Article 10 exist. There are as yet no indicators for all targets. Below is a description of the system with which both article 9 and 10 have been introduced in Swedish legislation, ie. in the form of environmental quality standards, the function of which is described in more detail in Chapter 5 of the Environmental Code and in the preparatory works that preceded the current regulations (mainly prop. 1997/98: 45 and prop.2009 / 10: 184). with the advent of the Environmental Code in 1999. They are described in more detail in Chapter 5. Environmental Code. Environmental quality standards were introduced to address the environmental impact of diffuse emission sources such as traffic and agriculture. An environmental quality standard shall comprise a certain geographical area, which may be a water body, a municipality, the whole country or as in the case of the maritime administration, a whole sea area. The starting point for establishing an environmental quality standard is knowledge of what man and nature can withstand without regard to economic or technical conditions. The norm should therefore reflect the lowest acceptable environmental quality or the desired environmental permit, but usually does not aim at how human activities should be designed. Environmental quality standards must be based on scientific criteria. First, it is the government that decides on environmental quality standards. But if the standards are a consequence of e.g. a new EU directive, the government can transfer the decision to an authority. Most of the environmental quality standards come from different EU directives. Ever since, there are environmental quality standards for outdoor air, water quality, fish water, mussel water and environmental noise. Environmental quality standards for the marine environment have been added to the marine environment regulation and the regulations of the Marine and Water Authority on what characterizes good environmental status and environmental quality standards with indicators for the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, HVMFS 2012: 18. According to Chapter 5, Section 2 of the Environmental Code, there are four different varieties of Environmental Quality Standards: Limit standards setting the levels of contamination or interference that must not be exceeded or exceeded, at certain specified times, or during one or more time periods. Targeting standards indicating the levels of pollution or interference to be pursued or which should not be exceeded or exceeded. standards that specify the highest or lowest occurrence of organisms in surface or groundwater that can serve as a guide for the state of the environment. Other standards that specify the requirements in other respects on the quality of the environment that result from Sweden's membership of the EU. s by establishing action programs that specify which measures need to be implemented to reach the norm, and partly because municipalities and authorities apply the norm at eg. licensing and supervision. The two roads are applied in parallel and in interaction with each other. Depending on how the current environmental quality standard is designed, one or the other tool becomes more or less important. A limit value standard can thus be expected to have a greater impact on the application of law, while environmental quality standards of a more targeted nature may need to be accompanied by action programs in order to reach the norm. The environmental quality standards developed by the Marine and Water Authority are mainly so-called other standards according to the fourth point above. An exception is the norm, B. 1, which deals with concentrations of hazardous substances in the marine environment that constitute a limit value standard according to the first point. The standards will only have an effect on individual operators only after they have been converted to some form of requirements, for example through authorization or supervision decisions. An environmental quality standard can, for example, be a support for assessing, when supervising, which requirements need to be imposed on an activity to protect human health or the environment. The action programs may be indicative when the authorities make demands. Two types of environmental quality standards are stated in the Marine Environment Regulation. Firstly, an overall norm that must state what characterizes good environmental standards

The main approach to developing what characterizes Good Environmental Status for each objective follows mainly the approach described in section 4.3 of the Common understanding document. This means that for Article 9, qualitative descriptions at the level of criteria have been developed for all 29 criteria according to Commission Decision 2010/477 / EC. Indicators have been developed for these criteria which, if possible, are quantitative. In some cases, instead, a direction is indicated on the trend of the indicator. Supporting indicators have not yet been developed for all criteria, but a plan for the continued work exists. The goals are designed to describe the desired environmental permit to be achieved, which is in accordance with the function of environmental quality standards according to Swedish legislation (see below). These standards have been linked to indicators which, in most cases, are the same as those found in Article 9, but indicators which belong only to Article 10 exist. There are as yet no indicators for all targets. Below is a description of the system with which both article 9 and 10 have been introduced in Swedish legislation, ie. in the form of environmental quality standards, the function of which is described in more detail in Chapter 5 of the Environmental Code and in the preparatory works that preceded the current regulations (mainly prop. 1997/98: 45 and prop.2009 / 10: 184). with the advent of the Environmental Code in 1999. They are described in more detail in Chapter 5. Environmental Code. Environmental quality standards were introduced to address the environmental impact of diffuse emission sources such as traffic and agriculture. An environmental quality standard shall comprise a certain geographical area, which may be a water body, a municipality, the whole country or as in the case of the maritime administration, a whole sea area. The starting point for establishing an environmental quality standard is knowledge of what man and nature can withstand without regard to economic or technical conditions. The norm should therefore reflect the lowest acceptable environmental quality or the desired environmental permit, but usually does not aim at how human activities should be designed. Environmental quality standards must be based on scientific criteria. First, it is the government that decides on environmental quality standards. But if the standards are a consequence of e.g. a new EU directive, the government can transfer the decision to an authority. Most of the environmental quality standards come from different EU directives. Ever since, there are environmental quality standards for outdoor air, water quality, fish water, mussel water and environmental noise. Environmental quality standards for the marine environment have been added to the marine environment regulation and the regulations of the Marine and Water Authority on what characterizes good environmental status and environmental quality standards with indicators for the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, HVMFS 2012: 18. According to Chapter 5, Section 2 of the Environmental Code, there are four different varieties of Environmental Quality Standards: Limit standards setting the levels of contamination or interference that must not be exceeded or exceeded, at certain specified times, or during one or more time periods. Targeting standards indicating the levels of pollution or interference to be pursued or which should not be exceeded or exceeded. standards that specify the highest or lowest occurrence of organisms in surface or groundwater that can serve as a guide for the state of the environment. Other standards that specify the requirements in other respects on the quality of the environment that result from Sweden's membership of the EU. s by establishing action programs that specify which measures need to be implemented to reach the norm, and partly because municipalities and authorities apply the norm at eg. licensing and supervision. The two roads are applied in parallel and in interaction with each other. Depending on how the current environmental quality standard is designed, one or the other tool becomes more or less important. A limit value standard can thus be expected to have a greater impact on the application of law, while environmental quality standards of a more targeted nature may need to be accompanied by action programs in order to reach the norm. The environmental quality standards developed by the Marine and Water Authority are mainly so-called other standards according to the fourth point above. An exception is the norm, B. 1, which deals with concentrations of hazardous substances in the marine environment that constitute a limit value standard according to the first point. The standards will only have an effect on individual operators only after they have been converted to some form of requirements, for example through authorization or supervision decisions. An environmental quality standard can, for example, be a support for assessing, when supervising, which requirements need to be imposed on an activity to protect human health or the environment. The action programs may be indicative when the authorities make demands. Two types of environmental quality standards are stated in the Marine Environment Regulation. Firstly, an overall norm that must state what characterizes good environmental standards

Biologisk mångfald bevaras. Livsmiljöernas kvalitet och förekomst samt arternas fördelning och abundans överensstämmer med rådande geomorfologiska, geografiska och klimatiska villkor. Biological diversity is maintained. The quality and occurrence of habitats and the distribution and abundance of species are in line with prevailing physiographic, geographic and climate conditions.

Arternas utbredning överensstämmer med rådande geomorfologiska, geografiska och klimatiska villkor. Utbredningsområden som förändrats på grund av mänsklig störning är återställda till en långsiktigt hållbar nivå. 1.1 The distribution of species is in line with prevailing geomorphological, geographical, and climatic conditions. Distribution areas previously changed, owing to human activities, are restored to a long-term sustainable level.

1.1A Utbredning av tumlare Tumlarens utbredningsområde ska öka. Långsiktigt ska arten återfinnas i dess naturliga utbredningsområden.

1.2A Abundans av tumlare Tumlarens abundans ska öka tills mål definierade i ASCOBANS har nåtts.

Populationerna av däggdjur, fåglar och fiskar har ett hälsotillstånd som garanterar reproduktion och långsiktig överlevnad. 1.3 The populations of mammals, birds, and fish have a health condition that guarantees their reproduction and long-term survival.

1.3B Späcktjocklek hos säl Späcktjockleken hos sälar avviker inte från naturliga fluktuationer hos en population med normal späcktjocklek.

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Inventering genom visuell inspektion enligt Hammond et al. (2002). Indikatorn avspeglar påverkan i form av bifångst, miljögifter och fysisk störning som undervattensbuller. I Nordsjön görs regelbundna mätningar av utbredningen av tumlare genom visuell inspektion från fartyg inom programmet Small Cetaceans in the Europen Atlantic and North Sea Surveys (SCANS) (Hammond et al. 2002, SCANS-II 2008). Sverige har hittills deltagit i internationella mätinsatser men det saknas beslut om långsiktig övervakning.

Inventering genom visuell inspektion enligt Hammond et al. (2002). Indikatorn avspeglar påverkan i form av bifångst, miljögifter och fysisk störning som undervattensbuller. I Nordsjön görs regelbundna mätningar av utbredningen av tumlare genom visuell inspektion från fartyg inom programmet Small Cetaceans in the Europen Atlantic and North Sea Surveys (SCANS), se beskrivning av indikator 1.1A.

Provtagning enligt undersökningstyp Patologi hos gråsäl, vikaresäl och knubbsäl (Naturvårdsverket 2004b). Bedömning enligt HELCOM CORESET (HELCOM 2012c). Indikatorn speglar näringsstatus och hälsotillståndet hos säl (HELCOM 2012c). Orsaker till förändringar i späcktjocklek kan bero på synergieffekter av farliga ämnen, sjukdomar eller födotillgång (kvalitet och kvantitet). Späcktjocklek mäts vid obduktion. Gräns för god miljöstatus baseras på referensdata från gråsälspopulationer, bifångst eller jaktbyten före 2004 som bedöms representera populationer med normal späcktjocklek. Gräns för god miljöstatus har satts vid det nedre 95 %-iga konfidensintervallet under referensperioden.