he main approach to developing what characterizes Good environmental status for each target mainly follows the approach described in section 4.3 of the Common understanding document. This means that, for Article 9, qualitative descriptions have been produced at the criterion level 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 trend is indicated for the trend of the indicator. Supporting indicators have not yet been developed for all criteria, but a plan for further work is in place. The targets are designed to describe the desired environmental permit to be achieved, which is in line with the function of environmental quality standards in accordance with Swedish legislation (see below). These standards have been linked to indicators that in most cases are the same as those found under Article 9, but indicators that belong only to Article 10 are available. Indicators have not yet been developed for all targets. Below is a description of the system by which both Article 9 and 10 have been introduced into 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 work that preceded today's regulations (mainly prop. 1997/98: 45 and prop.2009 / 10: 184).Environmental quality standards are a legally binding instrument that was introduced with the creation of the Environmental Code in 1999. They are described in more detail in Chapter 5. Environmental Code. Environmental quality standards were introduced to deal with the environmental impact of diffuse sources of emissions, such as traffic and agriculture. An environmental quality standard should cover a certain geographical area, which may be a body of water, a municipality, the whole country or, in the case of the sea administration, an entire 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 state, but usually does not aim at how human activities should be designed. Environmental quality standards should be based on scientific criteria. First and foremost, 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 entrust the decision to an authority. Most of the environmental quality standards derive from various EU directives. Previously, there are environmental quality standards for outdoor air, water quality, fish water, mussel water and ambient noise. With the Marine Environment Regulation and the Marine and Water Authority's regulations on what characterizes good environmental status as well as environmental quality standards with indicators for the North Sea and the Baltic, HVMFS 2012: 18, environmental quality standards for the marine environment have been added. Chapter 5, Section 2 of the Environmental Code states that there are four different types of environmental quality standards: Limit values ​​that specify the levels of pollution or disturbance that must not be exceeded or exceeded, after a specified time, or for one or more periods of time. Targeting standards that specify the levels of pollution or disturbance to be pursued, or that should not be exceeded or underestimated. Indicative norms that indicate which highest or lowest occurrence of organisms in surface or groundwater can serve as a guide for the state of the environment. Other standards that specify the other requirements for the quality of the environment that result from Sweden's membership of the EU. The environmental quality norm is reached partly by establishing action programs that specify what measures need to be implemented to reach the norm, and partly by municipalities and authorities applying the norm in, for example. permit testing and supervision. The two paths 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 norm may thus be considered to have a greater impact in the legal application, while environmental quality norms of a more targeted nature may need to be accompanied by action programs in order to achieve the norm. The environmental quality standards that the Marine and Water Authority has developed are mainly so-called other standards according to the fourth point above. An exception is the standard, B. 1, which concerns concentrations of hazardous substances in the marine environment which constitute a limit value norm according to the first paragraph. It is the authorities and municipalities that are responsible for compliance with the standards. The standards will only have an effect on individual operators after they have been transformed into some form of requirements, for example through permit or supervisory decisions. For example, an environmental quality standard can be a support for assessing the requirements that need to be imposed on a business to protect human health or the environment. The action programs can be indicative when the authorities make demands. The Marine Environment Regulation specifies two types of environmental quality standards. On the one hand, an overall norm that specifies what characterizes good environmental status for Sweden's management areas of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea in accordance with Section 17, and on the other, environmental quality standards with indicators that the Marine and Water Authority sets according to Section 19 of the Marine Environment Regulation. These later environmental quality standards are used to support and underpin the overall norm good environmental status for our administrative areas. For each environmental quality standard, there are associated indicators that have the task of verifying if the standard is achieved. If the conditions for good environmental status indicated for the indicators are achieved, the overall environmental quality standard for the North Sea and the Baltic Sea is also followed. According to the regulation, this will be done by 2020. In the first step, the sea and water authority has developed eleven standards to meet four main stresses on the marine environment. The loads have been identified in the initial assessment. Supply of nutrients Supply of hazardous substances Biological disturbance Physical disturbance Environmental quality standards for the marine environment consist of a qualitative description of the desired environmental quality. In order to assess whether the qualitative description is met, indicators are linked to each norm. The indicators may to a large extent be the same as those used to assess whether the overall environmental quality standard achieves good environmental status in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, but there may also be reason to add, as well as exclude indicators, depending on the design of the environmental quality standards.

he main approach to developing what characterizes Good environmental status for each target mainly follows the approach described in section 4.3 of the Common understanding document. This means that, for Article 9, qualitative descriptions have been produced at the criterion level 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 trend is indicated for the trend of the indicator. Supporting indicators have not yet been developed for all criteria, but a plan for further work is in place. The targets are designed to describe the desired environmental permit to be achieved, which is in line with the function of environmental quality standards in accordance with Swedish legislation (see below). These standards have been linked to indicators that in most cases are the same as those found under Article 9, but indicators that belong only to Article 10 are available. Indicators have not yet been developed for all targets. Below is a description of the system by which both Article 9 and 10 have been introduced into 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 work that preceded today's regulations (mainly prop. 1997/98: 45 and prop.2009 / 10: 184).Environmental quality standards are a legally binding instrument that was introduced with the creation of the Environmental Code in 1999. They are described in more detail in Chapter 5. Environmental Code. Environmental quality standards were introduced to deal with the environmental impact of diffuse sources of emissions, such as traffic and agriculture. An environmental quality standard should cover a certain geographical area, which may be a body of water, a municipality, the whole country or, in the case of the sea administration, an entire 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 state, but usually does not aim at how human activities should be designed. Environmental quality standards should be based on scientific criteria. First and foremost, 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 entrust the decision to an authority. Most of the environmental quality standards derive from various EU directives. Previously, there are environmental quality standards for outdoor air, water quality, fish water, mussel water and ambient noise. With the Marine Environment Regulation and the Marine and Water Authority's regulations on what characterizes good environmental status as well as environmental quality standards with indicators for the North Sea and the Baltic, HVMFS 2012: 18, environmental quality standards for the marine environment have been added. Chapter 5, Section 2 of the Environmental Code states that there are four different types of environmental quality standards: Limit values ​​that specify the levels of pollution or disturbance that must not be exceeded or exceeded, after a specified time, or for one or more periods of time. Targeting standards that specify the levels of pollution or disturbance to be pursued, or that should not be exceeded or underestimated. Indicative norms that indicate which highest or lowest occurrence of organisms in surface or groundwater can serve as a guide for the state of the environment. Other standards that specify the other requirements for the quality of the environment that result from Sweden's membership of the EU. The environmental quality norm is reached partly by establishing action programs that specify what measures need to be implemented to reach the norm, and partly by municipalities and authorities applying the norm in, for example. permit testing and supervision. The two paths 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 norm may thus be considered to have a greater impact in the legal application, while environmental quality norms of a more targeted nature may need to be accompanied by action programs in order to achieve the norm. The environmental quality standards that the Marine and Water Authority has developed are mainly so-called other standards according to the fourth point above. An exception is the standard, B. 1, which concerns concentrations of hazardous substances in the marine environment which constitute a limit value norm according to the first paragraph. It is the authorities and municipalities that are responsible for compliance with the standards. The standards will only have an effect on individual operators after they have been transformed into some form of requirements, for example through permit or supervisory decisions. For example, an environmental quality standard can be a support for assessing the requirements that need to be imposed on a business to protect human health or the environment. The action programs can be indicative when the authorities make demands. The Marine Environment Regulation specifies two types of environmental quality standards. On the one hand, an overall norm that specifies what characterizes good environmental status for Sweden's management areas of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea in accordance with Section 17, and on the other, environmental quality standards with indicators that the Marine and Water Authority sets according to Section 19 of the Marine Environment Regulation. These later environmental quality standards are used to support and underpin the overall norm good environmental status for our administrative areas. For each environmental quality standard, there are associated indicators that have the task of verifying if the standard is achieved. If the conditions for good environmental status indicated for the indicators are achieved, the overall environmental quality standard for the North Sea and the Baltic Sea is also followed. According to the regulation, this will be done by 2020. In the first step, the sea and water authority has developed eleven standards to meet four main stresses on the marine environment. The loads have been identified in the initial assessment. Supply of nutrients Supply of hazardous substances Biological disturbance Physical disturbance Environmental quality standards for the marine environment consist of a qualitative description of the desired environmental quality. In order to assess whether the qualitative description is met, indicators are linked to each norm. The indicators may to a large extent be the same as those used to assess whether the overall environmental quality standard achieves good environmental status in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, but there may also be reason to add, as well as exclude indicators, depending on the design of the environmental quality standards.

Havsmiljön ska så långt som möjligt vara fri från avfall. The marine environment shall , as far as possible, be free from litter.

Mängden avfall, inklusive dess nedbrytningsprodukter, förorsakar inte skada på havsmiljön. 10.1 The amount of litter, including its degradation products, do not cause damage to the marine environment.

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