Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D10 / Sweden / NE Atlantic: Greater North 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 | D10 Litter |
Member State | Sweden |
Region/subregion | NE Atlantic: Greater North Sea |
Reported by | Havs- och vattenmyndigheten |
Report date | 2020-07-06 |
Report access | msfd2018-ART8GES_SE_200706.xml |
ANS-SE-AA-B_Kattegatt
GES component |
D10
|
D10
|
D10
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Feature |
Litter in the environment
|
Litter in the environment
|
Micro-litter in the environment
|
Element |
Macrolitter (all) |
Macrolitter (all) |
Microlitter (all) |
Element code |
FI_Macrolitter |
FI_Macrolitter |
All_Microlitter |
Element code source |
Undefined
|
Undefined
|
Undefined
|
Element 2 |
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Element 2 code |
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Element 2 code source |
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Element source |
National |
National |
National |
Criterion |
D10C1
|
D10C1
|
D10C2
|
Parameter |
Amount on coastline
|
Amount on seabed
|
Other
|
Parameter other |
Not specified
|
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Threshold value upper |
41.7 |
||
Threshold value lower |
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Threshold qualitative |
significant decreasing trend
|
significant decreasing trend
|
|
Threshold value source |
National
|
National
|
|
Threshold value source other |
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Value achieved upper |
69.0 |
||
Value achieved lower |
|||
Value unit |
Other
|
Other
|
|
Value unit other |
Trend of number of items per 100 metre
|
Trend of number of items per square kilometre
|
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Proportion threshold value |
|||
Proportion value achieved |
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Proportion threshold value unit |
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Trend |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Parameter achieved |
No |
No |
Not assessed |
Description parameter |
69 ± 59 (Mean number of items per 100m shoreline ± CL95) No falling trend, fails to achieve threshold value. |
41.7 ± 9.5 (Mean number of items per square km ± CL95) No falling trend, fails to achieve threshold value. |
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Related indicator |
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Criteria status |
Not good |
Not good |
Not assessed |
Description criteria |
We do not have indicators under this criterion yet, One reason is that threshold values shall be established at union level. We will include these thresholds when they are established. We are active in groups discussing this in CIS-MSFD, as well as OSPAR & HELCOM. |
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Element status |
Not good |
Not good |
Not assessed |
Description element |
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Integration rule type parameter |
OOAO
|
OOAO
|
OOAO
|
Integration rule description parameter |
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Integration rule type criteria |
Not relevant
|
Not relevant
|
Not relevant
|
Integration rule description criteria |
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GES extent threshold |
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GES extent achieved |
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GES extent unit |
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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 |
Not assessed |
Description overall status |
A justification for not using criteria D10C2 is included in ART9GES-Schema. We do not have indicators under this criterion yet, because we are waiting for monitoring methods to be established at EU or regional level.
So far, microlitter is monitored through different projects, investigations and studies. The following projects are implemented at national level with the aim of testing and evaluating methods for monitoring water and sediment:
1) 2017, the Swedish EPA and SwAM conducted a comparative study where the sampling methods were compared.
2) In 2017, the Swedish EPA and SwAM conducted a gradient study in the Baltic and the North Sea to investigate the quantities and varieties of microlitter found in water and sediment along gradients from the coastline out into the sea and to trace sources and distribution routes.
3) In 2018, the Swedish EPA conducted a study on the westcoast to investigate the quantities and varieties of microlitter found on beaches and in sediments to trace local and long-distance sources and distribution routes. |
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Assessments period |
2012-2016 |
2012-2016 |
2012-2016 |
Related pressures |
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Related targets |
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ANS-SE-AA-B_Oresund
GES component |
D10
|
D10
|
D10
|
---|---|---|---|
Feature |
Litter in the environment
|
Litter in the environment
|
Micro-litter in the environment
|
Element |
Macrolitter (all) |
Macrolitter (all) |
Microlitter (all) |
Element code |
FI_Macrolitter |
FI_Macrolitter |
All_Microlitter |
Element code source |
Undefined
|
Undefined
|
Undefined
|
Element 2 |
|||
Element 2 code |
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Element 2 code source |
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Element source |
National |
National |
National |
Criterion |
D10C1
|
D10C1
|
D10C2
|
Parameter |
Amount on coastline
|
Amount on seabed
|
Other
|
Parameter other |
Not specified
|
||
Threshold value upper |
|||
Threshold value lower |
|||
Threshold qualitative |
significant decreasing trend
|
significant decreasing trend
|
|
Threshold value source |
National
|
National
|
|
Threshold value source other |
|||
Value achieved upper |
|||
Value achieved lower |
|||
Value unit |
Other
|
Other
|
|
Value unit other |
Trend of number of items per 100 metre
|
Trend of number of items per square kilometre
|
|
Proportion threshold value |
|||
Proportion value achieved |
|||
Proportion threshold value unit |
|||
Trend |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Parameter achieved |
Not assessed |
Not assessed |
Not assessed |
Description parameter |
|||
Related indicator |
|||
Criteria status |
Not assessed |
Not assessed |
Not assessed |
Description criteria |
We do not have indicators under this criterion yet, One reason is that threshold values shall be established at union level. We will include these thresholds when they are established. We are active in groups discussing this in CIS-MSFD, as well as OSPAR & HELCOM. |
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Element status |
Not assessed |
Not assessed |
Not assessed |
Description element |
|||
Integration rule type parameter |
OOAO
|
OOAO
|
OOAO
|
Integration rule description parameter |
|||
Integration rule type criteria |
Not relevant
|
Not relevant
|
Not relevant
|
Integration rule description criteria |
|||
GES extent threshold |
|||
GES extent achieved |
|||
GES extent unit |
|||
GES achieved |
Not assessed |
Not assessed |
Not assessed |
Description overall status |
A justification for not using criteria D10C2 is included in ART9GES-Schema. We do not have indicators under this criterion yet, because we are waiting for monitoring methods to be established at EU or regional level.
So far, microlitter is monitored through different projects, investigations and studies. The following projects are implemented at national level with the aim of testing and evaluating methods for monitoring water and sediment:
1) 2017, the Swedish EPA and SwAM conducted a comparative study where the sampling methods were compared.
2) In 2017, the Swedish EPA and SwAM conducted a gradient study in the Baltic and the North Sea to investigate the quantities and varieties of microlitter found in water and sediment along gradients from the coastline out into the sea and to trace sources and distribution routes.
3) In 2018, the Swedish EPA conducted a study on the westcoast to investigate the quantities and varieties of microlitter found on beaches and in sediments to trace local and long-distance sources and distribution routes. |
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Assessments period |
2012-2016 |
2012-2016 |
2012-2016 |
Related pressures |
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Related targets |
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ANS-SE-AA-B_Skagerrak
GES component |
D10
|
D10
|
D10
|
---|---|---|---|
Feature |
Litter in the environment
|
Litter in the environment
|
Micro-litter in the environment
|
Element |
Macrolitter (all) |
Macrolitter (all) |
Microlitter (all) |
Element code |
FI_Macrolitter |
FI_Macrolitter |
All_Microlitter |
Element code source |
Undefined
|
Undefined
|
Undefined
|
Element 2 |
|||
Element 2 code |
|||
Element 2 code source |
|||
Element source |
National |
National |
National |
Criterion |
D10C1
|
D10C1
|
D10C2
|
Parameter |
Amount on coastline
|
Amount on seabed
|
Other
|
Parameter other |
Not specified
|
||
Threshold value upper |
|||
Threshold value lower |
|||
Threshold qualitative |
significant decreasing trend
|
significant decreasing trend
|
|
Threshold value source |
National
|
National
|
|
Threshold value source other |
|||
Value achieved upper |
925.0 |
50.7 |
|
Value achieved lower |
|||
Value unit |
Other
|
Other
|
|
Value unit other |
Trend of number of items per 100 metre
|
Trend of number of items per square kilometre
|
|
Proportion threshold value |
|||
Proportion value achieved |
|||
Proportion threshold value unit |
|||
Trend |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Unknown |
Parameter achieved |
No |
No |
Not assessed |
Description parameter |
925 ± 368 (Mean number of items per 100m shoreline ± CL95). No falling trend, fails to achieve threshold value. |
50.7 ± 23.9 (Mean number of items per square km ± CL95) No falling trend, fails to achieve threshold value |
|
Related indicator |
|||
Criteria status |
Not good |
Not good |
Not assessed |
Description criteria |
We do not have indicators under this criterion yet, One reason is that threshold values shall be established at union level. We will include these thresholds when they are established. We are active in groups discussing this in CIS-MSFD, as well as OSPAR & HELCOM. |
||
Element status |
Not good |
Not good |
Not assessed |
Description element |
|||
Integration rule type parameter |
OOAO
|
OOAO
|
OOAO
|
Integration rule description parameter |
|||
Integration rule type criteria |
Not relevant
|
Not relevant
|
Not relevant
|
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 |
Not assessed |
Description overall status |
A justification for not using criteria D10C2 is included in ART9GES-Schema. We do not have indicators under this criterion yet, because we are waiting for monitoring methods to be established at EU or regional level.
So far, microlitter is monitored through different projects, investigations and studies. The following projects are implemented at national level with the aim of testing and evaluating methods for monitoring water and sediment:
1) 2017, the Swedish EPA and SwAM conducted a comparative study where the sampling methods were compared.
2) In 2017, the Swedish EPA and SwAM conducted a gradient study in the Baltic and the North Sea to investigate the quantities and varieties of microlitter found in water and sediment along gradients from the coastline out into the sea and to trace sources and distribution routes.
3) In 2018, the Swedish EPA conducted a study on the westcoast to investigate the quantities and varieties of microlitter found on beaches and in sediments to trace local and long-distance sources and distribution routes. |
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Assessments period |
2012-2016 |
2012-2016 |
2012-2016 |
Related pressures |
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Related targets |
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