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

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

Alla delar av de marina näringsvävarna, i den mån de är kända, förekommer i normal omfattning och mångfald på nivåer som är tillräckliga för att arternas långsiktiga bestånd ska kunna säkerställas och deras fulla reproduktiva kapacitet behållas. All elements of the marine food webs, to the extent that they are known, occur at normal abundance and diversity and levels capable of ensuring the long-term abundance of the species and the retention of their full reproductive capacity.

Näringsvävens beståndsdelar samt livsmiljöernas utsträckning och tillstånd garanterar att ekosystemtjänster tillhandahålls. 1.7 The components of the food web, and the extent and condition of the habitats, ensure that ecosystem services are provided.

1.7A Trofisk nivå inom fisksamhället i kustvatten (samma som 4.3B) Fisksamhällets trofiska nivå avviker inte från en baslinjenivå. Om baslinje inte kan tillämpas anges önskad riktning.

Produktiviteten för nyckelarter och trofiska nyckelgrupper avviker inte från de naturliga fluktuationer som förekommer i ekosystemets näringsväv. 4.1 The productivity of key species and key trophic groups do not deviate from the natural fluctuations that occur in the food web of the ecosystem.

4.1B Tillväxthastighet hos marina däggdjur (samma som 1.3D) Tillväxthastigheten hos marina däggdjur är nära den inneboende tillväxthastigheten hos en population som är opåverkad av människan.

Förekomst och andel av utvalda predatorarter och dessa arters storleksfördelning, möjliggör en naturlig trofisk reglering i näringsväven. 4.2 The occurrence and proportion of selected predator species and their size distribution enable natural trophic regulation of the food web.

Alla trofiska nyckelgrupper och nyckelarter förekommer i en sådan omfattning att näringsväven kan fungera i balans. 4.3 All key trophic groups and key species occur to an extent that ensures that the food web can function in balance.

4.3B Trofisk nivå inom fisksamhället i kustvatten (samma som 1.7A) Fisksamhällets trofiska nivå avviker inte från en baslinjenivå. Om baslinje inte kan tillämpas anges önskad riktning.

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Provtagning enligt undersökningstyp Provfiske i Östersjöns kustområden (Naturvårdsverket, 2008) samt undersökningstyp Provfiske med kustöversiktsnät, nätlänkar och ryssjor (Naturvårdsverket, 2009a). Metod för bedömning ej fastställd.

Provtagning enligt miljöövervakningsmetod Gråsälsbestånd (Naturvårdsverket, 2005a) samt miljöövervakningsmetod Bestånd av knubbsäl och vikaresäl (Naturvårdsverket, 2006). Metod för bedömning ej fastställd. Tillväxthastigheten beskriver främst hälsotillståndet hos marina däggdjur (HELCOM 2012c). Sälars och tumlares tillväxthastighet påverkas av farliga ämnen, jakt, bifångst, brist på födotillgång eller sjukdom. När populationens storlek befinner sig långt från ekosystemets bärförmåga indikerar en tillväxthastighet som är lägre än den inneboende hos en frisk population, påverkan från mänskliga aktiviteter. Gräns för god miljöstatus baseras på en teoretisk analys av biologiska begränsningar och en analys av tillväxthastighet hos populationer av sälar och tumlare som decimerats av jakt.

Provtagning enligt undersökningstyp Provfiske i Östersjöns kustområden (Naturvårdsverket, 2008) samt undersökningstyp Provfiske med kustöversiktsnät, nätlänkar och ryssjor (Naturvårdsverket, 2009a). Metod för bedömning ej fastställd.