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

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

Övergödning framkallad av människan reduceras till ett minimum, särskilt dess negativa effekter, såsom minskad biologisk mångfald, försämrade ekosystem, skadliga algblomningar och syrebrist i bottenvattnet. Human-induced eutrophication is minimised, especially adverse effects thereof, such as losses in biodiversity, ecosystem degradation, harmful algal blooms and oxygen deficiency in bottom waters.

Koncentrationer av näringsämnen resulterar inte i negativa direkta eller indirekta effekter på biologisk mångfald och ekosystem. 5.1 Concentrations of nutrients do not result in direct or indirect negative effects on biological diversity and ecosystems.

5.1A Koncentrationer av kväve och fosfor i kustvatten En nivå som minst motsvarar god status för näring enligt gällande bedömningsgrund för näringsämnen i kustvatten och vatten i övergångszon (NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 5, kap 2.4 med ändring för Nordsjön i NFS 2010:12).

Oönskad algtillväxt leder inte till försämrad vattenkvalitet, minskat siktdjup eller indirekta effekter på biologisk mångfald och ekosystem. 5.2 Undesired algal blooms do not lead to deteriorated water quality, reduced seawater transparency, or indirect effects on biological diversity and ecosystems.

5.2A Biomassa växtplankton i kustvatten (klorofyll a-koncentration och biovolym) En nivå som minst motsvarar god status för klorofyll a och biovolym enligt gällande bedömningsgrund för växtplankton i kustvatten och vatten i övergångszon (NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 4, kap. 3.5).

5.2C Siktdjup i kustvatten En nivå som minst motsvarar god status för siktdjup enligt gällande bedömningsgrund för siktdjup i kustvatten och vatten i övergångszon (NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 5, kap. 1.4).

Fleråriga växter uppvisar naturlig djuputbredning och ingen minskning av syrekoncentrationer till följd av övergödning förekommer. 5.3 Perennial seaweeds and sea grasses show a natural depth distribution and no decrease in oxygen concentrations as a consequence of eutrophication occurs.

5.3A Djuputbredning av makrovegetation i kustvatten (samma som 1.5A) En nivå som minst motsvarar god status för makrovegetation enligt gällande bedömningsgrund för makroalger och gömfröiga växter i kustvatten (NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 4, kap. 2.4).

5.3C Syrebalans i utsjövatten Syrekoncentrationen i bottenvattnet överstiger 3,5 ml/l.

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Enligt NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 4, kap 3.5 för växtplankton i kustvatten och vatten i övergångszon samt Handbok 2007:4, Bilaga B, kapitel 4.

enligt NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 5, kap. 1.4 för siktdjup i kustvatten och vatten i övergångszon samt Handbok 2007:4, Bilaga B, kapitel 5.

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Enligt gällande bedömningsgrund för makroalger och gömfröiga växter i kustvatten (NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 4, kap. 2.4).

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Enligt NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 4, kap 3.5 för växtplankton i kustvatten och vatten i övergångszon samt Handbok 2007:4, Bilaga B, kapitel 4.

enligt NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 5, kap. 1.4 för siktdjup i kustvatten och vatten i övergångszon samt Handbok 2007:4, Bilaga B, kapitel 5.

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Enligt gällande bedömningsgrund för makroalger och gömfröiga växter i kustvatten (NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 4, kap. 2.4).

enligt undersökningstyp Hydrografi och närsalter, trendövervakning (Naturvårdsverket 2004c), undersökningstyp Hydrografi och närsalter, kartering (Naturvårdsverket 2004d) och undersökningstyp Syrehalt i bottenvatten, kartering (Naturvårdsverket 2005b).

Bedömning enligt NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 5, kap 2.4 för näringsämnen i kustvatten och vatten i övergångszon, med en ändring för Nordsjön i NFS 2010:12, eller Handbok 2007:4, Bilaga B, kap. 6.

Bedömning enligt NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 4, kap 3.5 för växtplankton i kustvatten och vatten i övergångszon samt Handbok 2007:4, Bilaga B, kapitel 4. Indikatorn motsvarar bedömningsgrund (NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 4, kap 3.5) för växtplankton i kustvatten och vatten i övergångszon. I Handbok 2007:4 (Bilaga B, kapitel 4) finns en utförligare beskrivning av tillvägagångssättet för statusbedömning. Bedömningen baseras på biomassan av växtplankton uttryckt som biovolym (mm3/l) och klorofyll a (µg/l) i ytvattnet (0-10 m) under sommaren. Om det finns data på både klorofyll och biovolym vägs dessa samman till en enhetlig klassificering för växtplankton. Saknas data för någon av parametrarna baseras bedömningen på den kvarvarande parametern. Referensvärden är uppskattade utifrån nutida samband mellansiktdjup (historiska data), klorofyll och biovolym i kombination med modellerade referenskoncentrationer av kväve. Mängden växtplankton i vattnet är ett mått på effekten av övergödning, eftersom en ökad koncentration av näringsämnen leder till en ökad produktion av växtplankton. Bedömningsgrunden kan tillämpas i både Nordsjön och Östersjön. Kustvattnet är indelat i 23 typområden, och varje typområde har egna klassgränser.

Bedömning enligt NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 5, kap. 1.4 för siktdjup i kustvatten och vatten i övergångszon samt Handbok 2007:4, Bilaga B, kapitel 5. Indikatorn motsvarar bedömningsgrund (NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 5, kap. 1.4) för siktdjup i kustvatten och vatten i övergångszon. I Handbok 2007:4 (Bilaga B, kapitel 5) finns en utförligare beskrivning av tillvägagångssättet för statusbedömning. Bedömningen baseras på siktdjupet (m) under sommaren. Referensvärden är baserade på historiska siktdjupsdata. Siktdjup är en indikator för övergödning eftersom en ökad produktion av växtplankton orsakar grumling av vattnet. Bedömningsgrunden kan tillämpas i både Nordsjön och Östersjön. Kustvattnet är indelat i 23 typområden, och varje typområde har egna klassgränser.

Bedömning enligt NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 4, kap. 2.4 för makroalger och gömfröiga växter i kustvatten samt Handbok 2007:4, Bilaga B, kapitel 3. Indikatorn motsvarar bedömningsgrund (NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 4, kap. 2.4) för makroalger och gömfröiga växter i kustvatten. I Handbok 2007:4 (Bilaga B, kapitel 3) finns en utförligare beskrivning av tillvägagångssättet för statusbedömning. Statusen beräknas utifrån djuputbredningen under sommaren av ett antal fleråriga makroalger och några få gömfröiga vattenväxter. Bedömningsgrunden utgår ifrån sambandet mellan makrovegetationens djuputbredning och tillgången på ljus för makroalgers och vattenväxters tillväxt. Ljustillgången kan i sin tur bero på effekter av övergödning, såsom minskat siktdjup, ökad mängd påväxt och grumling i vattenmassan av växtplankton. Referensvärden har tagits fram utifrån djupaste kända förekomst av arten inom ett typområde. Bedömningsgrunden kan tillämpas i både Nordsjön och Östersjön. Kustvattnet är indelat i 25 typområden, och varje typområde har egna klassgränser. Bedömningsområde (Assessment Area): Samtliga kustvattentyper (se Bilaga 1, karta 2-4).

Provtagning enligt undersökningstyp Hydrografi och närsalter, trendövervakning (Naturvårdsverket 2004c), undersökningstyp Hydrografi och närsalter, kartering (Naturvårdsverket 2004d) och undersökningstyp Syrehalt i bottenvatten, kartering (Naturvårdsverket 2005b).

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