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

Havsbottnens integritet håller sig på en nivå som innebär att ekosystemens struktur och funktioner kan tryggas och att i synnerhet de bentiska ekosystemen inte påverkas negativt. Sea-floor integrity is at a level that ensures that the structure and functions of the ecosystems are safeguarded and benthic ecosystems, in particular, are not adversely affected.

Utbredning av livsmiljöer och livsmiljöbildande arter överensstämmer med rådande geomorfologiska, geografiska och klimatiska villkor. Utbredningsområden som förändrats på grund av mänsklig störning är återställda till en långsiktigt hållbar nivå. 1.4 The distribution of habitats and habitat-forming species is in line with prevailing geomorphological, geographical, and climatic conditions. Distribution areas previously changed, owing to human activities, are restored to a long-term sustainable level.

Livsmiljöernas utsträckning överensstämmer med rådande geomorfologiska, geografiska och klimatiska villkor. Förlust av utsträckning minimeras men rymmer en långsiktigt hållbar nivå av nyttjande. 1.5 The extent of the habitats is in line with prevailing geomorphological, geographical, and climatic conditions. The loss of extent is minimised, but accommodates a long-term sustainable level of use.

1.5A Djuputbredning av makrovegetation i kustvatten (samma som 5.3A) 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).

Livsmiljön är i ett tillstånd som stödjer dess ekologiska funktioner samt diversiteten i associerade samhällen. 1.6 The habitat is in a condition that supports its ecological functions and the diversity of associated communities.

1.6C Bottenfaunaindex (BQI) för kustvatten (samma som 5.3E och 6.2A) En nivå som minst motsvarar god status för bottenfauna enligt gällande bedömningsgrund för bottenfauna i kustvatten och vatten i övergångszon (NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 4, kap. 1.4).

Den samlade fysiska påverkan på havsbottensubstratet från verksamheter ligger på en nivå som ger förutsättningar för bentiska samhällen och associerade arter att upprätthålla sina ekologiska strukturer och funktioner. 6.1 The aggregate physical impact of human activities on the seabed substrate is at a level that provides conditions for the benthic community and associated species to maintain their ecological structure and functions.

Det bentiska samhällets ekologiska funktioner, artdiversitet och förekomst av arter upprätthålls. 6.2 The ecological functions, species diversity, and presence of species in the benthic community are maintained.

6.2A Bottenfaunaindex (BQI) för kustvatten (samma som 1.6C och 5.3E) En nivå som minst motsvarar god status för bottenfauna enligt gällande bedömningsgrund för bottenfauna i kustvatten och vatten i övergångszon (NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 4, kap. 1.4).

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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 gällande bedömningsgrund för bottenfauna i kustvatten och vatten i övergångszon (NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 4, kap. 1.4).

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Enligt gällande bedömningsgrund för bottenfauna i kustvatten och vatten i övergångszon (NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 4, kap. 1.4).

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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 gällande bedömningsgrund för bottenfauna i kustvatten och vatten i övergångszon (NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 4, kap. 1.4).

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Enligt gällande bedömningsgrund för bottenfauna i kustvatten och vatten i övergångszon (NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 4, kap. 1.4).

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.

Bedömning enligt NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 4, kap. 1.4 eller Handbok 2007:4, Bilaga B, kapitel 2. Indikatorn motsvarar bedömningsgrund för bottenfauna i kustvatten och vatten i övergångszon (NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 4, kap. 1.4). I Handbok 2007:4 (Bilaga B, kapitel 2) finns en utförligare beskrivning av tillvägagångssättet för statusbedömning. Status beräknas utifrån ett bottenfaunaindex (BQI) som baseras på bottenfaunans artsammansättning (proportionen känsliga och toleranta arter), artantal och individantal (abundans). Bedömningsgrunden är framtagen för mjukbottenfauna och bedömning görs på data insamlat under försommaren (maj-juni). Gränsen mellan god och måttlig status är satt utifrån jämförelser mellan påverkade och minst påverkade områden, tidsserier och kartor i kombination med expertbedömning. BQI visar i första hand effekter av övergödning eftersom sedimentlevande bottenfauna påverkas kraftigt av både syrebrist och ökande eller minskande organisk belastning. Bottenfauna kan även påverkas av andra faktorer såsom exponering av farliga ämnen och fysisk störning. Bedömningsgrunden kan tillämpas i både Nordsjön och Östersjöns kustvatten. Kustvattnet är indelat i 23 typområden och varje typområde har egna klassgränser.

Bedömning enligt NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 4, kap. 1.4 eller Handbok 2007:4, Bilaga B, kapitel 2. Indikatorn motsvarar bedömningsgrund för bottenfauna i kustvatten och vatten i övergångszon (NFS 2008:1, Bilaga 4, kap. 1.4). I Handbok 2007:4 (Bilaga B, kapitel 2) finns en utförligare beskrivning av tillvägagångssättet för statusbedömning. Status beräknas utifrån ett bottenfaunaindex (BQI) som baseras på bottenfaunans artsammansättning (proportionen känsliga och toleranta arter), artantal och individantal (abundans). Bedömningsgrunden är framtagen för mjukbottenfauna och bedömning görs på data insamlat under försommaren (maj-juni). Gränsen mellan god och måttlig status är satt utifrån jämförelser mellan påverkade och minst påverkade områden, tidsserier och kartor i kombination med expertbedömning. BQI visar i första hand effekter av övergödning eftersom sedimentlevande bottenfauna påverkas kraftigt av både syrebrist och ökande eller minskande organisk belastning. Bottenfauna kan även påverkas av andra faktorer såsom exponering av farliga ämnen och fysisk störning. Bedömningsgrunden kan tillämpas i både Nordsjön och Östersjöns kustvatten. Kustvattnet är indelat i 23 typområden och varje typområde har egna klassgränser. Bedömningsområde (Assessment Area): Samtliga kustvattentyper (se Bilaga 1, karta 2-4).

Fully operational (in 2012)

Fully operational (in 2012)

Fully operational (in 2012)