Member State report / Art9 / 2012 / D10 / North East Atlantic

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 9 Determination of GES (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2012-10-15
GES Descriptor D10 Litter
Region/subregion North East Atlantic
Reported by Member state
Member state
SE (https://water.europa.eu/marine/assessment-module/national-descriptors-assessments/se/ans/d10/art9/@@view-report-data-2012)
DK (https://water.europa.eu/marine/assessment-module/national-descriptors-assessments/dk/ans/d10/art9/@@view-report-data-2012)
DE (https://water.europa.eu/marine/assessment-module/national-descriptors-assessments/de/ans/d10/art9/@@view-report-data-2012)
NL (https://water.europa.eu/marine/assessment-module/national-descriptors-assessments/nl/ans/d10/art9/@@view-report-data-2012)
BE (https://water.europa.eu/marine/assessment-module/national-descriptors-assessments/be/ans/d10/art9/@@view-report-data-2012)
FR (https://water.europa.eu/marine/assessment-module/national-descriptors-assessments/fr/ans/d10/art9/@@view-report-data-2012, https://water.europa.eu/marine/assessment-module/national-descriptors-assessments/fr/acs/d10/art9/@@view-report-data-2012, https://water.europa.eu/marine/assessment-module/national-descriptors-assessments/fr/abi/d10/art9/@@view-report-data-2012)
UK (https://water.europa.eu/marine/assessment-module/national-descriptors-assessments/uk/ans/d10/art9/@@view-report-data-2012, https://water.europa.eu/marine/assessment-module/national-descriptors-assessments/uk/acs/d10/art9/@@view-report-data-2012)
IE (https://water.europa.eu/marine/assessment-module/national-descriptors-assessments/ie/acs/d10/art9/@@view-report-data-2012)
ES (https://water.europa.eu/marine/assessment-module/national-descriptors-assessments/es/abi/d10/art9/@@view-report-data-2012, https://water.europa.eu/marine/assessment-module/national-descriptors-assessments/es/ama/d10/art9/@@view-report-data-2012)
PT (https://water.europa.eu/marine/assessment-module/national-descriptors-assessments/pt/abi/d10/art9/@@view-report-data-2012, https://water.europa.eu/marine/assessment-module/national-descriptors-assessments/pt/ama/d10/art9/@@view-report-data-2012)
Marine reporting units Number used
17
1
1
1
1
3
10
1
30
73
Features Functional group
AllFunctional (6)
AllFunctional (4)
AllFunctional (1)
AllFunctional (45)
AllFunctional (4)
BirdsOffshorePelagic (1)
BirdsOffshoreSurface (1)
FishPelagic (1)
MammalsSeals (1)
MammalsToothedWhales (1)
ReptilesTurtles (1)
AllFunctional (6)
ReptilesTurtles (7)
GES description D10 Litter
Egenskaper hos och mängder av marint avfall förorsakar inga skador på kustmiljön och den marina miljön.
Properties and quantities of marine litter do not cause harm to the coastal and marine environment.
Marine litter and its decomposition products may not have a significant adverse impact on marine industry and industry linked to the marine waters, including tourism.
Physical monitoring of seals and small cetaceans
Properties and quantities of marine litter, including their degradation products such as small plastic particles down to microplastics do not cause harm to the coastal and marine environment and their volume decrease over time
Properties and quantities of marine litter do not cause harm to the coastal and marine environment.
Good environmental status is achieved when marine litter and its decomposition products do not cause or no longer cause significant impacts noted below in order of importance: 1) The litter and its degradation products present and entering the marine sub-region are significantly reduced over time and do not pose a significant risk to marine life at the population level, either a risk of direct mortality or a risk of indirect impacts such as reduced fecundity or mobility, or bioaccumulation in trophic chains. 2) Wastes and their degradation products present and entering the marine sub-region are not a significant vector for the introduction of invasive species. 3) Marine litter present and entering the Marine Sub-region does not pose a direct or indirect risk to human health. (4) The waste and its degradation products present and entering the waters of the Marine Sub-region do not cause significant adverse economic impacts on marine activities, industries and coastal communities. (5) Wastes at sea do not pose an unacceptable risk to navigation.
"The amount of litter, and its degradation products , on coastlines and in the marine environment is reducing over time and levels do not pose a significant risk to the coastal and marine environment, either as a result of direct mortality such as through entanglement, or by way of indirect impacts such as reduced fecundity or bioaccumulation of contaminants within food chains.

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The amount of litter, and its degradation products [see Note], on coastlines and in the marine environment is reducing over time and are at levels which do not result in harmful effects to the coastal or marine environment.

Note: Degradation products of litter include small plastic particles and micro plastic particles
La cantidad de basura marina, incluyendo sus productos de degradación, en la costa y en el medio marino disminuye (o es reducido) con el tiempo y se encuentra en niveles que no dan lugar a efectos perjudiciales para el medio marino y costero.
Esta definición de BEA se basa en las discusiones en el seno del grupo de trabajo de OSPAR para la coordinación de la DMEM (ICG-MSFD).
GES description D10C1 Litter (excluding micro-litter) (10.1, 10.1.1, 10.1.2)
Mängden avfall, inklusive dess nedbrytningsprodukter, förorsakar inte skada på havsmiljön.

10.1 The amount of litter, including its degradation products, do not cause damage to the marine environment.
The amount of litter, including its degradation products , on coastlines and in the marine environment is decreasing over time and are at levels which do not result in harmful effects to the coastal or marine environment.
GES description D10C2 Micro-litter (10.1, 10.1.3)
Mängden avfall, inklusive dess nedbrytningsprodukter, förorsakar inte skada på havsmiljön.

10.1 The amount of litter, including its degradation products, do not cause damage to the marine environment.
The amount of litter, including its degradation products , on coastlines and in the marine environment is decreasing over time and are at levels which do not result in harmful effects to the coastal or marine environment.
GES description D10C3 Litter ingested (10.1, 10.2.1)
Mängden avfall, inklusive dess nedbrytningsprodukter, förorsakar inte skada på havsmiljön.

10.1 The amount of litter, including its degradation products, do not cause damage to the marine environment.
The amount of litter, including its degradation products , on coastlines and in the marine environment is decreasing over time and are at levels which do not result in harmful effects to the coastal or marine environment.
GES description D10C4 Adverse effects of litter (10.2)
Avfall som påverkar eller kan antas påverka marina organismer negativt ska minska.

10.2 Litter that adversely affects, or can be assumed to adversely affect, marine organisms must decrease.
The amount of litter, including its degradation products , on coastlines and in the marine environment is decreasing over time and are at levels which do not result in harmful effects to the coastal or marine environment.
Threshold values % of criteria with values (no. of criteria)
100.0% (3)
0.0% (1)
100.0% (1)
0.0% (1)
0.0% (3)
0.0% (3)
100.0% (2)
100.0% (1)
0.0% (3)
0.0% (0)
Proportion of area to achieve threshold values % of criteria with values (range of values reported)
100.0% (100 - 100)
0.0% (0 - 0)
0.0% (0 - 0)
0.0% (0 - 0)
0.0% (0 - 0)
0.0% (0 - 0)
100.0% (Not relevant - Not relevant)
100.0% (GES has not yet been quantitatively determined. - GES has not yet been quantitatively determined. )
0.0% (0 - 0)
0.0% (0 - 0)