Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D8 / North East Atlantic
| Report type | Member State report to Commission |
| MSFD Article | Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates) |
| Report due | 2018-10-15 |
| GES Descriptor | D8 Contaminants |
| Region/subregion | North East Atlantic |
| Reported by | Member state |
| Member state | Sweden |
Denmark |
Germany |
Netherlands |
Belgium |
France |
United Kingdom |
Ireland |
Spain |
Portugal |
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| Marine reporting units | MRUs used |
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| Element | 1,2,4,5-Tetrachlorobenzene |
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| Element | 1,2-Dichlorobenzene |
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| Element | 1,3-Dichlorobenzene |
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| Element | 1,4-Dichlorobenzene |
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| Element | 2,2,3,4,4,5,5-heptachlorobiphenyl |
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| Element | 2,2,3,4,4,5-hexachlorobiphenyl |
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| Element | 2,2,4,4,5,5-hexabromodiphenyl ether |
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| Element | 2,2,4,4,5,5-hexachlorobiphenyl |
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| Element | 2,2,4,4,5,6-hexabromodiphenyl ether |
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| Element | 2,2,4,4,5-pentabromodiphenyl ether |
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| Element | 2,2,4,4,6-pentabromodiphenyl ether |
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| Element | 2,2,4,4-tetrabromodiphenyl ether |
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| Element | 2,2,4,5,5-pentachlorobiphenyl |
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| Element | 2,2,5,5-tetrachlorobiphenyl |
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| Element | 2,3,4,4,5-pentachlorobiphenyl |
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| Element | 2,4,4-tribromodiphenyl ether |
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| Element | 2,4,4-trichlorobiphenyl |
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| Element | Aldrin |
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| Element | All Contaminants |
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| Element | Alpha-HCH |
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| Element | Aniline |
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| Element | Anthracene |
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| Element | Arsenic |
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| Element | Arsenic and its compounds |
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| Element | BDE 100 (2,2’,4,4’,6-pentabromodiphenyl ether) |
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| Element | BDE 153 (2,2’,4,4’,5,5’-hexabromodiphenyl ether) |
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| Element | BDE 154 (2,2’,4,4’,5,6’-hexabromodiphenyl ether) |
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| Element | BDE 28 (2,4,4-tribromodiphenyl ether) |
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| Element | BDE 47 (2,2’,4,4’-tetrabromodiphenyl ether) |
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| Element | BDE 85 (2,2’,3,4,4’-pentabromodiphenyl ether) |
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| Element | BDE 99 (2,2’,4,4’,5-pentabromodiphenyl ether) |
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| Element | BDE-183 (2,2',3,4,4',5',6-heptabromodiphenyl ether) |
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| Element | BDE-66 (2,3',4,4'-tetrabromodiphenyl ether) |
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| Element | Bentazone |
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| Element | Benz(a)anthracene |
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| Element | Benzo(a)anthracene |
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| Element | Benzo(a)pyrene |
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| Element | Benzo(b)fluoranthene |
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| Element | Benzo(g,h,i)perylene |
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| Element | Benzo(ghi)perylene |
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| Element | Benzo(k)fluoranthene |
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| Element | Biphenyl |
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| Element | Brominated diphenylethers (congener numbers 28, 47, 99, 100, 153 and 154) |
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| Element | Bromoxynil |
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| Element | Cadmium |
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| Element | Cadmium and its compounds |
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| Element | Cesium-137 |
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| Element | Chlordane |
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| Element | Chloridazon |
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| Element | Chloroalkanes C10-13 |
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| Element | Chlorobenzene |
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| Element | Chlorpyrifos |
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| Element | Chromium |
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| Element | Chromium and its compounds |
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| Element | Chrysene |
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| Element | Cisclordano |
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| Element | Copper |
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| Element | Copper and its compounds |
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| Element | DDT, p,p' |
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| Element | Diazinon |
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| Element | Dibutyltin ion |
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| Element | Dieldrin |
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| Element | Diflufenican |
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| Element | Dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (12 PCB-DLs: 77,81,105,114,118,123,126,156,157,167,169,189) |
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| Element | Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds (7 PCDDs + 10 PCDFs + 12 PCB-DLs) |
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| Element | Endosulfan |
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| Element | Endrin |
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| Element | Epoxiconazole |
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| Element | Fluoranthene |
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| Element | Free cyanide |
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| Element | Gamma-HCH (Lindane) |
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| Element | Gastropoda |
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| Element | Heptachlor |
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| Element | Heptachlor epoxide |
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| Element | Hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDD) |
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| Element | Hexachlorobenzene |
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| Element | Hexachlorobutadiene |
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| Element | Hexachlorocyclohexane |
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| Element | Hexachloroethane |
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| Element | Indeno(1,2,3,-cd)pyrene |
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| Element | Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene |
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| Element | Isodrin |
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| Element | Isoproturon |
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| Element | Lead |
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| Element | Lead and its compounds |
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| Element | Limanda limanda |
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| Element | Littorina littorea |
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| Element | MCPA |
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| Element | Manganese and its compounds |
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| Element | Mecoprop |
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| Element | Mercury |
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| Element | Mercury and its compounds |
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| Element | Metolachlor |
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| Element | Metribuzin |
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| Element | Monobutyltin ion |
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| Element | Mytilus edulis |
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| Element | Mytilus galloprovincialis |
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| Element | Naphthalene |
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| Element | Nassarius nitidus |
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| Element | Nickel |
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| Element | Nickel and its compounds |
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| Element | Non-dioxin like PCB (sum of 6 PCB: 28, 52, 101, 138, 153 and 180) |
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| Element | Nonylphenol |
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| Element | Nucella lapillus |
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| Element | PCB 101 (2,2’,4,5,5’-pentachlorobiphenyl) |
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| Element | PCB 105 (2,3,3’,4,4’-pentachlorobiphenyl) |
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| Element | PCB 118 (2,3’,4,4’,5-pentachlorobiphenyl) |
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| Element | PCB 138 (2,2’,3,4,4’,5’-hexachlorobiphenyl) |
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| Element | PCB 153 (2,2’,4,4’,5,5’-hexachlorobiphenyl) |
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| Element | PCB 156 (2,3,3’,4,4’,5-hexachlorobiphenyl) |
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| Element | PCB 180 (2,2’,3,4,4’,5,5’-heptachlorobiphenyl) |
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| Element | PCB 28 (2,4,4’-trichlorobiphenyl) |
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| Element | PCB 52 (2,2’,5,5’-tetrachlorobiphenyl) |
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| Element | Paracentrotus lividus |
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| Element | Pentabromodiphenylether |
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| Element | Pentachlorobenzene |
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| Element | Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and its derivatives |
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| Element | Peringia ulvae |
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| Element | Phenanthrene |
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| Element | Picolinafen |
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| Element | Pirimicarb |
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| Element | Platichthys flesus |
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| Element | Polychlorinated biphenyls (7 PCB: 28,52,101,118,138,153,180) |
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| Element | Propiconazole |
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| Element | Pyrene |
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| Element | Selenium and its compounds |
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| Element | Tetrabutyltin |
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| Element | Total DDT (DDT, p,p' + DDT, o,p' + DDE, p,p' + DDD, p,p') |
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| Element | Total PAHs (Benzo(a)pyrene, Benzo(b)fluoranthene, Benzo(k)fluoranthene, Benzo(ghi)perylene, Indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene) |
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| Element | Transclordano |
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| Element | Tributyltin compounds |
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| Element | Tributyltin-cation |
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| Element | Trichlorobenzenes (all isomers) |
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| Element | Trifluralin |
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| Element | Triphenyltin and compounds |
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| Element | Tritia reticulata |
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| Element | Uria aalge |
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| Element | WFD UPBT substances |
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| Element | WFD non UPBT substances |
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| Element | Zinc |
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| Element | Zinc and its compounds |
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| Element | Zoarces viviparus |
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| Element | hexachlorobutadiene |
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| Element | p,p′-DDD |
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| Element | p,p′-DDE |
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| Element | sum of p,p'-DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) and the metabolites p,p'-DDD (dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane) and p,p'-DDE (dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene) |
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| Element | ΣPAH9: anthracene; benzo[a]anthracene; benzo[ghi]perylene; benzo[a]pyrene; chrysene; fluoranthene; indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene; pyrene; phenanthrene |
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| Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D8 Contaminants | ||||||||||
| Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D8C1 Contaminants in environment (8.1, 8.1.1) |
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| Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D8C2 Adverse effects of contaminants (8.2, 8.2.1) |
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| Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D8C3 Significant acute pollution events (8.2.2) |
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| Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) | D8C4 Adverse effects of significant pollution events (8.2.2) |
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| Threshold values | % of parameters with values (no. of parameters) | 100% (55) |
17% (4) |
3% (5) |
96% (53) |
78% (140) |
71% (153) |
91% (34) |
56% (79) |
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| Threshold value sources | D8C1 Contaminants in environment (8.1, 8.1.1) |
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| Threshold value sources | D8C2 Adverse effects of contaminants (8.2, 8.2.1) |
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| Threshold value sources | D8C3 Significant acute pollution events (8.2.2) |
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| Threshold value sources | D8C4 Adverse effects of significant pollution events (8.2.2) |
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| Value achieved upper | % of parameters with values (no. of parameters) | 63% (35) |
17% (4) |
1% (2) |
65% (36) |
98% (176) |
99% (212) |
0% (0) |
92% (129) |
3% (3) |
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| Value achieved lower | % of parameters with values (no. of parameters) | 0% (0) |
17% (4) |
1% (2) |
0% (0) |
56% (101) |
98% (210) |
0% (0) |
57% (80) |
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| Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D8 Contaminants | ||||||||||
| Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D8C1 Contaminants in environment (8.1, 8.1.1) |
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| Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D8C2 Adverse effects of contaminants (8.2, 8.2.1) |
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| Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D8C3 Significant acute pollution events (8.2.2) |
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| Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) | D8C4 Adverse effects of significant pollution events (8.2.2) |
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| Proportion threshold values | Range of % values (no. of parameters) | Range: 100-100% (55 of 55 parameters) |
Range: 95-95% (115 of 140 parameters) |
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| Proportion values achieved | Range of % values (no. of parameters) | Range: 0-0% (1 of 23 parameters) |
Range: 100-100% (29 of 55 parameters) |
Range: 3000-3000% (1 of 178 parameters) |
Range: 14-100% (189 of 214 parameters) |
Range: 95-95% (1 of 37 parameters) |
Range: 34-100% (71 of 140 parameters) |
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| Proportion threshold value units | % area of MRU achieving threshold value |
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| Trends | No. of trends per category |
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| Parameters achieved | No. of parameters per category |
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| Criteria status | No. of criteria per category |
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| Element status | No. of elements per category |
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| Integration rule type for parameters | Not relevant (3 or 5.5%) OOAO (52 or 94.5%) |
OTH (12 or 100.0%) |
OOAO (132 or 100.0%) |
OTH (55 or 100.0%) |
OOAO (178 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (214 or 100.0%) |
THRES (35 or 100.0%) |
THRES (137 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (38 or 84.4%) THRES (7 or 15.6%) |
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| Integration rule description for parameters | According to WFD |
For the assessment of the good state in relation to pollutants, the individual results are aggregated according to the principle "one out - all out". This applies to spatial aggregation and aggregation between indicators and criteria.
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Assessment in sediment and biota Assessment in water, sediment and biota Various variables |
Results of different pollutants have not been integrated. They are presented individually with the degree of compliance with the environmental criteria or threshold values defined for their toxicity.
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This area maintains good environmental status, as it is contiguous to areas that are not subject to direct anthropogenic pressures (e.g., submarine outfalls, river discharges). The high hydrodynamics (oceanographic currents; waves) existing on the Portuguese continental shelf is responsible for the dispersion and dilution of contaminated water and sediments. It should be noted, however, that the greatest existing environmental pressure is that exerted by maritime transport and associated actions (discharges of pollutants, waste water or waste). Its large extent and the lack of data led to a low degree of confidence in this assessment.
Wave across the Portuguese continental shelf is responsible for the dispersion and dilution of contaminated water and sediments. It should be noted, however, that the greatest environmental pressure is that of maritime transport and associated actions (discharge of pollutants, waste water or waste). Their large scale and lack of data led to a low degree of confidence in this assessment. |
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| Integration rule type for criteria | Not relevant (55 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (11 or 47.8%) OTH (12 or 52.2%) |
OOAO (132 or 100.0%) |
OTH (55 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (178 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (35 or 16.4%) OTH (179 or 83.6%) |
OTH (36 or 100.0%) |
Not relevant (138 or 98.6%) THRES (2 or 1.4%) |
Not relevant (38 or 82.6%) THRES (8 or 17.4%) |
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| Integration rule description for criteria | According to WFD No integration rule has been applied no integration rule has been applied |
For the assessment of the good state in relation to pollutants, the individual results are aggregated according to the principle "one out - all out". This applies to spatial aggregation and aggregation between indicators and criteria.
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Contaminants - UPBT are assessed against the thresholds from WFD (2008/105/EC) relevant national standards for pollutants established under SI 272/2009 and OSPAR Environmental Assessment Criteria. There is a mix of EU and OSPAR in this grouping which is why we have selected other for criteria integration rule type. D8T1a; WFD Environmental Quality Standards for other surface waters (EQSw) established under the WFD Daughter Directive ,check for correct directive ref here> and relative national standards for pollutants established under SI 272/2009. D8T1b; OSPAR Environmental Assessment Criteria (EACs) for contaminants in shellfish (D8C1). Where an agreed OSPAR EAC is not available for a substance, OSPAR apply alternative criteria in lieu as part of their assessments (metals and PBDEs). Contaminants - non UPBT are assessed against the thresholds from WFD (2008/105/EC) relevant national standards for pollutants established under SI 272/2009 and OSPAR Environmental Assessment Criteria. D8T1a; WFD Environmental Quality Standards for other surface waters (EQSw) established under the WFD Daughter Directive ,check for correct directive ref here> and relative national standards for pollutants established under SI 272/2009. D8T1b; OSPAR Environmental Assessment Criteria (EACs) for contaminants in shellfish (D8C1). Where an agreed OSPAR EAC is not available for a substance, OSPAR apply alternative criteria in lieu as part of their assessments (metals and PBDEs). The assessment is based on the OSPAR EcoQO (VDSI< 2) threshold for the impact of TBT on Dogwhelk imposex. |
A threshold value is established for the proportion of cases that should be below T1, which makes it possible to establish whether or not the BEA is achieved for a demarcation. As in the initial assessment of 2012, it is proposed to use an initial threshold value of 95Â % cases without risk (< T1) for each of the indicators used separately.
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| Assessment period | 2011-2016 (55 or 100.0%) |
2009-2014 (4 or 17.4%) 2010-2015 (6 or 26.1%) 2010-2016 (12 or 52.2%) 2015-2016 (1 or 4.3%) |
2007-2012 (75 or 56.0%) 2007-2015 (40 or 29.9%) 2011-2015 (17 or 12.7%) 2011-2016 (2 or 1.5%) |
1995-2015 (55 or 100.0%) |
2011-2016 (178 or 100.0%) |
2008-2012 (16 or 7.5%) 2010-2015 (163 or 76.2%) 2011-2016 (2 or 0.9%) 2014-2015 (33 or 15.4%) |
2012-2015 (35 or 94.6%) 2014-2018 (2 or 5.4%) |
2008-2012 (2 or 1.4%) 2010-2011 (1 or 0.7%) 2012-2013 (134 or 95.7%) 2013-2016 (3 or 2.1%) |
2012-2018 (90 or 86.5%) 2016-2017 (14 or 13.5%) |
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| Related targets | 2 |
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