Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D10 / Baltic

Report type Member State report to Commission
MSFD Article Art. 8 Initial assessment (and Art. 17 updates)
Report due 2018-10-15
GES Descriptor D10 Litter
Region/subregion Baltic
Reported by Member state
Member state
Finland
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Poland
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Member state report
Marine reporting units MRUs used
  • BAL-FI
  • BAL-EE-GF-COASTAL
  • BAL-EE-GR-COASTAL
  • BAL-EE-NBP-COASTAL
  • BAL-LV-AAA-006
  • BAL-LT-AA-03
  • BAL-LT-AA-04
  • L2-SEA-007-POL
  • L2-SEA-008-POL
  • L2-SEA-009-POL
  • L3-22
  • L3-24
  • L3-26
  • BALDE_MS
  • DK-TOTAL-part-BAL
  • BAL-SE-AA-B_Alands_hav
  • BAL-SE-AA-B_Arkonahavet_och_S_Oresund
  • BAL-SE-AA-B_Bornholmshavet_och_Hanobukten
  • BAL-SE-AA-B_Bottenhavet
  • BAL-SE-AA-B_Bottenviken
  • BAL-SE-AA-B_N_Gotlandshavet
  • BAL-SE-AA-B_N_Kvarken
  • BAL-SE-AA-B_O_Gotlandshavet
  • BAL-SE-AA-B_V_Gotlandshavet
Features Species
  • Marine species (1)
Features Chemical
  • Litter in the environment (2)
  • Litter in the environment (12)
  • Litter in the environment (2)
  • Litter in the environment (2)
  • Litter in the environment (63)
  • Micro-litter in the environment (12)
  • Litter and micro-litter in species (1)
  • Litter in the environment (3)
  • Micro-litter in the environment (1)
  • Litter and micro-litter in species (2)
  • Litter in the environment (2)
  • Micro-litter in the environment (2)
  • Litter in the environment (14)
  • Micro-litter in the environment (9)
Element Litter in the environment
  • D10C1 (2)
Element Artificial polymer materials
  • D10C1 (9)
  • D10C2 (12)
  • D10C2 (2)
  • D10C3 (2)
Element Cloth/textile
  • D10C1 (9)
Element Glass/ceramics
  • D10C1 (9)
Element Macrolitter (all)
  • D10C1 (1)
  • D10C1 (9)
  • D10C1 (1)
  • D10C2 (1)
  • D10C1 (3)
  • D10C1 (2)
  • D10C1 (14)
Element Metal
  • D10C1 (9)
Element Microlitter (all)
  • D10C2 (1)
  • D10C2 (3)
  • D10C2 (9)
Element Paper/cardboard
  • D10C1 (9)
Element Processed/worked wood
  • D10C1 (9)
Element Rubber
  • D10C1 (9)
Element2
Element sources No. of elements per level
  • EU (0)
  • HELCOM (2)
  • National (0)
  • OSPAR (0)
  • EU (0)
  • HELCOM (12)
  • National (0)
  • OSPAR (0)
  • EU (0)
  • HELCOM (0)
  • National (2)
  • OSPAR (0)
  • EU (0)
  • HELCOM (2)
  • National (0)
  • OSPAR (0)
  • EU (75)
  • HELCOM (0)
  • National (0)
  • OSPAR (0)
  • EU (3)
  • HELCOM (0)
  • National (0)
  • OSPAR (0)
  • EU (2)
  • HELCOM (0)
  • National (0)
  • OSPAR (4)
  • EU (0)
  • HELCOM (0)
  • National (23)
  • OSPAR (0)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D10 Litter
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D10C1 Litter (excluding micro-litter) (10.1, 10.1.1, 10.1.2)
  • Amount on seabed (1)
  • Other - Contamination ratio of beach litter (3)
  • Other - Macrolitter on seafloor in coastal sea [areas affected by human activity] (3)
  • Other - Macrolitter on seafloor in coastal sea [natural areas] (3)
  • Amount on coastline (1)
  • Amount on coastline (1)
  • Amount on seabed (1)
  • Amount on coastline (21)
  • Amount on seabed (21)
  • Amount on water surface (21)
  • Amount on coastline (1)
  • Amount on seabed (1)
  • Amount on water surface (1)
  • Amount on coastline (1)
  • Amount on seabed (1)
  • Amount on coastline (9)
  • Amount on seabed (5)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D10C2 Micro-litter (10.1, 10.1.3)
  • Amount on water surface (1)
  • Other - Microlitter in the surface layer of the water column (3)
  • Amount on seabed (6)
  • Amount on water surface (6)
  • Other - Not specified (1)
  • Other - Amount per kg seabed sediment (1)
  • Other - Amount per square metre for surface layer of the water column (1)
  • Other - Not specified (9)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D10C3 Litter ingested (10.1, 10.2.1)
  • Other - Not specified (1)
  • Other - Amount ingested in fish (1)
  • Other - Amount ingested in fulmars (1)
Criteria and parameters used (number of parameters) D10C4 Adverse effects of litter (10.2)
  • Other - Not specified (1)
Threshold values % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
0% (0)
75% (9)
100% (1)
100% (2)
28% (21)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
Threshold value sources D10 Litter
Threshold value sources D10C1 Litter (excluding micro-litter) (10.1, 10.1.1, 10.1.2)
  • HELCOM (3)
  • Not applicable (6)
  • National (1)
  • Other (3)
  • HELCOM (1)
  • Other (2)
  • National (14)
Threshold value sources D10C2 Micro-litter (10.1, 10.1.3)
  • Not applicable (3)
  • Other (2)
Threshold value sources D10C3 Litter ingested (10.1, 10.2.1)
  • Other (2)
Threshold value sources D10C4 Adverse effects of litter (10.2)
Value achieved upper % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
0% (0)
75% (9)
100% (1)
100% (2)
28% (21)
0% (0)
50% (3)
34% (8)
Value achieved lower % of parameters with values (no. of parameters)
0% (0)
0% (0)
100% (1)
0% (0)
0% (0)
0% (0)
50% (3)
0% (0)
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D10 Litter
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D10C1 Litter (excluding micro-litter) (10.1, 10.1.1, 10.1.2)
  • % change (1)
  • Number of items per 100 square metre (1)
  • number of items per square kilometre (5)
  • ratio (3)
  • Vnt./100 m (1)
  • number of items per square kilometre (1)
  • Average number of items per 100 m (21)
  • number of items per 100 metres on the coastline (1)
  • number of items per square kilometre (1)
  • Trend of number of items per 100 metre (9)
  • Trend of number of items per square kilometre (5)
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D10C2 Micro-litter (10.1, 10.1.3)
  • % change (1)
  • number of items per square metre (3)
  • number of items per kilogram of dry weight (1)
  • number of items per square metre (1)
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D10C3 Litter ingested (10.1, 10.2.1)
  • Amount of litter and microlitter in grams and number per individual (2)
Value unit/Value unit other (count of use per criterion) D10C4 Adverse effects of litter (10.2)
Proportion threshold values Range of % values (no. of parameters)
Range: 100-100% (1 of 2 parameters)
Proportion values achieved Range of % values (no. of parameters)
Proportion threshold value units
% of stations achieving threshold value
Trends No. of trends per category
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (2 or 100.0%)
  • Not relevant (1 or 8.3%)
  • Unknown (11 or 91.7%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (1 or 100.0%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (2 or 100.0%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (75 or 100.0%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (6 or 100.0%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (6 or 100.0%)
  • Not relevant (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (23 or 100.0%)
Parameters achieved No. of parameters per category
  • No (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (2 or 100.0%)
  • Yes (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (4 or 33.3%)
  • Not assessed (1 or 8.3%)
  • Unknown (2 or 16.7%)
  • Yes (5 or 41.7%)
  • No (1 or 100.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (2 or 100.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (14 or 18.7%)
  • Not assessed (54 or 72.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (7 or 9.3%)
  • No (2 or 33.3%)
  • Not assessed (4 or 66.7%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (6 or 100.0%)
  • Yes (0 or 0.0%)
  • No (7 or 30.4%)
  • Not assessed (15 or 65.2%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Yes (1 or 4.3%)
Related indicators
  • HELCOM-LITTER_BEACH
  • BALEED10C1.1
  • BALEED10C1.2.1
  • BALEED10C1.2.2
  • BALEED10C2.1
  • BAL-NATIONAL-litter1
  • PL_Beach litter
  • HELCOM-LITTER_BEACH
  • HELCOM-LITTER_SEAFLOOR
  • ANS-OSPAR-BEACH_LITTER
  • ANS-OSPAR-LITTER_SEAFLOOR
  • ANS-OSPAR-PLASTIC_FULMAR
  • DK-MICROPLASTIC_FISH
  • DK-MICROPLASTIC_SEDIMENT_INNER_WATERS
  • DK-MICROPLASTIC_SURFACE_WATER
  • BALSE-10.1A_Skräp_stränder
  • BALSE-10.1B_Skräp_havsbotten
Criteria status No. of criteria per category
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (2 or 100.0%)
  • Good (3 or 25.0%)
  • Not assessed (1 or 8.3%)
  • Not good (6 or 50.0%)
  • Unknown (2 or 16.7%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (1 or 50.0%)
  • Not good (1 or 50.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (2 or 100.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (7 or 9.3%)
  • Not assessed (54 or 72.0%)
  • Not good (14 or 18.7%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (3 or 50.0%)
  • Not good (3 or 50.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (6 or 100.0%)
  • Good (1 or 4.3%)
  • Not assessed (13 or 56.5%)
  • Not good (9 or 39.1%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
Element status No. of elements per category
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (2 or 100.0%)
  • Good (3 or 25.0%)
  • Not assessed (1 or 8.3%)
  • Not good (6 or 50.0%)
  • Unknown (2 or 16.7%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (2 or 100.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (2 or 100.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (7 or 9.3%)
  • Not assessed (54 or 72.0%)
  • Not good (14 or 18.7%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (3 or 100.0%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
  • Good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not assessed (0 or 0.0%)
  • Not good (0 or 0.0%)
  • Unknown (6 or 100.0%)
  • Good (1 or 4.3%)
  • Not assessed (13 or 56.5%)
  • Not good (9 or 39.1%)
  • Unknown (0 or 0.0%)
Integration rule type for parameters
NHIE_NWEI (12 or 100.0%)
THRES (2 or 100.0%)
Not relevant (75 or 100.0%)
Not relevant (6 or 100.0%)
OOAO (23 or 100.0%)
Integration rule description for parameters
No integration rule agreed.
Integration rule type for criteria
OOAO (12 or 100.0%)
OOAO (2 or 100.0%)
Not relevant (75 or 100.0%)
Not relevant (6 or 100.0%)
Not relevant (23 or 100.0%)
Integration rule description for criteria
No integration rule agreed.
Not relevant.
GES extent threshold
  • 100.00 (1 of 1, or 100.0%)
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit
GES achieved Litter in the environment
  • Unknown (2)
  • GES achieved (4)
  • GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported (8)
  • GES expected to be achieved by 2020 (2)
  • GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported (2)
  • GES expected to be achieved by 2020 (21)
  • Not assessed (42)
  • GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported (3)
  • Unknown (2)
  • GES achieved (1)
  • GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported (9)
  • Not assessed (4)
GES achieved Micro-litter in the environment
  • Not assessed (12)
  • Not assessed (1)
  • Unknown (2)
  • Not assessed (9)
GES achieved Litter and micro-litter in species
  • Not assessed (1)
  • Unknown (2)
GES achieved Marine species
  • Not assessed (1)
Assessment period
2011-2016 (2 or 100.0%)
2011-2016 (12 or 100.0%)
2011-2016 (2 or 100.0%)
2012-2017 (2 or 100.0%)
2011-2016 (75 or 100.0%)
2011-2015 (3 or 50.0%)
2013-2018 (3 or 50.0%)
2011-2016 (6 or 100.0%)
2012-2016 (23 or 100.0%)
Related pressures
  • Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) (2 or 100.0%)
  • Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) (12 or 50.0%)
  • Litter in the environment (12 or 50.0%)
  • Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) (2 or 100.0%)
  • Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) (2 or 100.0%)
  • Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) (75 or 100.0%)
  • Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) (6 or 100.0%)
  • Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) (6 or 50.0%)
  • Litter and micro-litter in species (2 or 16.7%)
  • Litter in the environment (2 or 16.7%)
  • Micro-litter in the environment (2 or 16.7%)
  • Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter) (23 or 50.0%)
  • Litter in the environment (23 or 50.0%)
Related targets
4
3
1
1
5
3
7
2