Member State report / Art8 / 2018 / D10 / Estonia / Baltic Sea

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
Member State Estonia
Region/subregion Baltic Sea
Reported by Estonian Environment Agency
Report date 2020-04-06
Report access ART8_GES_Merge_v3_04_2019.xml

Gulf of Finland Estonian Coastal waters (BAL-EE-GF-COASTAL)

GES component
D10
Feature
Litter in the environment
Element
Macrolitter (all)
Microlitter (all)
Element code
FI_Macrolitter
All_Microlitter
Element code source
Undefined
Undefined
Element 2
Element 2 code
Element 2 code source
Element source
HELCOM
HELCOM
Criterion
D10C1
D10C2
Parameter
Other
Other
Parameter other
Contamination ratio of beach litter
Macrolitter on seafloor in coastal sea [areas affected by human activity]
Macrolitter on seafloor in coastal sea [natural areas]
Microlitter in the surface layer of the water column
Threshold value upper
1.0
5000.0
1000.0
Threshold value lower
Threshold qualitative
Threshold value source
Helsinki Convention
Not applicable
Not applicable
Threshold value source other
Value achieved upper
7.7
12190.0
107.0
0.55
Value achieved lower
Value unit
ratio
number of items per square kilometre
number of items per square metre
Value unit other
Proportion threshold value
Proportion value achieved
Proportion threshold value unit
Trend
Unknown
Unknown
Parameter achieved
No
Yes
Unknown
Description parameter
Reported value is average value from 2016 assessment which is considered as baseline year value.
Related indicator
Criteria status
Not good
Unknown
Description criteria
Element status
Not good
Unknown
Description element
Integration rule type parameter
NHIE_NWEI
Integration rule description parameter
Integration rule type criteria
OOAO
Integration rule description criteria
GES extent threshold
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit
GES achieved
GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported
Description overall status
Assessments period
2011-2016
Related pressures
  • Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)
  • Litter in the environment
Related targets
  • BALEE-T33
  • BALEE-T38
  • Target 26

Gulf of Riga Estonian Coastal waters (BAL-EE-GR-COASTAL)

GES component
D10
Feature
Litter in the environment
Element
Macrolitter (all)
Microlitter (all)
Element code
FI_Macrolitter
All_Microlitter
Element code source
Undefined
Undefined
Element 2
Element 2 code
Element 2 code source
Element source
HELCOM
HELCOM
Criterion
D10C1
D10C2
Parameter
Other
Other
Parameter other
Contamination ratio of beach litter
Macrolitter on seafloor in coastal sea [areas affected by human activity]
Macrolitter on seafloor in coastal sea [natural areas]
Microlitter in the surface layer of the water column
Threshold value upper
1.0
5000.0
1000.0
Threshold value lower
Threshold qualitative
Threshold value source
Helsinki Convention
Not applicable
Not applicable
Threshold value source other
Value achieved upper
8.0
4406.0
Value achieved lower
Value unit
ratio
Other
number of items per square kilometre
number of items per square metre
Value unit other
Number of items per 100 square metre
Proportion threshold value
Proportion value achieved
Proportion threshold value unit
Trend
Unknown
Not relevant
Parameter achieved
No
Yes
Not assessed
Description parameter
Related indicator
Criteria status
Not good
Not assessed
Description criteria
Element status
Not good
Not assessed
Description element
Integration rule type parameter
NHIE_NWEI
Integration rule description parameter
Integration rule type criteria
OOAO
Integration rule description criteria
GES extent threshold
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit
GES achieved
GES expected to be achieved later than 2020, no Article 14 exception reported
Description overall status
Assessments period
2011-2016
Related pressures
  • Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)
  • Litter in the environment
Related targets
  • BALEE-T33
  • BALEE-T38
  • Target 26

Northern Baltic Proper Estonian Coastal waters (BAL-EE-NBP-COASTAL)

GES component
D10
Feature
Litter in the environment
Element
Macrolitter (all)
Microlitter (all)
Element code
FI_Macrolitter
All_Microlitter
Element code source
Undefined
Undefined
Element 2
Element 2 code
Element 2 code source
Element source
HELCOM
HELCOM
Criterion
D10C1
D10C2
Parameter
Other
Other
Parameter other
Contamination ratio of beach litter
Macrolitter on seafloor in coastal sea [areas affected by human activity]
Macrolitter on seafloor in coastal sea [natural areas]
Microlitter in the surface layer of the water column
Threshold value upper
1.0
5000.0
1000.0
Threshold value lower
Threshold qualitative
Threshold value source
Helsinki Convention
Not applicable
Not applicable
Threshold value source other
Value achieved upper
3.5
2293.0
0.94
Value achieved lower
Value unit
ratio
number of items per square kilometre
number of items per square metre
Value unit other
Proportion threshold value
Proportion value achieved
Proportion threshold value unit
Trend
Unknown
Unknown
Parameter achieved
No
Yes
Unknown
Description parameter
Reported value is average value from 2016 assessment which is considered as baseline year value.
Related indicator
Criteria status
Good
Unknown
Description criteria
Element status
Good
Unknown
Description element
Integration rule type parameter
NHIE_NWEI
Integration rule description parameter
Integration rule type criteria
OOAO
Integration rule description criteria
GES extent threshold
GES extent achieved
GES extent unit
GES achieved
GES achieved
Description overall status
Assessments period
2011-2016
Related pressures
  • Input of litter (solid waste matter, including micro-sized litter)
  • Litter in the environment
Related targets
  • BALEE-T33
  • BALEE-T38
  • Target 26