The environmental objectives are developed in association with the stakeholders concerned within the maritime frontier councils. They respond to the environmental issues identified in the initial assessment of the marine environment, with regard to the objective of good environmental status. The environmental challenges were identified in order to take into account the absence, in 2012, of an assessment of whether or not good environmental status has been achieved in the initial assessment, linked to the simultaneous timetable for the development of the first three elements of the action plans for the marine environment. The environmental issues have been identified in relation to the following criteria: - Presence of species, groups of species, or habitats with a particular role in ecosystem functioning, due to their abundance or their key role in the food web (spawning grounds, nursery, etc.). ), habitats with high biodiversity (e.g. engineering species), habitats with high endemism (e.g., the Mediterranean Sea), and habitats with high endemism (e.g., the Mediterranean Sea): and/or presence of sensitive or vulnerable species, groups of species, or habitats; - and/or presence of vulnerable species, groups of species, or habitats subject to high pressure to which they are sensitive; - and/or presence of species, groups of species, or habitats of heritage importance (notion of common heritage, symbolic value, cultural value, emblematic species or habitat); - and/or presence of species, or groups of species, intended for human consumption; - and/or existence of strong pressures and strong ecological impacts, whether proven or anticipated. The development of environmental objectives shall take into account existing or planned environmental regulations and objectives already contributing to the maintenance or achievement of good environmental status in the marine environment. Where appropriate, they shall be included as environmental objectives in the Marine Environmental Action Plan. Economic and social considerations, identified on the basis of the information available in the initial assessment and through the association of, in particular, socio-professional representatives and local authorities, shall also be taken into account in the drafting process. Consistency is particularly sought with the environmental objectives of the Member States bordering the Western Mediterranean Marine Sub-Region. Taking into account the evolving nature of the data and knowledge available on the marine environment, but also the need to take greater account of economic and social considerations in the development of measures by 2015, the environmental objectives defined in 2012 are mainly qualitative. They will be refined and complemented by 2015 by operational environmental objectives (development of the programme of measures). The environmental objectives include : - general environmental objectives, which refer to an environmental issue identified in the initial assessment of the marine environment, - specific environmental objectives, which specify the general objectives by providing, where the level of knowledge allows, additional information (pressure, source of pressure, ecosystem component or geographical area concerned). Some of them are described as "cross-cutting" (cf. Marine Action Plan environmental objectives, framework elements p6 and cross-cutting objectives p13).

Reducing discharges of oil and other pollutants from ships (illegal discharges and accidents) and their impacts

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Rhone Mediterranee Water Development and Management Master Plan and Water Development and Management Master Plan Corsica. Project for a Particularly Vulnerable Maritime Zone (ZMPV) in the Bouches de Bonifacio. Instruction of 4 March 2002 relating to the fight against pollution of the marine environment (POMAR national documentation). Articles L218-11 and L218-15 of the environmental code punishing illegal discharges into the sea (respectively, polluting substances and rubbish). Law n° 2003-346 of 15 abril 2003 relating to the ecological protection zone in the Mediterranean. Division 213 in application of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 implementing the said Convention (POLMAR). Directive 2000/59/EC on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues. Nairobi International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks (2007). International Convention for the Control and Management of Ballast Water (13/02/2004). For more details see Annex 1: Cross table of existing environmental issues/objectives of Component 3 Environmental Objectives of the Western Mediterranean Marine Sub-Region.