Member State report / Art9 / 2012 / D10 / Lithuania / Baltic Sea

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
Member State Lithuania
Region/subregion Baltic Sea
Reported by Environmental Protection Agency
Report date 2013-04-15
Report access BALLT_MSFD9GES_20130423.xml
GES component
10.1 Characteristics of litter in the marine and coastal environment
10.1.1 Trends in litter on shore
10.1.2 Trends in litter in water column
10.1.3 Trends in micro-plastics
10.2 Impacts of marine litter on marine life
10.2.1 Trends in amount of litter ingested
Method used
Marine reporting units
  • Coastal waters (including transitional waters regarding descriptors and associated indicators that is not covered by WFD)
  • LT marine waters (all marine waters)
  • Teritorial sea (excluding coastal and transitional waters) and Lithuanian Exclusive Economic Zone
  • Transitional waters
Feature
Criterion/indicator
10.1
10.1.1
10.1.2
10.1.3
10.2
10.2.1
GES description
Threshold values
Threshold value unit
Proportion of area to achieve threshold value
Reference point type
Baseline
Assessment method
Development status