Marine Strategy Framework Directive: Transposition and Implementation State of Play European Commission DG Environment Marine Environment and Water Industry Unit Marine Directors 26 May 2015, Brussels

Conformity checking of MSFD transposition State of play Pilots and infringements Reporting under Art 8-9-10 and Art 11 Follow-up to Article 12 Recommendations Regional / Bilateral Follow- ups Letters from Member States Objectives of the presentation: - to present the state of play of transposition conformity check - to present status of reporting Disclaimer: simply update on where we are, not an indication of any future action (closing or opening procedures) DG ENV

Conformity checking of transposition Assessed and pilots closed: BE, BG, CY, DK, ES, EE, IT, LT, LV, MT, NL, PT, RO, SE, SI Conf Studies assessed, pilot open: UK Conf studies still pending: IE, FI, PL, DE, FR, GR Possibly additional pilots once conformity checking assessed for all MS NB All Member States have transposed the MSFD into their national legislation, although PL only completed this in early 2013 following legal action from the European Commission (C- 245/12 - Commission / Poland). After receipt of the national legislation, the Commission undertakes a conformity check for each Member State, excluding landlocked Member States who are not concerned by this exercise (AT, CZ, HU, LU, SK). Main message: Conformity checking on transposition has been done by batch, taking group of country after group of country: 3 batches Be careful, the above doesn't mean that the tranposition is fine Conformity checking = studies, that are being assessed, to evaluate whether necessary to open pilot / request clarifications. This has been done for the 1st batch, a number of pilots that had been open are now closed (more details on pilots under this 1st batch on following slide) We are aware a number of countries are currently taking action to resolve the problems DG ENV

MSFD Scoreboard Last updated 19 May 2015 Art. 26 Art. 7 Art. 8/ 9/10 http://ec.europa.eu/environment/marine/eu-coast-and-marine-policy/implementation/scoreboard_en.htm Last updated 19 May 2015 Art. 26 Art. 7 Art. 8/ 9/10 Art 11 Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Art. 26 Art. 7 Art. 8/ 9/10 Art 11 Latvia Lithuania Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Spain Sweden UK Based on fish scoreboard available on website http://ec.europa.eu/environment/marine/eu-coast-and-marine-policy/implementation/scoreboard_en.htm Compared to last version from November, more "green" in the Article 11 column, but still some reports missing that were due 6 months ago (15 October 2014): legal follow-up from the Commission in the pipeline. Received Part received Not received

Follow-up to Article 12 Recommendations EC Report adopted on 20 Feb 2014 Letters to MS sent on 22 April 2014 Regional meetings Meeting with Black Sea MS: 26-27 March 2014 Meeting with Mediterranean MS: 9-10 April 2014 Meeting with HELCOM MS: 14-15 May 2014 Meeting with OSPAR MS: 22-23 May 2014 Bilateral meetings Meeting with PT: 16 December 2014 Meeting with PL: 17 December 2014 Meetings' Conclusions all available on CIRCA

Follow-up to Article 12 Recommendation MS Replies (Status 19 May 2015) Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Spain Sweden UK MS sent a reply to the Commission MS did not send a reply to the Commission MS replies now all available on CIRCA.