9th meeting of the Expert Group on Reporting (22 March 2011) Focus of the meeting: Finalisation of Reporting Formats Art.12 & 17 (WP 1, 2, 3) Finalisation Natura 2000 Standard Data Form (WP 4) Final format versions to be produced after this meeting Fine tuning of guidelines and checklists may still continue – cut off date: end June/July for final versions online. Any further delays would result in insufficient time to prepare the national reports Further topics: Outlook on technical implementation of reporting formats & tools (WP1,2,3,4) First debate on the future of the group

Next steps after today’s meeting WP1 - Art.17 Reporting Format – Habitats Directive Send final versions to Habitats Committee mid April 2011 Approve format in Habitats Committee on 13 May 2011 WP2 - Art. 12 Reporting Format – Birds Directive Send final versions to ORNIS Committee mid April 2011 No ORNIS Committee in spring due to lack of other agenda items that would justify calling a meeting WP4 - Natura 2000 Standard Data Form (SDF) Send final version to Habitats Committee mid April 2011 Adopt new SDF in Habitats Committee on 13 May 2011

Work-plan (Version 13, Nov 2010) Expert Group on Reporting under the Nature Directives Work-plan (Version 13, Nov 2010) Work-package Title Main outputs at this moment Main objectives EG 2.12.2010 Finalising technical work WP1 Review of the Art.17 (HD) reporting exercise 2001-2006 Final draft reporting format & draft guidelines 2nd official consultation round finalised – results summarised in “comments document” Overview on final changes coming out of consultation & debate Outlook on technical implementation (WP1& 2 jointly) 1st week of April 2011 WP2 Birds Directive reporting WP3 The evaluation of Natura 2000 impact on conservation status Main elements already integrated in formats, focus on draft conservation measures list Consensus on how to deal with the conservation measures list End March 2011 WP4 Revision of Natura 2000 dataflow Final draft of revised Standard Data Form, 3rd official consultation round finalised – results summarised in “comments document” Overview on last changes to SDF, seeking final views Done

Provisionally planned next meetings (all in Brussels) Habitats Committee meetings: 13 May 2011, 26 September 2011 Bird Reporting “Kick-off meeting”: 13 October 2011 ORNIS Committee: 14 October 2011 10th Reporting Expert Group: 24 November 2011 Focus: technical implementation tools