1. Implementation of WFD and MSFD in Slovenia
Dr. Monika Peterlin
Institute for waters of the Republic of Slovenia (IWRS)
Workshop on synergies and differences between MSFD and WFD
Paris, 18 and 19 June, 2012

2. Competent authority for WFD and MSFD
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Competent authority for WFD and MSFD
Ministry of agriculture and environment
Link:
19 areas of Work of the Ministry:
Agriculture
Air
Biotechnology
Climate change
Environmental Impact Assessment
Fisheries
Food Safety and Quality
Forestry
Hunting
Industrial accidents
Industrial pollution
Investments in the municipal and water infrastructure
Natural disaster recovery
Nature
Noise (aerial)
Radiation and light pollution
State Aid
Waste
Water
Responsible for implementation of WFD, MSFD and all other water-related relevant legislation

3. Transposition in national legislation
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Transposition in national legislation
Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC)
New Water law (Official journal no. 67/ 2002)
Regulations on the monitoring and management of surface waters (Official journal RS no. 63/2005, 26/2006 , 61/2011 and others)
Marine Strategy Framework Directive (2008/56/EC)
Water law change (Official journal RS no. 57/08)
Regulation on the management plan for the marine environment (Official journal RS no. 92/10)
Link:

4. Monitoring and data management (WFD and MSFD)
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Monitoring and data management (WFD and MSFD)
Methods
Ministry of agriculture and environment
− Development of methods for monitoring
− Expert groups support
− Publication of methods in official journal
2. Design, data collection and management
Slovenian Environment Agency
− Monitoring program design
− Data collection
− Involvement of several expert institutions for monitoring
− Quality assurance
− Data management
− Dissemination of results via their portals

5. COORDINATION COMUNICATION EU ASSESSMENTS
Regional level
Conventions
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COORDINATION
COMUNICATION EU
ASSESSMENTS
Region Mediteran
Sub-region Adriatic
MOP
UJV
ARSO
Expert and governm. instititions on national level
EEAs core product are reports on State of the Environment published in A 5-year cycle.
These reports are targeted at tracking the efficiency of legislation, and are heavily supported by indicators.
An example of an indicaor is the proportion of fishstocks that are fished outside safe biological limits in European seas.
Data for the indicators are provided by Member States (voluntarily through EIONET and Marine Conventions) and International Organizations (FAO).
Using (among others) a suite of indicaotrs, EEA reports on environmental status - also on issues that are not strictly demanded by legislation. MP
MKGP
Public,
local authorities
NATIONAL: DATA COLLECTION
MANAGEMENT AND USE

6. State of MSFD work in 2012 link to WFD REMAINING CHALLENGES FOR MSFD
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State of MSFD work in 2012
link to WFD
WFD experience
WFD indicators for TCW
Chemical status – territorial w.
LBS assessment
REMAINING CHALLENGES FOR MSFD
Low geographical coverage (mainly coastal)
- Lack of data, short time series
- Several methods for monitoring missing, problems in setting limit values (no reference conditions)
Assessment of additional marine sectors, links to pressures are difficult to exctract (multiple stressors)
- Targets setting with low confidence
Initial assessment (art 8)
Characteristics
(Annex III, Table 1)
Pressures and impacts (Annex III, Table 2)
GES (art. 9(1))
Selection of indicators
Socio-economic assessment
ZAKAJ SPLOH SOCIO-EKONOMSKE VSEBINE
Prikazati, da Varovanje okolja ni le strošek za slovensko gospodarstvo in družbo, ampak da prinaša tudi veliko koristi in da je veliko pomembnih dejavnosti odvisnih od dobrega okoljskega stanja in se jim vlaganje v varstvo okolja dolgoročno izplača.
SOCIO-EKONOMSKE VSEBINE V MORSKI STRATEGIJI
DO JULIJA 2012
DO 2015
Description of environmental status, relevant pressures and relevance of activities for the society
Targets (art 10)

7. GES Overlap Missing NEW Overlap NEW Challenge of GES Missing Overlap
Finished
Overlap
Missing
Overlap
D1.
Biological
diversity
D2.
Alien
species
D11.
Underwater
noise
D3.
Commercially
exploited fish
and shellfish
D10.
Marine
litter
GES
D4.
Marine food
webs
D9.
Contaminants
in the
seafood
D5.
Human-induced
eutrophication
D8.
Concentrations of
contaminants
D6.
Sea-floor
integrity
D7.
Hydrographic
conditions

8. Classification under EU directives
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Classification under EU directives
Additionally - Bathing Water Directive  -  (2006/7/EC) for coastal waters
Barcelona convention (Med Pol phase III)
Monitoring of pollutants in seafood, sediments and organisms
Eutrophication monitoring
Biomonitoring – biological impacts of pollutantas

9. Comment: 1 indicators can still include several elements/parameters
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Methods availability for monitoring
DESCRIPTORS
No. of indicators
Estimation:
Methods available ~45% indicators;
Partiall develoment ~30 %; Missing ~25%
Comment: 1 indicators can still include several elements/parameters

10. MARINE STRATEGY DIRECTIVE
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WATER FRAMEWORK
DIRECTIVE
MARINE STRATEGY DIRECTIVE
Links:
WFD and MSFD implemented in coastal and transitional waters;
criteria for assessment of some biological parameters, relevant to both directives, are already developed ;
assessment of land based sources ;
ecosystem based catchment approach ;
Gaps – additional requirements of MSFD:
larger geographic coverage than WFD, beyond TC waters;
more elaborated monitoring of biological elements and pollutants;
new topics - assessment of marine litter and underwater noise;
coordination on the regional level, common approach to monitoring;
link GES and socio-economc aspects to define targets is a challenge;
assessment of marine sectors and related pressures;
opens new challenges for data management;
broad scope for public participation;

11. changed after de Groot et al. 2009
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MSFD
WFD
Common challanges
1. Improve confidence level of assessments (monitoring, link P-S);
2a. Improve public perception of waters – beyond drinking waters and water quantity;
2b. Enhance knowledge on water ecosystems services, link between human wellbeing and good status of waters, go beyond sectoral approach (bias in decision making and priorities);
3. Enhance general public cooperation in the process (behaviour);
changed after de Groot et al. 2009

12. MSFD WFD Common challanges for data management
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MSFD
WFD
Common challanges for data management
SUPPORT TO Improvement of management and
public perception/participation
KNOWLEDGE
ASSESSMENT
INDICATORS
INFORMATION
DATA
MONITORING
Integrated policies should reflect in integrated data management

13. Thank you for your attention!
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Thank you for your attention!