1. DG MARE study to support Impact Assessment on the Marine Knowledge Results of assessment of the data costs related to the MSFD implementation up to 2020
Julia Teyssen and Michael Munk Sørensen
February 2013
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2. Questionnaire based assessment
Objective and approach
To collect information on the costs to Member States in meeting the data collection requirements of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive
Approach
Questionnaires submitted to Member States autumn 2012 and additional questions submitted January 2013
12 countries responded to the initial MSFD questionnaire
Only three countries have replied to updated questionnaire on Article 8 tasks
Key questions included in the questionnaires
What has been the costs of data management for MSFD so far
Gaps in existing data
What will be the costs up to 2020
The following tables present the result of the survey
Link to interim report where the assessment is presented:
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3. Cost of data collection up to now
Assembly of existing data
Collection of new data
Reporting of data
Total MSFD implementation costs up to now
Public authority staff costs
Contracted work by research institutes
700,000 €
3 man years (estimate)
(estimate)
0,3 my/year (project management)
per year
Public authority staff costs: 0,8 my (estimate) Contracted work by research institutes: (estimate)
1,460,000 €
1,385,000 €
145,000 €
571,574 €
0 (No new staff has been hired)
660,000 €
60,000 €
240,000 €
960,000 €
815,000 €
465,000 €
2,095,000 €
112,400 €
12,000,000 €
4 persons per year
3,300,000 €
3,560,000 €
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4. Cost of data collection up to now – distribution by activity (additional question on Article 8 tasks)
 Article 8 tasks
Share of costs in %
MS1
MS2
MS3 1
Gather data / information 75 15 78 2
Process and manage data (e.g. prepare data products for assessment) 8 40 20 3
Assessment (data interpretation) 12 4
Prepare report (paper) - content 5
Prepare electronic report (reporting sheets or equivalent format) - content 6
Public consultation and response (finalise report contents) 7
Transfer information (e.g. from reporting sheets or paper reports) to MSFD database (if used) or equivalent national data system
Prepare XML schemas (export from MSFD database or national system) and upload to ReportNet 9
Complete validation checks (with Atkins) on XML schemas
Total
100
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5. Cost of existing monitoring programmes
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6. Costs of new monitoring programmes
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7. Number of countries that reported:
Data gaps
Number of countries that reported:
No gaps
Few gaps
Some gaps
Many gaps
Underwater noise 13
Marine litter 3 9
Habitats 2
Cost of degradation 1 8
Ecosystems 7
Use of marine waters: ecosystem services and other approaches
Species
Functional groups 6
Marine acidification
Non-indigenous species 5
Physical loss
Interference with hydrological processes
Non-indigenous species inventory 4
Physical damage
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8. Expected further data collection costs - ranking
Average ranking of expected future costs
Physical features (8A01)
1,4
Habitats (8A02)
1,9
Functional groups (8A03)
Ecosystems (8A05)
2,3
Species (8A04)
2,4
Nutrients and organic matter enrichment (8B08)
2,7
Contamination by hazardous substances (8B06)
2,8
Underwater noise (8B03)
2,9
Microbial pathogens (8B09)
3,0
Marine litter (8B04)
3,1
Non-indigenous species (8B10)
3,2
Extraction of species (fish, shellfish) (8B11)
3,3
Other features (8A07)
3,5
Interference with hydrological processes (8B05)
3,6
Non-indigenous species inventory (8A06)
3,7
Physical loss (8B01)
Marine acidification (8B12)
3,8
Use of marine waters: ecosystem services and other approaches (8C02)
3,9
Cost of degradation (8C03)
4,1
Acute pollution events (8B07)
4,2
Use of marine waters: human activities and marine water accounts approach (8C01)
Physical damage (8B02)
4,5
Extraction of species (seaweed, maerl, other) (8B11)
5,0
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9. Estimates of costs of data collection – perspectives
Estimate of total data cost for initial reporting in 22 coastal MS and Croatia based on replies received from 9-10 MS: Million €
Initial reporting costs show some correlation with GDP levels, but not with coastline length or size of the EEZ
Estimated based on simple average adjusted for price/cost level differences
Estimate of cost for existing and new monitoring programmes dedicated to MSFD for the period : 64 Million €/year. This figure is based on a the replies from 9 MS and a direct scale up to 22 coastal states
Based on estimated costs of existing monitoring programmes of around 50 Million € per year and new monitoring programmes of 15 Million € per year
A projection of costs for all 22 coastal MS and Croatia based on GDP levels and coastline length give much higher projected costs in the range of above 100 Million €/year
Further assessment will be done
Estimates of the costs of implementing the MSFD done as part of the IA of the Directive suggested that it would costs: €90 million during implementation and then around €70 million per year
Previous studies in relation to marine data has estimate a total annual costs of data collection at around €1,000 million.
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10. Issues and discussion questions
We have got replies from about 12 Member States but only 3 regarding the updated questions on how the costs are distributed by the Article 8 tasks!
Estimates of new monitoring programmes from only 4 countries
No correlation between coastline, area of sea, population etc. => important to have data from more MS to provide an overall estimate
The overall question is whether the estimated costs are of the right order of magnitude?
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