1. 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

2. Conformity checking of MSFD transposition
State of play
Pilots and infringements
Reporting under Art 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

3. 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

4. MSFD Scoreboard Last updated 19 May 2015 Art. 26 Art. 7 Art. 8/ 9/10
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
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

5. 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: March 2014
Meeting with Mediterranean MS: 9-10 April 2014
Meeting with HELCOM MS: May 2014
Meeting with OSPAR MS: May 2014
Bilateral meetings
Meeting with PT: 16 December 2014
Meeting with PL: 17 December 2014
Meetings' Conclusions all available on CIRCA

6. 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.