1. Marine Strategy Framework Directive Status of reporting
Art. 8/9/10 (Initial assessment): Progress with Art. 12 assessment
Art 11 (Monitoring): Progress with Reporting Sheet design
-> Streamlining
Art 13 (PoM): Work to be done
European Commission
DG Environment
Marine Environment and Water Industry Unit

2. Initial assessment: Progress with Art
Initial assessment: Progress with Art. 12 assessment MS notification: October 2012

3. Art. 8 (initial assessment) Art. 9 (determination of GES) Art
Art. 8 (initial assessment) Art. 9 (determination of GES) Art. 10 (targets)
Reporting elements:
Paper reports
Electronic reports (reporting sheets)
Priority fields (7 xml files)
Non-priority fields (7 xml files updated)
Geographic data (2 shapefiles)

4. Assessment, GES, targets – reports received (Art. 8, 9, 10)
Status at 7 Oct. 2013
Member State
'Paper' reports
Electronic reports
Art. 8, 9, 10
Art. 8, 9, 10 (7 xml files)
Spatial data (2 files) BE
Belgium BG
Bulgaria HR
Croatia CY
Cyprus DK
Denmark EE
Estonia FR
France FI
Finland DE
Germany EL
Greece IE
Ireland IT
Italy LV
Latvia LT
Lithuania MT
Malta NL
Netherlands PL
Poland PT
Portugal RO
Romania SI
Slovenia ES
Spain SE
Sweden UK
United Kingdom
Report received
Report part received
Report not received 4

5. Art. 12 progress in 2013
Questionnaire template and criteria for assessment developed
Reports/sheets from 20 MS on art 8, 9 &10 received per 30th April are assessed
Assessment results in consultant report per MS (in English)
Assessment results in consultant report per region
Now: COM Finalizing the art 12 report

6. Deliverables
COM drafts Communication (12 page doc to be translated) with main conclusions, recommendations and proposed way forward
Commission Staff Working Document with more detailed analysis per article/descriptor/region on performance of MS and region
Fact Sheet per MS (highlights results)
Annexes with Questionnaire template and criteria used

7. DG Environment, Unit D.2 Marine Environment and Water Industry
Article 12 time lines
Autumn 2013: finalisation of COM Art 12 exercise
Interservice consultation in-house COM
Last quarter 2013/2014: technical in-depth assessments on selected issues by JRC and "MSFD 2012 Baseline assessment" by EEA
Main results at Marine Directors meeting in December
Translation and adoption by College early 2014
Communication CSWD available prior to Marine Conference, 3-4 March 2014

8. Monitoring: Progress with Reporting Sheet design MS notification: October 2014

9. Report for Art. 11.3 to Commission Other uses (national, regional)
MSFD
(Art. 11)
Questions for reporting (MSCG Recommendation)
Report to Commission: Summary information
Summary information, e.g. for Public consultation
Detailed information, e. g. for policy needs and programme development
Technical information , e. g. for operational delivery
level of detail
Reducing
Report for Art to Commission
Other uses (national, regional)

10. A B C Report to COM Available to COM/others MS use
Decent-ralised report – national
Report to COM - xml
Decent-ralised report – regional
Report to COM - xml
National information
Report to COM - xml
National web site ‘fact sheets’
Regional web site ‘fact sheets’
Report to COM – ‘paper’ report
Decent-ralised report – national
Available to COM/others
National web site ‘fact sheets’
National inform-ation
National reports
National inform-ation
National reports
National reports
MS use

11. Example structure for a Monitoring Programme
D5 - eutrophication
Benthos
Plankton
Oxygen
Nutrients
Input loads
Area-based study
Sub-programmes
Environment:
state/impact
Activities and/or measures: pressure reduction
Environment:investigative
Environment: pressure

12. Item
Action By
4 Monitoring
Amend RS based on DIKE meeting comments, indicative list of sub-programmes
COM by 11 Oct
Update web forms
Atkins by 18 Oct
Testing web forms
DE, ES, FR, IT, RO, SE, UK from 21 Oct to 15 Nov
Feedback on use of web forms, esp. how to define a sub-programme and other issues needing guidance
MS by 15 Nov
Finalise paper on RS for MSCG
COM by 5 Nov
Adopt RS, subject to finalising guidance and tools (web-forms, schemas)
MSCG Nov
Draft guidance and decentralised reporting paper
MRAG + COM by 29 Nov
Finalise RS and web forms
COM/Atkins by 31 Dec
Consultation on guidance; decentralised reporting
MS by 20 Dec
Finalise reporting package
DIKE DG 17 Jan 2014 tbc
RS and guidance - adoption
MSCG 11 Feb 2014

13. Towards integrated, streamlined and harmonised data and information on the marine environment

14. International Conventions
Policy integration
MSFD
WFD
International Conventions

15. Integrated reporting , e.g. eutrophication
Topic
MSFD
WFD
Nitrates
HELCOM
OSPAR
BarCon
BlackSC
EIONET
Objective
GEnS D5
GEcS
No eutro
Pressure input N P
Pressure output
Impacts
Birds/ mammals/fish
Water column
Seabed
Status
Targets
Measures
Scope for streamlining & harmonisation (with regional specificities)
Information system framework
Common parameters/topics for assessment

16. Programme of measures Work to be done MS notification: March 2016

17. Programme of Measures under MSFD
Establishment of programme of measures to achieve/maintain good environmental status (13.1) by 2015, at the latest
Reference to existing measures in WFD, UWWD, BWD and EQS Directive (13.2)
Sustainable development, socio-economic impacts, cost-effective and technical feasible, impact assessment and cost-benefit analysis (13.3)
MPAs - only specific measures mentioned (13.4/13.5)
Notification / Reporting with three months (13.9)

18. PoM work under CIS WG GES & ESA (common workshop in June 2013)
-> Produce a "concept paper" / Recommendation dealing with:
Elaborate Key Messages coming from the workshop
Develop a "table approach" per descriptor to identify where existing policies apply
Develop an overall "mixed" approach to engage with others policies (EU, IMO…)
-> Objective being to have a draft doc ready to be circulated begin of October to be further discussed at;
WG ESA : 15/16 Oct
WG GES : 21/22 Oct
And then at MSCG : 12/13 Nov

19. Outline of the proposed PoM Recommendation
Introduction
Requirements of the Directive
Recommendations / Key messages
Costs, benefits and governance of the programmes of measures
RSC on-going work
Reporting
Knowledge exchange and other practical issues
Annex 1: Descriptors approach aiming to identify per Descriptors which measures are already covered by other legislation
Annex 2: Legislative / Funding mixed approach aiming at identifying measures in other policies which are pertinent for MSFD but not listing them extensively in PoM. This would help for the identification of the good governance level of the overall PoM together with the relevant funding mechanism which may be used. To be supported by a EC service request contract (see PCG discussion)
Annex 3: Analysis of needs from reporting on MSFD PoM programmes: key questions

20. 'Generic' type of measures
Parallel with WFD
MSFD requirements
Reporting under WFD
Reporting under MSFD
Measures under existing EU legislation
compulsory basic measures Article 11(3)a
Integration in PoM
MS were asked to indicate whether the measures were implemented and to give comments or explanations, in particular if they had not been (fully) implemented
- reference to other EU reporting sheet
Measure(s) foreseen by the Directive
compulsory basic measures Article 11(3)b WFD
MPA:
Coherent and representative network
MS were required to indicate whether the type of measure was in place in the RBD, provide a reference, briefly describe the measure and provide any additional comments or an explanation if the measure had not been put in place
- See MEG for Coherence and representativeness
- need to define level of detail for the measures related to MPA ….
New / Marine measures
supplementary and additional measures of WFD Articles 11(4) and 11(5)
1) CEA / technically feasible
2) Impact Assessment
(CBA)
key Type of Measures:
by identifying which pressures required supplementary measures and then by linking those pressures to supplementary measures that are coded
- first categorization per descriptor
need for a typology based on pressures ? …?

21. ESA / DG ENV with support of GES
Action
Who
When
Elaborate first draft of PoM Recommendation and ask for a mandate to MSCG
ESA / DG ENV with support of GES
12-13 Nov 2013
Ad Hoc working group / drafting group to work on PoM Recommendation (main chapter, Annex 1 , Annex 2 partially)
ESA / GES volunteers
Mid Nov 13 -> End January 14
Discussion during MSCG
MSCG
11 Feb 2014
Develop the Annex 3 related to reporting and discuss at DIKE WG
DG ENV
25-26 Feb 2014
Further work on Reporting sheet / decentralised approach with the support of a specific technical group…
DIKE / DG ENV
To be finalised for summer 2014

22. DG Environment, Unit D.2 Marine Environment and Water Industry
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