1. Review plan of the nature reporting – update 6
Expert group on Reporting under the Nature Directives, 21 March 2017
Review plan of the nature reporting –
update 6

2. Review plan, principal deadlines
Delivery Art. 12: 31 July 2019 (cut-off: 31 October 2019)
2. Delivery Art. 17: 30 April (cut-off date: 30 August 2019)
3. IT tools: early 2018
4. CDR ready end 2018
5. Final Guidelines ready: 2nd quarter 2017
6. Near final Guidelines: end 2016 (section on FRVs to be finalised in 2017)
7. Formats approved by the Committees: November 2016
8. Addressing issues, drafting and discussing proposals: st Q 2017

3. Report formats and Guidelines
Report formats – finalised in November 2017
Informal approval by NADEG
November 2017
Formal approval by Habitats Committee
May 2017
Explanatory notes and guidelines
Draft revised field-by-field section
March and October 2016
Draft guidelines for quick written comments
January 2017
Revised draft guidelines
March 2017
Final Guidelines for Approval by NADEG
1st week of April 2017

4. Ad hoc groups
Ad hoc group on Structures and functions, Future prospects and Species trends – finalised in October 2016
Draft proposal of texts for the guidelines
October 2016
Proposed texts integrated into guidelines
January 2017
Ad hoc group on Favourable reference values
5th meeting of the ad hoc group
31 January - 1 February 2017
Proposed text integrated into guidelines
March 2017

5. Further revised guidance and worked examples
Population units and Habitat for species - Article 17
Draft proposal of texts for the guidelines
October 2016
Proposed texts integrated into guidelines
January 2017
Further worked examples
will be available on the Reference Portals
summer 2017

6. Revision of the codelists and checklists
Lists of Pressures and threats and of Conservation measures
Draft pressure list and draft list of conservation measures for written comments by EG
summer 2016
Discussion on main outcomes
October 2016
Revised draft lists
March 2017
Final lists
May 2017
Further work on descriptions and examples
May-June 2017

7. Revision of the codelists and checklists
Art. 12 and Art. 17 checklists
Draft updated checklists for written comments
summer 2016
Outcomes of the written consultation
October 2016
Final checklists
May 2017

8. Technical specifications and IT tools
Technical specifications for reporting datasets
The list of man actions and timing still to be specified
IT tools and Central Data Repository (CDR)
Reporting tools available for testing
September 2017
Version of tools for preparing the reports
early 2018
Range tool
to be specified
CDR available for testing
December 2018