1. State of play with respect to MSFD programme of measures in Spain
WG-ESA 12 th meeting
Brussels, March 9 –
Good afternoon to everyone. I´m gonna summarize for you today the current status of the Works for the MSFD programme of measures in Spain.
Division for the Protection of the Sea.
Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment of Spain 1

2. As you all know, in 2012 we carried out an initial assesment of the marine environmental status, and we´ve recently approved the monitoring programmes.
Therefore, we are now fully involved in the development of the Programme of measures to achieve the GES status by 2020
The development of a programme of measures designed to achieve or maintain the Good Environmental Status by 2020 2

3. Drafting process of PoM SPAIN
Some research work has been done to identify existing measures.
Request on information to competent authorities in Ministries and Autonomous Communities
Compilation, updating and analysis of the Government and the Autonomous Regions budgets programmes which are directly related with the marine protection/conservation.
A questionnaire has been sent (feb 2015)
Gap analysis and proposal of new measures based on its results.
CBA/CEA analysis (New measures).
Analysis of the proposed exceptions.
Here you can see the different steps that we´ve gone through to develop the PoM. We started by compiling available information on existing measures, and we are completing this information through questionnaires sent to involved administrations.
Once this is available, we will run a Gap analysis and propose new measures based on it. Once we have the new measures, we will develop a CBA analysis. 3

4. COMPILATION, UPDATING AND ANALYSIS OF MARINE BUDGET PROGRAMMES OF THE GOVERNMENT AND AUTONOMOUS REGIONS 1 2
As mentioned, the first step was to compile existing information.
To do so, we´ve checked all the publicly available information on Marine environment Budget programmes from the competent administrations.
Finally, all this information has been gathered on a database. 3 4 4

5. 17 National budget programmes
108
Autonomous Regions
budget programmes
125
budget programmes
in total
During our research, we´ve identified 125 Budget programmes, 17 of them from the national administration and 108 from regional administrations. 5

6. 17 National Budget Programmes
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment
The Ministry of Economy and Competitive
The Ministry of Public Works and Transport
The Ministry of Health, Social Services and Equality
The Ministry of Internal Affairs
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Ministry of Defense
The Ministry of Industry
The Ministry of Finance and Public Administration
The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports
10 Ministries
19 General Directorate/
other Units
identified
17 National Budget Programmes
You can see here the list of national administrations that we´ve used as sources for our data gathering.
We´ve covered all areas analyzed in the 2012 initial assesment of the marine environment status 6

7. 10 coastal Autonomous Regions 2 Autonomous Cities3 4 5 9 6
We´ve also analyzed the budget programmes of regional administrations that manage the marine environment in Spain. 7 8 10
Autonomus City of Ceuta 11
Autonomus City of Melilla 12 7

8. BUDGET PROGRAMMES DATABASE
With all this information, we´ve developed a database where we´ve compiled all these Budget programmes and we´ve run an analysis of how they´ve evolved during the last 5 years. 8

9. 5 MARINE SUBDIVISIONS IN SPAIN
GROUPS OF BUDGET PROGRAMMES
11 DESCRIPTORS ANALYSIS
KTM’s
Biscay Bay
Atlantic Ocean
Cantabrian Sea 1
NORATLÁNTICA
Mediterranean Sea 2
LEVANTINO-BALEAR 3 4 5
SUDATLÁNTICA
ESTRECHO Y ALBORÁN
CANARIA
Spain has 5 marine subdivisions: Noratlántica, Levantino-Balear, Estrecho y Alborán, Sudatlántica and Canaria.
I´m going to share next the results obtained for the Noratlántica region, and after, the link we´ve stablished between the Budget programmes, MSFD Descriptors and KTM´s. 9

10. North Atlantic Marine Subdivision is composed by 4 Autonomous Regions1
Biscay Bay
Cantabrian Sea
Atlantic Ocean
Cantabria
Basque Country
Asturias
Galicia
The North Atalantic Subdivision includes 4 regional administrations: Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria and Basque Country 10

11. INVESTMENT 2009-2014 per Autonomous Region North Atlantic Marine Subdivision
16 budget programmes possible related to MSFD
Sustainability Strategies, Management ImprovementsControl, Conservation Guidelines, Infrastructure
Galicia
327 Million €
€ 466,950
€ 404,465
€ 324,514
€ 297,003
€ 257,748
€ 212,515
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Amounts in thousands of Euros
7 budget programmes possible related to MSFD
Asturias
Management Improvements, Control Tools, Conservation Guidelines, Infrastructure
178, Million €
€ 177,519
€ 180,258
€ 228,200
€ 228,200
€ 129,670
€ 127,025
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Amounts in thousands of Euros
8 budget programmes possible related to MSFD
Cantabria
Management Improvements, Control and Conservation Guidelines, Infrastructure
165 Million €
€ 173,399
€ 194,062
€ 172,133
€ 141,922
€ 145,661
For each of these regional administrations, we´ve compiled all the Budget programmes and in these tables you can see the results obtained regarding the level of investment from the last 5 years.
We´ve been able to conclude that each regional administration has different priorities and targets, that of course affect how they distribute the investment.
For example, Galicia has 16 Budget programmes, focused on sustainability and conservation, and average five year investment was 327 million euros
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Amounts in thousands of Euros
6 budget programme possible related to MSFD
251 Million €
Basque Country
Conservation Guidelines, Infrastructure
€ 303,341
€ 257,009
€ 258,694
€ 256,056
€ 247,630
€ 183,976
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014 11

12. 8 GROUPS BUDGET PROGRAMMMES
Water Quality, Control and Protection of Water Resources
Fishery Business Structures
Fishery Resources Protection and Sustainable Development
Coastal Control and Maritime Traffic
Ocean and Fisheries Research
Climate Change Actions and Environmental Quality
Environmental Protection and Continous Improvements
Environment and Biodiversity Management
8 GROUPS
BUDGET PROGRAMMMES
Taking the previous analysis as base, we´ve been able to identify 8 great areas of investment:
Water Quality
Control and Protection of Water Resources,
Fishery Business Structures
Fishery Resources Protection and Sustainable Development
Coastal Control and Maritime Traffic
Ocean and Fisheries Research
Climate Change Actions and Environmental Quality
Environmental Protection and Continous Improvements
Environment and Biodiversity Management 12

13. Here you can see the level of expenditure for each of these 8 great areas of investment for the North Atlantic Marine Subdivision

14. National Budget Programmes Example
SPACE
PROGRAM
YEAR
DESCRIPTOR
Program’s Code
Program’s Name
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
ESPAÑA
415A
Fishery Resources Protection and Sustainable Development
47.680
52.100
28.670
19.672
13.810 X
415B
The fishing business
93.340
59.011
48.485
456A
Water Quality
456D
Coastal Control
74.936
456M
Waste Prevention and Climate Change Actions
52.800
49.058
467E
Ocean and Fisheries Research
65.770
61.280
60.520
58.160
56.938
454M
Maritime Traffic and Coastal Guidelines
48.417
The following step we took during the analysis was to establish the link between the Budget programmes and the MSFD descriptors that they affect.
As you can see here, each of them can affect up to 9 different descriptors. 14

15. Programmes of Measures
You can also see this analysis results for the national Budget programmes .
The Green bars show the descriptors linked to biodiversity.
Brussels, 9-10 March 2015 15
Programmes of Measures

16. North Atlantic Marine Subdivision
In this chart you can also see the results obtained for the North Atlantic subdivision. 16

17. ANALYSIS DESCRIPTORS/GROUPS OF PROGRAMMES/KTM’s
26. Measures to reduce physical loss of seabed habitats in marine waters.
27. Measures to reduce physical damage in marine waters.
28. Measures to reduce inputs of energy, including underwater noise, to the marine environment.
29. Measures to reduce litter in the marine environment.
30. Measures to reduce interferences with hydrological processes in the marine environment.
31. Measures to reduce contamination by hazardous substances and the systematic and/or intentional release of substances in the marine environment from sea-based or air-based sources.
32. Measures to reduce sea-based accidental pollution.
33. Measures to reduce nutrient and organic matter inputs to the marine environment from sea-based or air-based sources.
34. Measures to reduce the introduction and spread of non-indigenous species in the marine environment and for their control.
35. Measures to reduce biological disturbances in the marine environment from the extraction of species, including incidental non-target catches.
36. Measures to reduce other types of biological disturbance, including death, injury, disturbance, translocation of native marine species, the introduction of microbial pathogens and the introduction of genetically-modified individuals of marine species.
Measures to restore and conserve marine ecosystems, including habitats and species.
Measures related to Spatial Protection Measures for the marine environment .
Others measures.
1. Water Quality, Control and Protection of Water Resources
2. Fishery Business Structures
3. Fishery Resources Protection and Sustainable Development
4. Coastal Control and Maritime Traffic
5. Ocean and Fisheries Research
6. Climate Change Actions and Environmental Quality
7. Environmental Protection and Continous Improvements
8. Environment and Biodiversity Management
1.Biological diversity
2. Non indigenous ppecies
3.Commercially exploited species
4.Marine food webs
5.Eutrophication
6.Sea-floor integrity
7.Hydrographical conditions
8.Contaminants
9.Health issues
10.Marine litter
11.Marine energy
Once we had the link between the Budget programmes and descriptors, our challenge was to also analyze the relation between Budget programmes and KTM´s
Descriptors
Group of Programmes
KTM’s

18. Request on additional information
However, due to the lack of specific information to stablish that relationship, we developed different questionnaires for the national and regional administrations involved.
We sent them during this February with the objective of validating the previously existing data, plus completing the information regarding the specific measures that are being implemented. 18

19. Ministries and Autonomous Regions
Questionnaire PoM
Ministries and Autonomous Regions
(37 administrative units: 19 national + 18 regional)
Specifically, they were sent to 37 administrative units, 19 of them national and 18 regional. 19

20. Programmes of Measures
Some of the questions included were:
if the chosen active programmes are linked to the marine strategy
if the costs of this budget could be detailed
which specific actions are determined to cover the marine strategy targets
if the current measures are enough
the evaluation of each KTM considering the budgetary programmes and
the verification of the programmes linked to each descriptor
Brussels, 9-10 March 2015 20
Programmes of Measures

21. KTM’s
There was also a specific section to gather information regarding the link between current measures with KTMs 21

22. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION contact: Alejandro Maceira Laura Díaz
And that was all I wanted to share today Thank you very much for your attention. If you need to contact us for any additional information, this is my .
Thank you!