1. Art. 8 MSFD assessment guidance
Plan for further work
Uli Claussen, WG GES co-lead
WG GES Brüssel,

2. Mandate for Art. 8 MSFD Guidance
First Phase (2016):
Integrating assessment results across indicators and GES criteria
Second phase (from 2017 onwards):
Address remaining technical questions
Technical guidance on the individual assessments of activities, pressures, impacts and status and how they link up in future assessments
WG GES Brüssel,

3. Work leading to next version in 2018
JRC, ICES, TG Marine Litter, TG Noise:
Remaining descriptor-specific issues resulting from discussions of WG GES in 2016 and identified in Art. 8 draft guidance
Overlap with follow-up work on revised COM Dec 2010/477/EU
DG GES:
Overall responsibility for developing guidance for WGGES by including results from technical work
Development of approaches to cross-cutting assessments
WG GES Brüssel,