1. Forthcoming reporting under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive - MSFD
European Commission
DG Environment
Marine Environment and Water Industry Unit

2. Update by 2018

3. 11 Descriptors… …to determine GES 7 Hydrographical conditions
8 Contaminants (in environment)
9 Contaminants (in seafood)
10 Marine litter
11 Energy & underwater noise
1 Biodiversity
2 Non-indigenous species
3 Commercial fish & shellfish population
4 Marine food webs
5 Eutrophication
6 Sea-floor integrity
…to determine GES

5. Marine Directors Working together: Common implementation strategy
Regulatory Committee
Marine Strategy Coordination Group
Working Group Good Environmental Status
Working Group Data, Information & Knowledge Exchange
Working Group Programmes of Measures/Economic & Social Analysis
Technical Group Litter
Technical Group Data
Technical Group Noise
Regional Sea Conventions

6. Updated Directive and New GES Decision
Annex III to Directive 2008/56/EC is replaced. New indicative lists of ecosystem elements (with relevant parameters and characteristics for species, habitats and ecosystems), anthropogenic pressures and human activities relevant to the marine waters.
For GES Art.9: Criteria: D5C1 — Primary: Nutrient concentrations are not at levels that indicate adverse eutrophication effects. The threshold values are set in accordance with Directive 2000/60/EC. Methods: values achieved and extent.
For monitoring and assessment Art.8: D1C2 — Primary: The population abundance of the species is not adversely affected due to anthropogenic pressures (e.g. non-commercial coastal fish).

7. State of play and timelines
Guidance document (V4.1): Reporting the 2018 update of articles 8, 9 & 10 for the MSFD. Contents: use of information, tools for reporting, examples, information to be reported, formats…
Preparation of reporting tools: guidelines, lists, schemas, prefilling, quality check, webforms, testing: from autumn 2017 to spring 2018
Note that this draft guidance will now be used for the preparation of reporting tools and their testing by Member States between autumn 2017 and spring 2018, which may necessitate adjustments to the guidance and schemas.

8. State of play and timelines
JRC is developing consistent lists of criteria elements to be used in the web forms, e.g. substance list and groupings. Ongoing consultations (Oct).
Prefilling (2012 submissions, RSC & WFD information): until January
Webforms for testing: some already available, until Feb
Training session for MS in Copenhagen: 8/11/2017
Test phase: Feb to April
Reporting system ready: June 2018

9. Web forms 2. Save file in session Select questionnaire
3. Edit with web form

10. Marine reporting units & WFD
Objective: to agree on a common layer of reporting units prior to 2018 reporting.
5 geographical levels are proposed: Marine regions, Marine Subregions, Subdivisions used by HELCOM and OSPAR, additional national subdivisions, Water bodies for coastal and territorial waters (WFD).
MS still have to decide on which units they will report per descriptor. Submit missing or updated units by 15 January 2018.

11. Mockup example of MRU

12. Marine reporting units & WFD
How to use and aggregate reported information under WFD?
MS should use WFD data but the aggregation rules are not fixed
At least for D5 & D8 in CW & TeW. Potentially also for D1 & D6.
EEA built the schema ‘ART8_GES’, is already grabbing Quality Element information per WB from the WFD, and proposes to aggregate per surface coverage.

13. Schemas – Reporting guidance v4.1
Article 8.1ab: schema ART8_GES
- Work of prefilling with WFD assessments done using this schema and ongoing for CFP assessments (tbc for RSCs indicators)

14. Publication of datasets
TG Data is preparing the "Recommendations for the publication of datasets under MSFD Article 19.3" (public access to environmental information)
Contents: use of the data, INSPIRE Implementation Rules, Recommendations on how to publish the datasets, on governance, data specifications, use of other organisations…
First draft November. Presented to WG DIKE early April. Final available for MSCG end of April.

15. WISE Marine and associated products
Key pending issues:
MS profiles
RSC feedback
Linking WISE-Marine to other content and infrastructure

16. WISE Marine and associated products
The products will aim to:
Demonstrate the work done by MS to implement the Directive
Show the state of the marine environment per (sub)region
Steps forward:
Sept-Oct 2017: draft proposal of products
Nov 2017-Feb 2018: draft proposal of representation
Spring 2018: further discussions and amendments
Autumn 2018: draft products of reporting data produced and published
Spring 2019: final products of reporting data developed and displayed in WISE-marine