1. Marine Strategy Framework Directive: Status of reporting Art. 8/9/10
Progress with Art. 12 assessment
European Commission
DG Environment
Marine Environment and Water Industry Unit
WG DIKE
7-8 October 2013, Brussels

2. MSFD Scoreboard Status at 7 Oct. 2013 Art. 26 Art. 7 Art. 8/ 9/10
Status at 7 Oct. 2013
Art. 26
Art. 7
Art. 8/ 9/10
Belgium
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Art. 26
Art. 7
Art. 8/ 9/10
Latvia
Lithuania
Malta
Netherlands
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden UK
Received
Part received
Not received

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 6

5. Reporting Art. 8/9/10 - summary
Non reporting PL
Partial reporting
HR, PT
Geographic data (maps) awaited
BG, CY, HR, (MT), PL, PT
Locked files (paper, electronic) RO
All articles and (sub)regions (paper, electronic)
BE, DK, EE, FI, FR, DE, EL, IT, LV, LT, NL, RO, SI, SE
Partial reporting: PT missing Azores & Madeira; HR missing 8c, 9, 10
Electronic reports (xml): missing for PL, PT (BG –missing 8; HR – missing 8c, 9, 10; UK missing for Gibraltar)
Geographic files needed for reference data sets (maps) – important to have MS submit their boundaries for MSFD marine waters (not have to use VLIZ EEZ data set)

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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