1. Update on Derogation Reporting
Reporting on derogations under Art. 16 of the "Habitats" Directive (HD) / Art. 9 of the "Birds" Directive (BD)
Frank Vassen, DG.ENV B.3 – Nature
Expert Group on Reporting, 17 Nov. 2015

2. Ongoing issues
Most national reports are now submitted according to the new Habides+ reporting (.xml file) format
National reports can from now on be downloaded from Reportnet as Excel files (provided they are public)
Additional language versions of Habides+ Webforms tool are in preparation, MS will be invited to provide feedback
EU report to the Bern Convention currently under preparation

3. Overview tables
Overview tables with links to national reports in Reportnet will be published in CIRCABC and signaled in DG ENV website.
The tables provide an overview on delivery and accessibility of national reports but they do not provide any assessment of their contents.

4. Legend:
In the next slide a simplified version of the tables will describe the current situation but the actual tables will include more information such as:
Reports not confirmed as complete;
Absence of derogations in a specific period;
Indications on accessibility of reports.
Report not received.
A report that is not accessible on Reportnet because locked from public view by national authorities, or not uploaded to Reportnet and sent directly.
Report received (independently from its quality).

5. Current situation

6. Next steps
Development of a public online search tool for derogations (2016/17)
Content based presentations to the reporting group/ NADEG to be considered