1. DG Environment, Unit D.2 Marine Environment and Water Industry
The Marine Strategy Framework Directive
Latest developments
European Commission
DG Environment
Marine and Water Industry Unit
Status: January 2013

2. DG Environment, Unit D.2 Marine Environment and Water Industry
MSFD Scoreboard
Status at 30 January 2013
Green fish: Report or information submitted
Orange fish: Report or information only partially submitted (e.g. report for specific Article or specific marine region missing)
Red fish: Report or information not submitted
Disclaimer: The information in the table is intended as general information to the public. It may not necessarily reflect the latest formal information that is available to the Commission and, hence, it does not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission. It is not the basis upon which the European Commission decides whether a Member State has fulfilled its obligations under the Directive.
* Member States (AT, CZ, HU, LU, SK) within the catchment area of each marine region or sub-region (so called landlocked countries) shall also designate authorities competent (Article 7) for cooperation and coordination as referred to in Article 6 of the MSFD. Other obligations of the Directive do not apply to them.
** This information only confirms whether a Member State has transposed into national legislation or not. The assessment of the notified transposition legislation of the Member States in view of the requirements of the Directive is still on-going.
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Report or information submitted
Report or information only partially submitted (e.g. report for specific Article or specific marine region missing)
Report or information not submitted

3. Status of reporting on Art. 8, 9 and 10 – at 01/02/13
Member State
'Paper' reports
Electronic reports
Art. 8, 9, 10
Art. 8, 9, 10 (7 xml files)
Spatial data (2 files) BE
Belgium
16-Aug BG
Bulgaria HR
Croatia*
* Member State from 1/7/13  CY
Cyprus
25-Sep DK
Denmark
12-Oct
9, 11-Jan (4, 9, overview) EE
Estonia
16-Nov
19-Dec FR
France
26-Dec FI
Finland
18-Dec
31-Jan, 1-Feb DE
Germany
27-Jul
15-Oct EL
Greece IE
Ireland IT
Italy
14-Oct LV
Latvia
11-Dec LT
Lithuania
2-Nov MT
Malta NL
Netherlands
11-Oct
15-Nov PL
Poland PT
Portugal
22-Oct (mainland, ext. CS) RO
Romania
15-Oct, 20-Dec SI
Slovenia
25-Jan (art. 8)
25-Jan (4, 8a, c)
25-Jan ES
Spain
11-Oct (art. 8, 9) 22-Oct (art. 10)
15-Oct, 6-Nov, 8-Nov SE
Sweden
15-Oct (art. 9, 10)
17-Dec (art. 8)
15-Oct (art. 9, 10), 27-Nov, 19-Dec UK
United Kingdom
19-Oct (art. 8), 20-Dec (art. 9, 10) - mainland
1-Nov, 14-Nov, 19-Dec - mainland
14-Nov
Report or information submitted
Report or information only partially submitted (e.g. report for specific Article or specific marine region/ subregion missing)
Total no. of MS reported
15 (+3 partial)
8 (+5 partial) 10

4. DG Environment, Unit D.2 Marine Environment and Water Industry
Article 12: Key elements
Commission empowerment
to assess compliance with the Directive
to ask for additional information
to analyse coherence between marine (sub-) regions and within EU
to make recommendations for modifications
Article 12
Notifications and Commission’s assessment
On the basis of all the notifications made pursuant to Articles 9(2), 10(2) and 11(3) in respect of each marine region or subregion, the Commission shall assess whether, in the case of each Member State, the elements notified constitute an appropriate framework to meet the requirements of this Directive and may ask the Member State concerned to provide any additional information that is available and necessary.
In drawing up those assessments, the Commission shall consider the coherence of frameworks within the different marine regions or subregions and across the Community.
Within six months of receiving all those notifications, the Commission informs Member States concerned whether, in its opinion, the elements notified are consistent with this Directive and provides guidance on any modifications it considers necessary.

5. DG Environment, Unit D.2 Marine Environment and Water Industry
Article 12 timelines
Assessment has already started (completeness)
Feb 2013: Request for additional information to MS
Apr 2013: first assessment results available
June/Jul 2013: draft COM paper(s)
Autumn 2013: finalisation of COM Art 12 exercise
end 2013/2014: technical in-depth assessments on selected issues by JRC and "MSFD 2012 Baseline assessment" by EEA

6. DG Environment, Unit D.2 Marine Environment and Water Industry
MS reports: Early indications
Often extensive amount of qualitative information (many pages)
Reporting sheets not available for half the MS which makes completeness check for art 8 difficult
Very limited precise/quantifiable GES and targets
Low level of ambition, basically repeating existing policies
No or limited coherence between MS and between marine regions
Variety of assessment scales (spatial, temporal) and aggregation limiting comparability and coherence of assessments
Gaps in information and knowledge identified without always a clear plan to address them
Limited pressure and impact analysis (e.g. accumulation of pressures) and limited link between Article 8 and Articles 9/10

7. DG Environment, Unit D.2 Marine Environment and Water Industry
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