Transcript GES_14-2015-12_MSFDAnnexIIIproposals

14th meeting of WG GES, 05-06 October 2015, Brussels
Review of MSFD Annex III
and draft proposal
European Commission
DG Environment
Marine Environment and Water Industry Unit
Review of Annex III
• MS and stakeholder consultation on technical
review document – May-July 2015
• General comments – mostly supportive, but
several on need for a revision or on need for a
table on human uses
• Specific comments on content of each table
• Paper GES_14-2015-06 provides:
• updated technical review document
• technical background to proposed revision
• updated correlation of typologies for pressures
and human uses/activities (including NACE) for
cross walks to other policies
Draft proposals for Annex III
• Provides a clear link to Annex I descriptors
• More clearly relates to Article 8 assessment needs:
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Art. 8(1a) – Table 1
Art. 8(1b) – Table 2a, 2b
Art. 8(1c) – Table 2b
Content of old Tables 1 and 2 more clearly distinguished,
based on underlying philosophy of Cross-Cutting Issues
paper (GES_14-2015-07)
• Needs to be fully compatible with a (revised) GES
Decision
 content may be adjusted as revised Decision develops
Table 1: Structure, functions and
process of marine ecosystems
• Substantially restructured
• Reflects proposed assessment elements for Art. 8(1a)
 Species groups, habitat groups, ecosystem level
 Very high level – more detail in revision of Decision, with
(sub)regional specificity in Art. 9(1) determinations of GES
 List of possible parameters
 Based on old Table 1 and on Art. 11 monitoring guidance
 Relevant for ‘impacts’ of Pressures (Table 2)
 To be used as needed
 Moved or deleted text:
 Species and habitats of Community legislation or international
agreements -> but can select for assessments of species
groups and habitat groups
 ‘habitats in areas, which merit a particular reference’
 ‘other features or characteristics’
 NIS, genetically modified species, chemicals -> Table 2a
Table 2a: Anthropogenic pressures
• Relevant for Art. 8(1b) assessments
• Refinement of content of old Table 2:
 List of pressures correlated with other policies
• ‘Impacts’ aspect via simple link to
parameters in Table 1
• Example activities moved to Table 2b
• Relevant for Art. 10 environmental targets
Table 2b: Uses and human activities
• New table
 Typology developed from those in other policies (WFD,
HBD), NACE lists and RSCs -> correlation table
• Relevant for Art. 8(1b) as possible sources of
pressures – simple links made in previous
reporting
• Relevant for Art. 8(1c) – marine activities
only (marked with *)
• Relevant for Art. 13 measures (via
environmental targets)