Transcript MSCG_17-2015-05Ba_GESDecisionOverview

17th meeting of MSCG, 05 November 2015, Brussels
Revision of MSFD Decision 2010/477/EU
- overview
European Commission
DG Environment
Marine Environment and Water Industry Unit
Main aims of a revised Decision &
Annex III
a. Simpler;
b. Clearer;
c. Introducing minimum requirements (to be enhanced
by regions and MS, if necessary);
d. Self-explanatory;
e. Coherent with other EU legislation;
f. Coherent with regional assessment methods (where
EU methods do not exist);
g. Include a clear and minimum list of elements and/or
parameters per descriptor (e.g. specified lists of
contaminants, species, litter types, etc.).
Cross-cutting issues paper
• Sets out overall framework for Art. 8 and 9
a. Pressure-impact-state concepts
b. Need for inter-relationship: how GES is
determined and how it is assessed
c. Linking Art. 8 and 9 to Annex I and Annex III –
overall architecture
d. Relationship of Art. 9(3) Decision to Art. 9(1)
determination – EU and (sub)regional aspects
e. Proposed set of assessment elements (‘pizza and
satellites’)
f. Improved integration across descriptors – linking
state-based descriptors (D1 habitats-D6-D7),
linking impacts from pressures to state
assessments
Proposal for revision of 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
Decision review - status
2010
Decision
Criteria
Indicators
Indicators
29
56
3
(primary + secondary)
(secondary)
(3.1.2, 3.2.2, 3.3.4)
• 2010 Decision
2014-15 Unchanged 16 Unchanged 23
9
(3.1.2, 3.2.2
• 29Changed
criteria10
technical
Changed 24
5.1.2, 5.2.2, 5.2.3,
review• 56Deleted
3
Deleted
9
5.2.4, 5.2.5,
5.3.1,
indicators (3 secondary indicators 3.1.2,
3.2.2,
(1.4, 1.7, 4.2)
3.3.4)
Added 2
D1 species group
diversity
D3 size distribution pressure
(1.3.2, 1.5.2, 1.6.3, 1.7.1, 2.2.1, 3.3.2,
6.1.1, 9.1.2, 10.1.3)
5.3.3)
Added 13
For
For
For
For
For
For
For
For
For
D1 species group diversity
D2.1 new introductions
D3.3 selectivity pattern (+3)
D3.3 size distribution - state
D3.3 genetic effects (+1)
D5.2 plankton shifts
D5.3 benthic invertebrates
D6.1 extent of pressure
D8.2 acute pollution impacts
• 2014-15 Technical review
• Proposed deletions:
Total = 28
2016
proposal
Delete all
Total = 56 (+4)
Indicators renamed criteria
Total = ca 54
ca 17
General principles for new Decision
a.
b.
c.
d.
Combine criteria/indicators
Possibility of primary and secondary criteria
Use available EU standards, where appropriate
If not available, MS may use or develop a suitable
international standard (for the (sub)region, e.g. via
RSC)
e. EU lists (e.g. hazardous substances) => need
deselection (justify why not using)
f. Some topics (e.g. biodiversity) need to be specified
(sub)regionally (ecological variation)
g. Detail added (e.g. on methodological standards) to
provide clarity
h. Quality thresholds for GES criteria (indicators) should
in principle represent an 'acceptable deviation' from
reference state (see CCI section 5.7)
Revised Decision: outline needs
Assessments of pressures for
Art.8(1b)
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D6,7
Other
NIS
D6
D2
Sound,
other
energy
Physical
loss
Physical
damage
Fishing/
by-catch
D11
Litter
D3
D10
Contaminants
Nutrients
D8, 9
D5
S
P
Distribution, extent, (frequency) and
intensity/quantity of pressure
Assessments of state
for Article 8(1a)
D1,
D3
Species
groups
Distribution,
population
size, condition,
habitat
Extent (proportion, distribution), nature
and intensity of impacts per species group
or per species
D1
Pelagic
habitats
Condition
Extent (area, volume), nature and
intensity of impact per habitat group
D1,
D6
Benthic
habitats
Extent,
condition
Extent (area), nature and intensity of
impact per habitat group or per habitat
D1,
D4
Ecosystems
Structure,
function
Extent and nature of impact per ecosystem
Assessments of pressures for Article 8(1b)
D10
D11
D2
D3
D6
D6,
D7
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Contaminants
Litter
Sound,
other
energy
NIS
Fishing/
by-catch
Physical
damage
Physical
loss
Other
S
P
D8,
D9
Secondary criterion
Nutrients
Primary criterion
D5
Decision outline
8.1.1
8.1.2
9.1.1
10.1.1
10.1.2
10.1.3
11.1.1
11.2.1
2.1.1
2.1.2
6.1.3
6.1.4
5.1.1
5.1.2
Assessments of state for Article
8(1a)
Species
groups
D1
Pelagic
habitat
groups
3.1.2
3.3.2
3.2.1
1.1
D1
D3
3.1.1
3.2.2
1.2
1.3
Habitat
8.2.1
8.2.2
10.2.1
8.2.1
8.2.2
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2.2.1
Diversity
3.3.1
3.3.3
Bycatch
6.1.2
7.2.2
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7.1.1
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5.2.1
1.5
1.6
5.2.2
5.2.4
5.2.5
2.2.1
5.3.2
D1
D6
Benthic
habitat
groups
1.5
1.6
5.2.3
5.3.1
5.3.3
D1
D4
Ecosystems
4.1.1
4.2.1
4.3.1
5.2.1
1.4
5.3.2
5.2.2
5.3.2
8.2.1
8.2.2
3.2.1
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2.2.1
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3.2.2
3.3.1
3.3.3
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6.1.2
6.2.1
6.2.2
6.1.5
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6.2.3
6.2.4
7.2.1
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Summary of proposal
• Decision ‘indicators’ become ‘criteria’
• Reduction in overall number needed (86 -> ca 54)
• More criteria treated as secondary (possibly 35
primary, 19 secondary) – to be used when needed
(e.g. due to risk, regional characteristics)
• Decision structured to follow Art. 8.1 (a, b) and
Annex III (Tables 1 and 2a) structures
• Where further detail per criterion cannot yet be
given (on elements, parameters, thresholds,
aggregation, scales, etc), these should be defined
at (sub)regional level to ensure consistency.