In-Depth Assessment of the EU Member States' Submissions for the Marine Strategy Framework Directive under articles 8, 9 and 10


	Andreas Palialexis, Victoria Tornero, Enrico Barbone , Daniel Gonzalez, Georg Hanke, Ana Cristina Cardoso, Nicolas Hoepffner, Stelios Katsanevakis, Francesca Somma, Nikolaos Zampoukas
	According to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), in 2012 Member States had to report on the initial assessment of their marine waters (art. 8), on the determination of good environmental status (art. 9) and on the establishment of environmental targets and associated indicators (art. 10). At the request of DG Environment, the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission has carried out an in-depth assessment (IDA) of the reporting done by Member States. This document presents the result of this IDA, carried out on the basis of reporting from the following Member States (MS): Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.

Keywords: Assessment, Art.12, reporting

Type	Report
Published	2014
Source	JRC Scientific and Policy Reports
Ref.	EUR 26473
Level	OV
Language	EN

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