OSPAR Regional Implementation Framework for the EU Marine ...

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Executive summary

This road map of the OSPAR Commission outlines what and how OSPAR countries should do on coordination and cooperation

of the implementation of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive within the OSPAR Convention in the period 2010 – 2020, taking account of their national obligations under the Directive. The road map is a snap shot at the time of its publication and serves as a living document. Certain aspects may develop over time and change.

The important elements of the road map on coordination issues are included in the OSPAR North-East Atlantic Environment Strategy adopted by OSPAR ministers at their meeting in Bergen, Norway, on 23-24 September 2010. As in the Directive, the OSPAR Strategy includes an overarching concept of delivering the ecosystem approach to management of human activities for the protection of the marine environment. It takes into account environmental and socio-economic considerations and is implemented through adaptive management. Next to the thematic Strategies, the OSPAR Strategy contains the Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme 2010 – 2014.

The OSPAR Commission is in the process of revising its working structure to enable better coordination between its main Strategy Committees carrying out their annual work programmes. High level coordination should aim at supervising, amongst others, the delivery of the ecosystem approach, the coordination of the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive at regional level, the coordination and keeping under review of the JAMP including supervision of holistic assessments needed in future to assess the status of the North-East Atlantic.

If regularly updated, the road map will serve as an effective tool within OSPAR and help countries to meet their EU requirements for cooperation and coordination in the marine region of the North-East Atlantic. The publication of the OSPAR Quality Status Report 2010 is an important landmark for the start of the implementation of the Directive for countries drawing up the initial assessments of the status of their marine waters.

Récapitulatif

Cette feuille de route de la Commission OSPAR décrit ce que et comment les pays OSPAR devraient faire pour coordonner

et coopérer pour la mise en œuvre de la directive-cadre « Stratégie pour le milieu marin » de l’Union Européenne, dans le cadre de la Convention OSPAR pour la période 2010 - 2020, tout en tenant compte de leurs engagements nationaux aux termes de la directive. La feuille de route est un arrêt sur image au moment de sa publication et sert de document vivant. Certains aspects peuvent se développer avec le temps et changer.

Les éléments importants de la feuille de route sur les questions de coordination sont inclus dans la Stratégie pour l’environnement de l’Atlantique du Nord-est d’OSPAR adoptée par les ministres d’OSPAR lors de leur réunion à Bergen en Norvège, les 23 et 24 septembre 2010. Comme dans la directive, la Stratégie OSPAR inclut un concept transversal de mise en œuvre de l’approche écosystémique pour la gestion des activités humaines en vue de la protection de l’environnement marin. Elle prend en considération les aspects environnementaux et socio-économiques et est mise en application à travers une gestion adaptative. En plus des stratégies thématiques, la Stratégie OSPAR contient le Programme commun d’évaluation et de surveillance continue 2010 – 2014 (JAMP).

La Commission OSPAR est en cours de mise à jour de sa structure de travail pour permettre une meilleure coordination entre ses comités stratégiques principaux qui conduisent leurs programmes de travail annuels. La coordination à haut niveau devrait viser à inspecter, entre autres, la mise en œuvre de l’approche écosystémique, la coordination de l’exécution de la directive-cadre « Stratégie pour le milieu marin » au niveau régional, la coordination et la révision du JAMP, y compris l’examen des évaluations holistiques requises à l’avenir pour évaluer le statut de l’Atlantique Nord-est.

Si régulièrement mise à jour, la feuille de route servira d’outil efficace au sein d’OSPAR et aidera les pays à atteindre les exigences de l’Union Européenne pour la coopération et la coordination dans la région marine de l’Atlantique du Nord-est. La publication du Bilan de santé 2010 d’OSPAR est un jalon important pour le début de l’exécution de la directive pour les pays élaborant les évaluations initiales du statut de leurs eaux marines.

OSPAR Regional Implementation Framework for the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive MSFD Road Map

Executive summary






Récapitulatif






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Executive summary


of the implementation of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive within the OSPAR Convention in the period 2010–2020, taking account of their national obligations under the Directive. The road map is a snap shot at the time of its publication and serves as a living document. Certain aspects may develop over time and change.

The important elements of the road map on coordination issues are included in the OSPAR North-East Atlantic Environment Strategy adopted by OSPAR ministers at their meeting in Bergen, Norway, on 23–24 September 2010. As in the Directive, the OSPAR Strategy includes an overarching concept of delivering the ecosystem approach to management of human activities for the protection of the marine environment. It takes into account environmental and socio-economic considerations and is implemented through adaptive management. Next to the thematic Strategies, the OSPAR Strategy contains the Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme 2010–2014.



Récapitulatif


et coopérer pour la mise en œuvre de la directive-cadre « Stratégie pour le milieu marin » de l’Union Européenne, dans le cadre de la Convention OSPAR pour la période 2010–2020, tout en tenant compte de leurs engagements nationaux aux termes de la directive. La feuille de route est un arrêt sur image au moment de sa publication et sert de document vivant. Certains aspects peuvent se développer avec le temps et changer.

Les éléments importants de la feuille de route sur les questions de coordination sont inclus dans la Stratégie pour l’environnement de l’Atlantique du Nord-est d’OSPAR adoptée par les ministres d’OSPAR lors de leur réunion à Bergen en Norvège, les 23 et 24 septembre 2010. Comme dans la directive, la Stratégie OSPAR inclut un concept transversal de mise en œuvre de l’approche écosystémique pour la gestion des activités humaines en vue de la protection de l’environnement marin. Elle prend en considération les aspects environnementaux et socio-économiques et est mise en application à travers une gestion adaptative. En plus des stratégies thématiques, la Stratégie OSPAR contient le Programme commun d’évaluation et de surveillance continue 2010–2014 (JAMP).



OSPAR Regional Implementation Framework for the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive

1. Introduction

The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD)1 requires Member States sharing a marine region or sub-region to cooperate to

ensure that the Directive’s objectives are achieved and to coordinate their actions on each step of the marine strategies using the mechanisms and structures of the regional sea conventions. They are also obliged to make every effort to coordinate their actions with third countries in the same region or sub-region, taking account of their national obligations under the Directive.

In May 2008, OSPAR countries have therefore started preparations on a collective approach on the regional aspects of the implementation of the Directive and have identified the issues for cooperation and coordination by analysing the requirements in the Directive and to what extent this cooperation and coordination on all steps of the marine strategies should take place. To this end, OSPAR has developed and is regularly updating a road map identifying these issues and this forms the basis for further collective work within OSPAR. It also focuses Member States’ attention to issues to be addressed in their procedures of the transposition of the Directive into national law.2

The OSPAR road map firstly sets out a timetable until mid 2012 when Member States will deliver initial assessments of their marine waters, their descriptions of good environmental status of those waters and they will establish environmental targets and associated indicators so as to guide progress towards achieving good environmental status in the marine environment. OSPAR countries are aware that public consultation of all parties interested in the implementation of the Directive is essential and that they should be given early and effective opportunities to participate. Sufficient time for this is reflected in the timetable, and parallel national and regional approaches, also involving OSPAR observer organisations, cater for this. The road map

also looks beyond 2012 on activities for establishing coordinated monitoring programmes in 2014, for coordinating in 2015 countries’ programmes of measures that enter into operation in 2016, and from 2018 onwards: coordinated reviews of all the aforementioned steps in the first marine strategy cycle every six years thereafter.3

The OSPAR Quality Status Report 2010 presents an overall assessment of the quality of the marine environment of the North-East Atlantic and will help countries preparing for their initial assessments under the Directive and to analyse collectively what might be coordinated within OSPAR, at what geographical scale and to what extent. In producing the QSR 2010, OSPAR countries have to a great extent already carried out the coordination of their 2012 initial assessments under the Directive.

The work on the road map has identified the need for revising OSPAR’s working structures. Together with the review of the OSPAR Strategies, OSPAR 2010, meeting at ministerial level in Bergen, Norway, will therefore establish an efficient new working structure for the next 10 years that is fit for the purpose of facilitating the coordinated implementation of the Directive in the marine region of the North-East Atlantic and that is also ready to keep leading innovative approaches for tackling emerging issues in the marine environment.

The road map is a snap shot at the time of its publication and serves as a living document. Certain aspects may develop over time and change. A coordination mechanism within OSPAR should keep the road map up-to-date.1 Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy (OJ L 164, 25.6.2008, p. 19).

2 The road map has been developed during the preparations for the 2010 Ministerial Meeting in the Intersessional Correspondence Group on Strategic Planning of the OSPAR Commission (ICG-Bergen).

3 See for the timetable chapter 2 and for more detailed information Annex 1.

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2. OSPAR coordination activities 2010–2020 Regional Implementation Framework

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* National consultation procedures vary from country to country (e.g. 6–12 weeks). The timeline only indicates the period within which consultation should take place in order to enable finalisation of national procedures for the establishment of a product required in the MSFD and international coordination activities on such products.

EU Common Implementation Strategy

Development of monitoring programme

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2009 2010 2011 2012

Exchange of information on methodologies for economic and social analysis in support of initial assessments

Member States specify initial boundaries of their strategies within OSPAR. To revise strategies and JAMP.

1. Agreed Quality Status Report2010 in support of initial assessments

2. Revised Strategies and JAMP in support of MSFD implementation

1. Draft coordinated set of characteristics for GES

2. Draft coordinated comprehensive set of environmental targets and associated indicators

3. Draft coordinated social and economic analysis

1. Agreed coordinated set of characteristics for GES

2. Agreed coordinated comprehensive set of environmental targets and associated indicators

3. Agreed coordinated social and economic analysis

Legal transposition of Directive

Designation of competent authorities

Communication of subdivision (Art.4)

List of competent authorities

For public consultation: draft initial assessment, draft set of characteristics for GES and draft comprehensive set of environmental targets and associated indicators

Finalised initial assessment, set of characteristics for GES and comprehensive set of environmental targets and associated indicators

Establishment of criteria and methodological standards for GES

Establishment of reporting formats for data and information in initial assessment

Establishment of guidance on social and economic analysis

Assessment report on the contribution of the MSFD to other international obligations, etc.

Development of initial assessment,

Good Environmental Status, environmental targets and indicators

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Development of monitoring programme Public consultation

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Draft coordinated monitoring programme

Agreed coordinated monitoring programme (revised JAMP)

Draft coordinated programmes of measures

Agreed coordinated programmes of measures

For public consultation: draft monitoring programme

Monitoring programme finalised for implementation

For public consultation: draft programme of measures

Programme of measures established

Assessment reports on GES, environmental targets and indicators

Assessment report on programmes of measures

Progress report on the establishment of marine protected areas

Assessment report on monitoring programmes

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Draft coordinated review of initial assessments, set of characteristics for GES and comprehensive set of environmental targets and associated indicators

Coordinated review of initial assessments. As necessary, agreed revised coordinated set of characteristics for GES, agreed revised coordinated comprehensive set of environmental targets and associated indicators

Review established of initial assessment, set of characteristics for GES and comprehensive set of environmental targets and associated indicators

Entry into operation of programme of measures

For public consultation: draft review of initial assessment, set of characteristics for GES and comprehensive set of environmental targets and associated indicators

First evaluation report of the implementation of the MSFD (by 2019 at the latest)

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2019 2020 2021

Development of first review of monitoring programme

Public consultation

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Review of the MSFD (by 15 July 2023)

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Development of first review of programme

of measures

As necessary, agreed revised coordinated monitoring programme

Draft review coordinated programmes of measures

Draft review of coordinated monitoring programme

As necessary, agreed revised coordinated programmes of measures

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Review established of revised monitoring programme

For publication: draft review of programme of measures

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Achieve or maintain Good Environmental

Status


3. The Directive and the OSPAR Strategy

Over the years OSPAR has carried out groundbreaking work for the protection of the marine environment in the North-East

Atlantic on the basis of mutual understanding and cooperation. It has always addressed new and emerging issues which have been taken up in Contracting Parties’ policies on the management of human activities that affect the marine environment. In several cases this has resulted in addressing important issues by other international organisations and new legislation at EU level. The focus of attention in OSPAR has shifted from pollution control to issues related to protection of the marine environment and in particular biodiversity. Marine spatial planning is of increasing importance as from assessments of human activities at sea it is evident that these activities are not only resulting in adverse pressures and impacts on the marine environment but that they are also in competition with each other.

At the Joint Ministerial Meeting in 2003, the Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (Helsinki Commission, HELCOM) and the OSPAR Commission had already adopted jointly a statement of their common vision of an ecosystem approach to managing human activities impacting on the marine environment “Towards an Ecosystem Approach to the Management of Human Activities”.4 In this statement the Ecosystem Approach is defined as a ‘comprehensive integrated management of human activities based on the best available scientific knowledge about the ecosystem and its dynamics, in order to identify and take action on influences which are critical to the health of the marine ecosystems, thereby achieving sustainable use of ecosystem goods and services and maintenance of ecosystem integrity’.

In line with this approach, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive establishes a framework within which Member States shall take the necessary measures to achieve or maintain good environmental status in their marine waters. Good environmental status is to be determined at the level of the marine region or sub-region (maritime area respectively OSPAR regions). To this effect, marine strategies shall apply an ecosystem-based approach to the management of human activities. Adaptive management on the basis of the ecosystem approach shall be applied with the aim of attaining good environmental status.

It is therefore that the OSPAR Commission has reviewed its 2003 OSPAR thematic strategies and OSPAR ministers at their meeting on 23–24 September 2010 in Bergen, Norway, have adopted The North-East Atlantic Environment Strategy.5 The OSPAR Strategy now contains an overarching Part I: Implementing the Ecosystem Approach and in Part II: The Thematic Strategies. In the overarching part of the Strategy, OSPAR Contracting Parties that are EU Member States have agreed, inter alia, that OSPAR should be the platform through which they coordinate their work to implement the MSFD. The Directive contains an obligation for EU Member States to cooperate to ensure the coordinated development of marine strategies for each marine region or sub-region and, where practical and appropriate, make us of existing institutional structures established in marine regions or sub-regions, in particular Regional Sea Conventions. The OSPAR Commission will by implementing its Strategy facilitate the implementation of the MSFD.

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4 Annex 5 of the 2003 Joint Ministerial Meeting of the Helsinki Commission and the OSPAR Commission “Towards an Ecosystem Approach to the Management of Human Activities”, OSPAR Publication Number 196/2003.

5 Strategy of the OSPAR Commission for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic 2010–2020.


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In particular, OSPAR will use its efficient cooperation structures in order to facilitate the coordinated implementation of the MSFD, thereby ensuring, where practical and appropriate, inter alia (i) that assessment methodologies are consistent across the North-East Atlantic and its five regions, of which four are identical with sub-regions of the MSFD; (ii) that environmental targets are mutually compatible; (iii) that monitoring methods are consistent so as to facilitate comparability of monitoring results, and by doing so (iv) that relevant transboundary impacts and transboundary features are taken into account. To this effect, the North-East Atlantic Strategy will be implemented to facilitate delivering and evaluation of progress towards good environmental status as laid down in the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, taking account of the national obligations under the Directive. Within the context of OSPAR, Contracting Parties will have coordinated under the thematic strategies and the joint assessment and monitoring programme:

• by 15 July 2012, their determination of a set of characteristics for good environmental status for the marine waters and their environmental targets and associated indicators, using Ecological Quality Objectives and other existing tools where applicable;

• by 15 July 2014, their monitoring programmes for the ongoing assessment of the environmental status of their marine waters feeding into the review by OSPAR of the Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme by 2014;

• by 2015, the identification of their programmes of measures in order to maintain or achieve good environmental status in their marine waters throughout the OSPAR maritime area;

• by 15 July 2018, the first review by Contracting Parties of the initial assessment of their marine waters, their descriptions of good environmental status, and their environmental targets and associated indicators.

Using the ecosystem approach to manage human activities affecting the maritime area, OSPAR’s overall goal is to conserve marine ecosystems and safeguard human health and, when practicable, restore marine areas which have been adversely affected in the North-East Atlantic by preventing and eliminating pollution and by protecting

the maritime area against the adverse effects of human activities. To deliver the overall goal for the conservation of the Marine ecosystems of the North-East Atlantic, the strategic objectives of the OSPAR Commission focus on the protection and conservation of biodiversity, the combating of eutrophication, the prevention of pollution by hazardous substances, the prevention and elimination of pollution and taking measures against other adverse effects from offshore activities, the prevention of pollution from ionising radiation, and to ensure integrated management of human activities in order to preserve ecological integrity and safeguard ecological goods and services.

For each of the strategic objectives, specific operational objectives are described in the thematic strategies in Part II of the OSPAR Strategy. Measurable indicators and targets will be developed and implemented either by OSPAR Contracting Parties or, where more appropriate, within OSPAR to assess status and progress towards objectives for both OSPAR and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, based where appropriate on the European Commission Decision on criteria and methodological standards on good environmental status under Article 9(3) of the MSFD and the Ecological Quality Objectives for the North Sea.

4. Coordination in the OSPAR working structure

In the working structure of OSPAR the Strategy Committees are responsible for the full management cycle: identification of problems, setting of targets,

measures for improvement, monitoring and assessment of effectiveness of measures in relation to improvement of environmental quality and achievement of targets, review of measures. OSPAR will apply the ecosystem approach through overall and integrated management and therefore the working structure and methods require a stronger focus on coordination and integration.

The Strategy Committees will deliver their specific contribution to OSPAR’s North-East Atlantic Environment Strategy, engage with prescribed descriptors for good environmental status under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, deliver appropriate assessments (as summarised under the Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme 2010–2014), consider emerging issues, inform other Committees as relevant and constitute working Groups and / or Intersessional Correspondence Groups as appropriate to deliver annual work programmes by the OSPAR Commission.

In order to ensure integration of OSPAR work and the implementation of the ecosystem approach in line with the OSPAR Strategy, coordination is required at a high level. In accordance with this Strategy, coordination should supervise:

• implementation of the ecosystem approach, making sure that all elements for its implementation are taken into account including integrated management of human activities;

• coordination of the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive within the OSPAR Maritime Area;

• coordination and keeping under review of the Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme (JAMP) including supervision of holistic assessments of the status of the North-East Atlantic;

• key cross-cutting issues (projects) as identified by OSPAR.

• whether there is sufficient flow of information between main committees.

In carrying out coordination, particular attention should be paid to the conclusions and recommendations of the Quality Status Report (QSR 2010), this OSPAR MSFD Road Map, the Joint Assessment and Monitoring Programme (JAMP 2010–2014) and cooperation with other European Regional Sea Conventions where appropriate.


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Coordination of the implementation of the MSFD in accordance with the road map (including keeping it up-to-date)1 should

focus on the following aspects:

general• initiate closer coordination at sub-regional

level and consider establishing regional task teams if appropriate;

• facilitate making best use of the benefits of working jointly with other European Regional Sea Conventions to allow comparisons and coherence across borders of respective maritime areas;

with regard to initial assessments• identify whether any collective OSPAR actions

are necessary to address data gaps identified in the QSR 2010 to be taken forward by the Strategy Committees;

• identify further work on socio-economic aspects to be taken forward by the Strategy Committees;

with regard to determination of good environmental status and the development of associated targets and indicators• consider how far OSPAR should develop

regional targets and indicators for MSFD, taking into account developments of criteria and methodological standards in the EC;

• coordinate the work of the Strategy Committees in the development of regional targets and indicators where relevant (as an expanded set of EcoQOs or their equivalent);

with regard to monitoring and assessment• consider where collective OSPAR action on

monitoring activities (linked to GES) could most coherently and cost effectively be carried out;

• take account of new and emerging issues in the period 2010–2020 and develop a further revision of the JAMP to meet the regional monitoring requirements of the MSFD by 2014;

with regard to programmes of measures• consider whether the measures required

to achieve the objectives of the MSFD are coherent and coordinated across the OSPAR

Convention Area.

With regard to key cross-cutting issues and integration of OSPAR work, high level coordination should also address marine spatial planning, socio-economics, cumulative impacts and climate change.

An indication of proposed OSPAR products for meeting the MSFD requirements of coordination and cooperation is at Annex 2.

6 A check on coordination of a MSFD product should take place as far as possible the year before planned delivery of a product.

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ram

ewor

k D

irect

ive.

The

first

opp

ortu

nity

was

the

Mar

ine

Dire

ctor

s’ m

eetin

g

back

-to-

back

with

the

Wat

er D

irect

ors

mee

ting

on

29 M

ay 2

009

whe

re O

SPA

R ha

s pr

esen

ted

its w

ork

on

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

the

MSF

D

7 A

ny O

SPA

R re

spon

se m

ust

be a

rtic

ulat

ed w

ell i

n ad

vanc

e of

the

MSF

D p

roje

cted

dat

e (i.

e. 3

–4 y

ear

plan

ning

per

iod)

13


Dea

dlin

e fo

r

EU M

emb

er

Stat

es

MSF

D a

ctio

n f

or

EU

Mem

ber

Sta

tes

Sug

ges

ted

OSP

AR

re

spo

nse

7

Exte

nt

to w

hic

h f

urt

her

OSP

AR

wo

rk is

n

eed

ed in

clu

din

g c

om

mit

men

t fr

om

C

on

trac

tin

g P

arti

esSt

eps

(to

be)

tak

en c

olle

ctiv

ely

by

OSP

AR

2)

15 J

uly

2010

Info

rm t

he E

urop

ean

Com

mis

sion

of

any

subd

ivis

ions

of m

arin

e re

gion

s at

the

appr

opria

te le

vel o

f th

e

mar

ine

wat

ers

cove

red

by

thei

r so

vere

ignt

y or

juris

dict

ion

(Art

icle

4(2

))

Ensu

re C

ontr

actin

g Pa

rtie

s’

agre

emen

t on

the

nee

d, if

any,

to

revi

se d

elim

itatio

n

of r

egio

ns I–

V o

f th

e O

SPA

R

mar

itim

e ar

ea; c

onsi

der

if an

d ho

w t

o ad

dres

s

the

Mac

aron

esia

n bi

o-

geog

raph

ic r

egio

n ou

tsid

e

the

OSP

AR

mar

itim

e ar

ea

1)

Dis

cuss

exi

stin

g bo

unda

ries

betw

een

OSP

AR

regi

ons

I–V

and

MSF

D s

ub-r

egio

ns o

f th

e N

orth

-Eas

t A

tlant

ic

2)

Iden

tify

mat

ches

/diff

eren

ces

betw

een

them

and

tak

e in

to

acco

unt

hydr

olog

ical

, oce

anog

raph

ic a

nd b

ioge

ogra

phic

feat

ures

(see

ASM

O 0

9/2/

4)

3)

Dis

cuss

the

nee

d to

impl

emen

t a

(sub

)reg

iona

l app

roac

h

in O

SPA

R an

d, a

s ap

prop

riate

, rev

ise

its w

orki

ng s

truc

ture

4)

Invi

te S

pain

and

Por

tuga

l to

indi

cate

how

the

y w

ill

addr

ess

thei

r w

ater

s ou

tsid

e th

e O

SPA

R m

ariti

me

area

(Mad

eira

, Can

ary

Isla

nds,

par

t of

the

Azo

rean

wat

er s

outh

of 3

6° N

), an

d w

heth

er c

erta

in O

SPA

R pr

oces

ses

coul

d be

of b

enefi

t to

the

ir m

arin

e st

rate

gies

in t

hese

wat

ers

1)

On

the

basi

s of

the

wor

k of

ICG

-Ber

gen

as id

entifi

ed

unde

r 1)

abo

ve, O

SPA

R 20

09 a

gree

d th

at if

the

re is

a

need

for

a s

tron

ger

focu

s on

sub

-reg

ions

in O

SPA

R’s

wor

k to

con

trib

ute

to t

he im

plem

enta

tion

of t

he M

SFD

,

any

regi

onal

app

roac

h sh

ould

be

inte

grat

ed in

the

stru

ctur

e w

here

app

ropr

iate

, and

not

for

m t

he b

asis

for

the

stru

ctur

e

2)

On

the

basi

s of

wor

k un

der

BDC

200

9 an

d A

SMO

200

9,

HO

D M

ay 2

009

invi

ted

CPs

/MS

to s

peci

fy in

itial

boun

darie

s of

the

ir m

arin

e st

rate

gies

with

in O

SPA

R

3)

15 J

uly

2010

Dev

elop

men

t of

crit

eria

and

met

hodo

logi

cal s

tand

ards

for

the

dete

rmin

atio

n of

GES

in

Regu

lato

ry C

omm

ittee

so

at

to e

nsur

e co

nsis

tenc

y an

d to

allo

w f

or c

ompa

rison

bet

wee

n

mar

ine

regi

ons

or s

ub-r

egio

ns

of t

he e

xten

t to

whi

ch G

ES

is b

eing

ach

ieve

d. B

efor

e

prop

osin

g su

ch c

riter

ia a

nd

stan

dard

s th

e EC

sha

ll co

nsul

t

all i

nter

este

d pa

rtie

s, in

clud

ing

Regi

onal

Sea

Con

vent

ions

(Art

icle

9(3

))

Con

trib

ute

MSF

D C

omm

on

Impl

emen

tatio

n St

rate

gy

and

rela

ted

EC w

orki

ng

grou

ps b

y m

akin

g av

aila

ble

expe

rienc

e:

• on

the

dev

elop

men

t an

d

appl

icat

ion

of E

coQ

Os,

EAC

s an

d BC

s w

ithin

thi

s

proc

ess

• on

the

dev

elop

men

t an

d

appl

icat

ion

of m

onito

ring

guid

elin

es a

nd r

epor

ting

with

in t

his

proc

ess

(che

mic

al m

onito

ring

and

asse

ssm

ent,

bio

dive

rsity

mon

itorin

g an

d

asse

ssm

ent)

1)

In t

he li

ght

of t

he e

valu

atio

n of

exi

stin

g Ec

oQO

s,

Con

trac

ting

Part

ies

to d

iscu

ss a

nd a

gree

on

the

exte

nt t

o

whi

ch:

(i) t

he a

ppro

ach

can

be u

sed

for

the

who

le O

SPA

R

mar

itim

e ar

ea (e

.g. i

n ar

eas

of 2

00 m

dep

th a

nd b

eyon

d)

(ii) t

he in

dica

tors

cou

ld b

e us

ed in

OSP

AR

regi

ons

othe

r

than

the

Gre

ater

Nor

th S

ea, a

nd (i

ii) w

heth

er t

here

is a

need

for

oth

er in

dica

tors

in t

hose

reg

ions

(iii)

any

adap

tatio

ns o

r ad

just

men

ts n

eces

sary

whi

lst

ackn

owle

dgin

g di

ffer

ence

s in

cer

tain

reg

ions

betw

een

coas

tal w

ater

s an

d ex

tern

al w

ater

s (o

pen

sea)

(see

doc

umen

t M

ASH

08/

3/10

: Set

ting

biod

iver

sity

mon

itorin

g an

d in

dica

tors

sys

tem

s be

yond

the

Nor

th S

ea)

2)

Furt

her

deve

lop

the

outli

ne w

ork

plan

for

del

iver

y of

biod

iver

sity

ass

essm

ent

and

mon

itorin

g re

quire

men

ts f

or

MSF

D a

nd O

SPA

R

(see

Sum

mar

y Re

cord

BD

C 0

9/11

/1: P

rogr

amm

e of

wor

k fo

r O

SPA

R bi

odiv

ersi

ty m

onito

ring

and

asse

ssm

ent

2009

/201

0)

1)

The

OSP

AR

Secr

etar

iat

has

prov

ided

the

EC

and

the

JRC

/ICES

GES

tas

k gr

oups

with

info

rmat

ion

on

exis

ting

and

ongo

ing

OSP

AR

wor

k re

leva

nt t

o th

e

deve

lopm

ent

of c

omm

on c

riter

ia, m

etho

dolo

gica

l

stan

dard

s an

d m

onito

ring

guid

elin

es (s

ee A

nnex

1 t

o

docu

men

t IC

G-B

erge

n 08

/2/In

fo.2

). In

form

atio

n ha

s

also

bee

n di

ssem

inat

ed d

urin

g th

e Br

est

conf

eren

ce o

n

9–11

Dec

embe

r 20

08

2)

Follo

win

g co

nsul

tatio

n of

HO

Ds,

the

Sec

reta

riat,

has

info

rmed

the

EC

on

the

nom

inat

ion

of O

SPA

R ob

serv

ers

avai

labl

e fo

r th

e JR

C/IC

ES t

ask

grou

ps w

orki

ng in

200

9–

2010

on

the

deve

lopm

ent

of c

riter

ia a

nd m

etho

dolo

gica

l

stan

dard

s fo

r th

e G

ES d

escr

ipto

rs s

o as

to

cont

ribut

e

OSP

AR

expe

rtis

e to

thi

s w

ork

HO

D M

ay 2

009

has

prov

ided

gui

danc

e to

OSP

AR

obse

rver

s

atte

ndin

g th

ese

grou

ps. O

SPA

R 20

09 h

as e

ndor

sed

thes

e

arra

ngem

ents

14


Dea

dlin

e fo

r

EU M

emb

er

Stat

es

MSF

D a

ctio

n f

or

EU

Mem

ber

Sta

tes

Sug

ges

ted

OSP

AR

re

spo

nse

7

Exte

nt

to w

hic

h f

urt

her

OSP

AR

wo

rk is

n

eed

ed in

clu

din

g c

om

mit

men

t fr

om

C

on

trac

tin

g P

arti

esSt

eps

(to

be)

tak

en c

olle

ctiv

ely

by

OSP

AR

3)

Follo

win

g co

nsul

tatio

n of

HO

Ds,

the

Sec

reta

riat

has

info

rmed

the

EC

tha

t th

e Ex

ecut

ive

Secr

etar

y or

his

nom

inee

will

rep

rese

nt O

SPA

R as

a r

egio

nal s

ea

conv

entio

n pa

rtic

ipat

ing

in t

he E

U M

arin

e St

rate

gy

Coo

rdin

atio

n G

roup

(MSC

G),

the

Wor

king

Gro

up o

n go

od

envi

ronm

enta

l sta

tus

(GES

), th

e W

orki

ng G

roup

on

data

,

info

rmat

ion

and

know

ledg

e ex

chan

ge (D

IKE)

and

the

Wor

king

Gro

up o

n Ec

onom

ic a

nd S

ocia

l Ass

essm

ent

(ESA

)

4)

15 J

uly

2012

Com

plet

e an

initi

al a

sses

smen

ts

of t

he c

urre

nt s

tatu

s of

thei

r m

arin

e w

ater

s an

d th

e

envi

ronm

enta

l im

pact

of

hum

an a

ctiv

ities

the

reon

, in

resp

ect

of e

ach

mar

ine

regi

on

or s

ub-r

egio

n, t

akin

g ac

coun

t

of e

xist

ing

data

whe

re a

vaila

ble

and

othe

r re

leva

nt a

sses

smen

ts

such

as

thos

e ca

rrie

d ou

t jo

intly

in t

he c

onte

xt o

f Re

gion

al S

eas

Con

vent

ions

(Art

icle

8(1

))

Ensu

re t

hat

QSR

201

0

deliv

ers

info

rmat

ion

com

patib

le w

ith A

nnex

III, M

SFD

tha

t is

nat

iona

lly

attr

ibut

able

and

the

refo

re

prov

idin

g a

basi

s fo

r M

embe

r

Stat

es’ r

epor

ts

1)

Dis

cuss

how

the

QSR

201

0 w

ill f

ulfil

the

req

uire

men

ts f

or

regi

onal

coo

pera

tion

and

how

it r

elat

es t

o M

embe

r St

ate

oblig

atio

ns t

o ca

rry

out

initi

al a

sses

smen

ts

2)

Dis

cuss

wha

t an

d ho

w O

SPA

R ca

n co

ntrib

ute

to

esta

blis

hing

gui

danc

e on

a s

uita

bly

coor

dina

ted

appr

oach

to s

ocia

l and

eco

nom

ic a

naly

sis

and

the

estim

atio

n of

the

cost

of

degr

adat

ion

of t

he m

arin

e en

viro

nmen

t

(EIH

A 2

009

has

prep

ared

an

over

view

of

exis

ting

proj

ects

and

avai

labl

e m

etho

dolo

gies

for

eco

nom

ic a

nd s

ocia

l

anal

ysis

of

the

use

of m

arin

e w

ater

s an

d th

e co

st o

f

degr

adat

ion

and

optio

ns o

n ho

w t

o pr

ogre

ss w

ork

on

soci

o-ec

onom

ic a

sses

smen

ts o

f th

e N

orth

-Eas

t A

tlant

ic.

This

will

con

stitu

te a

firs

t st

ockt

akin

g be

fore

MM

C

2010

. IC

G-B

erge

n sh

ould

con

side

r ho

w t

o in

corp

orat

e

soci

o-ec

onom

ic a

spec

ts in

OSP

AR

wor

k in

the

fut

ure,

incl

udin

g ha

rmon

isat

ion

of a

ppro

ache

s an

d in

volv

emen

t

of a

ppro

pria

te e

xper

ts, a

s pa

rt o

f th

e re

visi

on o

f th

e

stra

tegi

es a

s w

ell a

s ho

w t

o gi

ve t

he e

cono

mic

s of

ecos

yste

ms

and

biod

iver

sity

ade

quat

e pr

ofile

dur

ing

MM

C 2

010)

Oth

er O

SPA

R bo

dies

sho

uld

be e

ncou

rage

d to

con

trib

ute

to s

uch

stoc

ktak

ing

in t

he 2

009/

2010

inte

rses

sion

al p

erio

d

1)

Base

d on

ear

lier

agre

emen

ts, O

SPA

R 20

10 p

ublis

hed

the

QSR

201

0 as

an

over

arch

ing

colle

ctiv

e as

sess

men

t

of t

he s

tatu

s of

the

OSP

AR

mar

itim

e ar

ea w

ith a

vie

w t

o

prio

ritis

ing

colle

ctiv

e O

SPA

R ac

tions

whi

lst

also

foc

ussi

ng

on c

erta

in s

peci

fic is

sues

rel

evan

t to

cer

tain

reg

ions

(I–V

); th

e JA

MP

asse

ssm

ents

and

the

ir un

derly

ing

data

shou

ld p

rovi

de r

obus

t in

form

atio

n fo

r th

e na

tiona

l lev

el

asse

ssm

ents

whi

ch C

ontr

actin

g Pa

rtie

s ha

ve t

o pr

epar

e

2)

Con

trac

ting

Part

ies

to e

stab

lish

clos

er c

oord

inat

ion

at

sub-

regi

onal

leve

l to

coop

erat

e on

the

est

ablis

hmen

t of

thei

r in

itial

ass

essm

ents

and

, the

refo

re, C

oG 2

010

to

cons

ider

to

esta

blis

h re

gion

al t

ask

team

s, if

nec

essa

ry

(see

row

2, i

nden

t 1

in c

olum

n 5)

3)

Base

d on

pro

posa

ls f

rom

EIH

A 2

009/

BDC

201

0,

OSP

AR

2010

agr

eed

on f

urth

er w

ork

on a

reg

iona

l

soci

o-ec

onom

ic a

naly

sis

for

the

mar

itim

e ar

ea

15


Dea

dlin

e fo

r

EU M

emb

er

Stat

es

MSF

D a

ctio

n f

or

EU

Mem

ber

Sta

tes

Sug

ges

ted

OSP

AR

re

spo

nse

7

Exte

nt

to w

hic

h f

urt

her

OSP

AR

wo

rk is

n

eed

ed in

clu

din

g c

om

mit

men

t fr

om

C

on

trac

tin

g P

arti

esSt

eps

(to

be)

tak

en c

olle

ctiv

ely

by

OSP

AR

5)

15 J

uly

2012

Det

erm

ine

for

the

mar

ine

wat

ers

a se

t of

cha

ract

eris

tics

for

GES

, in

resp

ect

of e

ach

mar

ine

regi

on o

r su

b-re

gion

conc

erne

d, o

n th

e ba

sis

of

the

qual

itativ

e de

scrip

tors

in A

nnex

I an

d ta

king

into

acco

unt

the

indi

cativ

e lis

ts o

f

Ann

ex II

I (A

rtic

le 9

(1))

Mem

ber

Stat

es d

ialo

gue

on

Regi

onal

Impl

emen

tatio

n

Fram

ewor

k (R

IF) w

ithin

OSP

AR

and

in c

olla

bora

tion

with

oth

er R

egio

nal S

ea

Con

vent

ions

; wor

k ef

ficie

ntly

by o

ffer

ing

an a

ltern

ativ

e

to la

borio

us a

nd c

ostly

impl

emen

tatio

n un

der

the

WFD

CIS

arr

ange

men

ts

1)

Dep

endi

ng o

n th

e re

sults

of

step

3, d

iscu

ss a

nd a

gree

to

esta

blis

h a

set

of c

hara

cter

istic

s fo

r G

ES a

t (s

ub)r

egio

nal

leve

l coo

rdin

ated

with

oth

er r

egio

nal s

ea c

onve

ntio

ns o

n

the

boun

darie

s of

the

rel

evan

t co

nven

tions

(See

doc

umen

t O

SPA

R 08

/7/2

: Eva

luat

ion

of t

he O

SPA

R

syst

em o

f Ec

olog

ical

Qua

lity

Obj

ectiv

es f

or t

he N

orth

Sea,

in p

artic

ular

Ann

ex 1

: The

mat

ic c

ross

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paris

on

of g

oals

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ateg

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and

obje

ctiv

es, i

nclu

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pos

sibl

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indi

cato

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arge

ts o

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scrip

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ectin

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envi

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logi

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tatu

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eren

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tern

atio

nal

fram

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his

requ

ires

mor

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an o

nly

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ssin

g on

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riter

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etho

dolo

gica

l

stan

dard

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r G

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ill b

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adin

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d m

ay e

mbr

ace

the

conc

ept

of E

coQ

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win

g th

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scus

sion

on

esta

blis

hing

the

QSR

201

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and

the

initi

al a

sses

smen

ts o

f M

embe

r St

ates

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disc

uss

coor

dina

tion

issu

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rthe

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tegi

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xper

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the

est

ablis

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tern

atio

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irect

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spec

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com

mon

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sus

natio

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iver

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anag

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plan

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part

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ates

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vite

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urth

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vent

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how

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fou

r

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pean

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iona

l Sea

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vent

ions

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ld b

enefi

t fr

om

each

oth

er a

ppro

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s an

d w

ork

tow

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a R

IF t

o al

low

com

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orde

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eir

mar

itim

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eas;

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to

colle

ctiv

ely

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ess

data

issu

es; O

SPA

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10 t

o

be in

form

ed a

bout

pro

gres

s on

the

se d

iscu

ssio

ns. A

ny

disc

ussi

ons

shou

ld b

e w

ell c

oord

inat

ed w

ith d

iscu

ssio

ns

taki

ng p

lace

at

EU le

vel t

o av

oid

dupl

icat

ion

of e

ffor

t

2)

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201

0 to

iden

tify

on h

ow a

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hat

to a

ddre

ss

colle

ctiv

ely

at t

he le

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e m

ariti

me

area

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shou

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rtie

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-reg

iona

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leve

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ir ow

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lso

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ess

mon

itorin

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pect

s of

GES

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wha

t ne

eds

coor

dina

tion/

coop

erat

ion

with

oth

er R

egio

nal S

ea C

onve

ntio

ns

6)

15 J

uly

2012

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blis

h a

com

preh

ensi

ve s

et

of e

nviro

nmen

tal t

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ts a

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ciat

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mar

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espe

ct o

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each

mar

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on o

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b-

regi

on, s

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to

guid

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ogre

ss

tow

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ach

ievi

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ES, t

akin

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into

acc

ount

the

indi

cativ

e lis

ts

of A

nnex

III,

tabl

e 2

and

of

Ann

ex IV

(Art

icle

10(

1))

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ng a

ccou

nt o

f cr

iteria

and

met

hodo

logi

cal s

tand

ards

for

GES

est

ablis

hed

in t

he

EC (A

rt. 2

5 C

omm

ittee

, mid

2010

), re

view

the

set

of

OSP

AR

EcoQ

Os

for

the

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th

Sea

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toge

ther

with

the

wor

k of

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BAM

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the

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lts in

to t

he p

roce

ss

of t

he r

evis

ion

of t

he J

AM

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elop

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ring

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se t

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lly c

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win

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r co

here

nce

and

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iste

ncy

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as

appr

opria

te,

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k to

war

ds a

com

mon

set

of

targ

ets

and

asso

ciat

ed

indi

cato

rs f

or t

he m

arin

e re

gion

or

its s

ubre

gion

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king

into

acc

ount

rel

evan

t tr

ansb

ound

ary

impa

cts

depe

ndin

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pres

sure

s (g

uide

d by

the

con

clus

ions

of

the

QSR

201

0) a

nd

taki

ng a

ccou

nt o

f ex

perie

nce

with

OSP

AR

EcoQ

Os

OSP

AR

2010

agr

eed

on a

pro

cess

for

pro

posi

ng a

nd

cons

ider

ing

any

envi

ronm

enta

l tar

gets

and

ass

ocia

ted

indi

cato

rs t

o be

ado

pted

at

the

regi

onal

leve

l

OSP

AR

2012

to

agre

e, if

dee

med

nec

essa

ry, o

n a

com

mon

set

of e

nviro

nmen

tal t

arge

ts a

nd a

ssoc

iate

d in

dica

tors

at

the

leve

l of

the

mar

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regi

on o

r su

breg

ion,

tak

ing

acco

unt

of

Con

trac

ting

Part

ies’

nat

iona

l obl

igat

ions

und

er t

he D

irect

ive

16


Dea

dlin

e fo

r

EU M

emb

er

Stat

es

MSF

D a

ctio

n f

or

EU

Mem

ber

Sta

tes

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ges

ted

OSP

AR

re

spo

nse

7

Exte

nt

to w

hic

h f

urt

her

OSP

AR

wo

rk is

n

eed

ed in

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din

g c

om

mit

men

t fr

om

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on

trac

tin

g P

arti

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be)

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ctiv

ely

by

OSP

AR

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013

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late

st

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e pu

blic

ly a

vaila

ble,

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espe

ct o

f ea

ch m

arin

e

regi

on o

r su

b-re

gion

, rel

evan

t

info

rmat

ion

on m

arin

e

prot

ecte

d ar

eas

(Art

icle

13(

6))

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ee b

y 20

10 o

n a

cohe

rent

and

repr

esen

tativ

e ne

twor

k

of m

arin

e pr

otec

ted

area

s in

the

OSP

AR

mar

itim

e ar

ea

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e co

mpl

eted

at

a la

ter

stag

eTo

be

com

plet

ed a

t a

late

r st

age

8)

15 J

uly

2014

Esta

blis

h an

d im

plem

ent

a co

ordi

nate

d m

onito

ring

prog

ram

me

for

ongo

ing

asse

ssm

ent

of t

he

envi

ronm

enta

l sta

tus

of t

heir

mar

ine

wat

ers

on t

he b

asis

of

the

indi

cativ

e lis

ts o

f el

emen

ts

set

out

in A

nnex

III a

nd t

he

list

set

out

in A

nnex

V, a

nd b

y

refe

renc

e to

the

env

ironm

enta

l

targ

ets

(Art

icle

11(

1))

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ew a

nd r

evis

e th

e JA

MP

(incl

. CEM

P, C

AM

P, R

ID)

by 2

010

in o

rder

to

mat

ch

the

need

to

esta

blis

h a

coor

dina

ted

mon

itorin

g

prog

ram

me

draw

ing

on

coop

erat

ion

with

EM

MA

or

its s

ucce

ssor

(i.e

. wor

king

grou

p un

der

MSF

D C

IS) t

o

ensu

re c

ompa

tibili

ty o

f JA

MP

with

Ann

exes

II a

nd IV

and

esta

blis

hed

envi

ronm

enta

l

targ

ets

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cuss

and

agr

ee o

n de

velo

ping

, exp

andi

ng a

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ptim

isin

g

the

mon

itorin

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ogra

mm

e to

del

iver

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t is

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uire

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d

focu

s on

met

hodo

logi

es a

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ualit

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sura

nce.

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k to

sha

re

resp

onsi

bilit

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een

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trac

ting

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ies.

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any

gap

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onito

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win

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ncia

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7th

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rogr

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e fu

rthe

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mpl

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step

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3–6

1)

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posa

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rom

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ther

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erne

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SPA

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t is

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tabl

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to s

erve

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a fir

st c

omm

on a

ppro

ach

for

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trac

ting

Part

ies

to p

repa

re f

or t

he im

plem

enta

tion

of t

he M

SFD

coor

dina

ted

mon

itorin

g pr

ogra

mm

e an

d is

suf

ficie

ntly

flexi

ble

to t

ake

acco

unt

of n

ew a

nd e

mer

ging

issu

es in

the

perio

d 20

10–2

020

2)

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ry o

ut t

he s

econ

d ph

ase

of t

he r

evis

ion

of t

he J

AM

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by 2

014

for

the

perio

d up

to

2020

9)

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015

at

the

late

st

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tify

the

mea

sure

s w

hich

need

to

be t

aken

in o

rder

to a

chie

ve o

r m

aint

ain

GES

(Art

icle

13(

1))

Ensu

re t

hat

Mem

ber

Stat

es’

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ram

mes

of

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sure

s

are

wel

l coo

rdin

ated

und

er

the

ausp

ices

of

OSP

AR

and

are

com

patib

le w

ith t

he g

oal

of a

chie

ving

or

mai

ntai

ning

GES

and

col

lect

ivel

y id

entif

y

furt

her

mea

sure

s if

nece

ssar

y

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mpl

eted

at

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ter

stag

eTo

be

com

plet

ed a

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late

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age

10)

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at

the

late

st

Entr

y in

to o

pera

tion

of a

prog

ram

me

of m

easu

res

(Art

icle

13(

10))

17


Dea

dlin

e fo

r

EU M

emb

er

Stat

es

MSF

D a

ctio

n f

or

EU

Mem

ber

Sta

tes

Sug

ges

ted

OSP

AR

re

spo

nse

7

Exte

nt

to w

hic

h f

urt

her

OSP

AR

wo

rk is

n

eed

ed in

clu

din

g c

om

mit

men

t fr

om

C

on

trac

tin

g P

arti

esSt

eps

(to

be)

tak

en c

olle

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by

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AR

7)

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013

at

the

late

st

Mak

e pu

blic

ly a

vaila

ble,

in r

espe

ct o

f ea

ch m

arin

e

regi

on o

r su

b-re

gion

, rel

evan

t

info

rmat

ion

on m

arin

e

prot

ecte

d ar

eas

(Art

icle

13(

6))

Agr

ee b

y 20

10 o

n a

cohe

rent

and

repr

esen

tativ

e ne

twor

k

of m

arin

e pr

otec

ted

area

s in

the

OSP

AR

mar

itim

e ar

ea

To b

e co

mpl

eted

at

a la

ter

stag

eTo

be

com

plet

ed a

t a

late

r st

age

8)

15 J

uly

2014

Esta

blis

h an

d im

plem

ent

a co

ordi

nate

d m

onito

ring

prog

ram

me

for

ongo

ing

asse

ssm

ent

of t

he

envi

ronm

enta

l sta

tus

of t

heir

mar

ine

wat

ers

on t

he b

asis

of

the

indi

cativ

e lis

ts o

f el

emen

ts

set

out

in A

nnex

III a

nd t

he

list

set

out

in A

nnex

V, a

nd b

y

refe

renc

e to

the

env

ironm

enta

l

targ

ets

(Art

icle

11(

1))

Revi

ew a

nd r

evis

e th

e JA

MP

(incl

. CEM

P, C

AM

P, R

ID)

by 2

010

in o

rder

to

mat

ch

the

need

to

esta

blis

h a

coor

dina

ted

mon

itorin

g

prog

ram

me

draw

ing

on

coop

erat

ion

with

EM

MA

or

its s

ucce

ssor

(i.e

. wor

king

grou

p un

der

MSF

D C

IS) t

o

ensu

re c

ompa

tibili

ty o

f JA

MP

with

Ann

exes

II a

nd IV

and

esta

blis

hed

envi

ronm

enta

l

targ

ets

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cuss

and

agr

ee o

n de

velo

ping

, exp

andi

ng a

nd o

ptim

isin

g

the

mon

itorin

g pr

ogra

mm

e to

del

iver

wha

t is

req

uire

d an

d

focu

s on

met

hodo

logi

es a

nd q

ualit

y as

sura

nce.

See

k to

sha

re

resp

onsi

bilit

ies

betw

een

Con

trac

ting

Part

ies.

Fill

any

gap

s

of m

onito

ring

data

dra

win

g on

fina

ncia

l sup

port

of

the

7th

Fram

ewor

k Re

sear

ch P

rogr

amm

e

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e fu

rthe

r co

mpl

eted

at

a la

ter

stag

e, d

epen

ding

on

step

s

3–6

1)

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the

basi

s of

pro

posa

ls f

rom

ASM

O a

nd o

ther

Com

mitt

ees

conc

erne

d, O

SPA

R 20

10 a

gree

d on

a

revi

sed

JAM

P 20

10–2

014

(firs

t ph

ase)

tha

t is

sui

tabl

e

to s

erve

as

a fir

st c

omm

on a

ppro

ach

for

Con

trac

ting

Part

ies

to p

repa

re f

or t

he im

plem

enta

tion

of t

he M

SFD

coor

dina

ted

mon

itorin

g pr

ogra

mm

e an

d is

suf

ficie

ntly

flexi

ble

to t

ake

acco

unt

of n

ew a

nd e

mer

ging

issu

es in

the

perio

d 20

10–2

020

2)

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ry o

ut t

he s

econ

d ph

ase

of t

he r

evis

ion

of t

he J

AM

P

by 2

014

for

the

perio

d up

to

2020

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015

at

the

late

st

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tify

the

mea

sure

s w

hich

need

to

be t

aken

in o

rder

to a

chie

ve o

r m

aint

ain

GES

(Art

icle

13(

1))

Ensu

re t

hat

Mem

ber

Stat

es’

Prog

ram

mes

of

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sure

s

are

wel

l coo

rdin

ated

und

er

the

ausp

ices

of

OSP

AR

and

are

com

patib

le w

ith t

he g

oal

of a

chie

ving

or

mai

ntai

ning

GES

and

col

lect

ivel

y id

entif

y

furt

her

mea

sure

s if

nece

ssar

y

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at

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com

plet

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late

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age

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at

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late

st

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y in

to o

pera

tion

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prog

ram

me

of m

easu

res

(Art

icle

13(

10))

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dlin

e fo

r

EU M

emb

er

Stat

es

MSF

D a

ctio

n f

or

EU

Mem

ber

Sta

tes

Sug

ges

ted

OSP

AR

re

spo

nse

7

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nt

to w

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h f

urt

her

OSP

AR

wo

rk is

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eed

ed in

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om

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om

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on

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as

prov

ided

for

in A

rtic

les

8(1)

and

9(1)

res

pect

ivel

y (a

rt. 1

7(2)

(a))

Revi

ew o

f th

e en

viro

nmen

tal

targ

ets

esta

blis

hed

purs

uant

to

Art

icle

10(

1) (a

rt. 1

7(2)

(b))

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re (s

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ring

prog

ram

mes

est

ablis

hed

purs

uant

to

Art

icle

11(

1)

(art

. 17(

2)(c

)

Ensu

re (s

ub)r

egio

nal

coop

erat

ion

and

coor

dina

tion

on t

his

revi

ew

To b

e co

mpl

eted

at

a la

ter

stag

e, d

epen

ding

on

step

s 8

and

11

To b

e co

mpl

eted

at

a la

ter

stag

e

13)

2020

at

the

late

stA

chie

ve g

ood

envi

ronm

enta

l

stat

us

Wor

k to

war

ds e

stab

lishi

ng a

QSR

202

0 on

the

bas

is o

f a

revi

sed

JAM

P

To b

e co

mpl

eted

at

a la

ter

stag

eTo

be

com

plet

ed a

t a

late

r st

age

14)

2021

at

the

late

stRe

view

the

pro

gram

mes

of

mea

sure

s es

tabl

ishe

d pu

rsua

nt

to A

rtic

le 1

3(2)

(art

. 17(

2)(d

)

Ensu

re (s

ub)r

egio

nal

coop

erat

ion

and

coor

dina

tion

on t

his

revi

ew

draw

ing

on t

he o

utco

me

of

the

QSR

202

0

To b

e co

mpl

eted

at

a la

ter

stag

e, d

epen

ding

on

step

s 9,

11

and

13

To b

e co

mpl

eted

at

a la

ter

stag

e

18


An

nex

2 O

SPA

R c

oo

rdin

atio

n p

rod

uct

s. G

ener

al r

emar

k: T

he

init

iati

on

of

wo

rk, a

nd

a c

hec

k w

her

e w

e ar

e o

ne

year

ah

ead

fo

r al

l th

ese

acti

viti

es, s

ho

uld

be

incl

ud

ed in

th

e O

SPA

R W

ork

Pro

gra

mm

es a

nd

th

e JA

MP

Imp

lem

enta

tio

n P

lan

.

MSF

D p

rod

uct

Tim

ing

Pro

po

sed

OSP

AR

pro

du

ctB

ased

on

Reg

ion

al

cove

rag

e

1)

Initi

al a

sses

smen

t by

15

July

201

2

OSP

AR

2012

Repo

rt f

rom

OSP

AR

on t

he r

esul

ts o

f co

ordi

natio

n in

the

per

iod

2010

-mid

201

2 of

initi

al a

sses

smen

ts b

y C

ontr

actin

g Pa

rtie

s, a

ddin

g to

the

QSR

201

0 fo

r e.

g.:

• an

y ad

ditio

nal i

ndic

ator

s fo

r as

sess

men

t, r

esul

ting

from

the

EC

proc

ess

• so

cio-

econ

omic

ana

lysi

s

Indi

catio

n of

prio

ritie

s at

the

leve

l of

the

mar

ine

regi

on, g

uide

d by

pred

omin

ant

pres

sure

s an

d im

pact

s

Exis

ting

info

rmat

ion

from

Con

trac

ting

Part

ies,

QSR

201

0 as

a b

asis

Dev

elop

men

ts in

EC

wor

k on

indi

cato

rs f

or a

sses

smen

t re

latin

g to

char

acte

ristic

s, p

ress

ures

and

impa

cts

(crit

eria

and

met

hodo

logi

cal

stan

dard

s)

Dev

elop

men

ts in

OSP

AR/

EC w

ork

on s

ocio

-eco

nom

ic a

naly

sis

Mar

itim

e A

rea

2)

Des

crip

tion

of G

ES b

y 15

July

201

2

OSP

AR

2012

Repo

rt f

rom

OSP

AR

on t

he r

esul

ts o

f co

ordi

natio

n in

the

per

iod

2010

– m

id 2

012

of t

he d

eter

min

atio

n by

Con

trac

ting

Part

ies

of a

set

of

char

acte

ristic

s fo

r G

ES (n

atur

e: q

ualit

ativ

e de

scrip

tive)

Indi

catio

n of

prio

ritie

s at

the

leve

l of

the

mar

ine

regi

on, g

uide

d by

pred

omin

ant

pres

sure

s an

d im

pact

s

Exis

ting

info

rmat

ion

from

Con

trac

ting

Part

ies,

QSR

201

0 as

a b

asis

Exis

ting

OSP

AR

obje

ctiv

es

Dev

elop

men

ts in

EC

wor

k on

des

crip

tors

(crit

eria

and

met

hodo

logi

cal

stan

dard

s)

Mar

itim

e A

rea

and

OSP

AR

Regi

ons

whe

re

nece

ssar

y

3)

Com

preh

ensi

ve s

et o

f

envi

ronm

enta

l tar

gets

and

asso

ciat

ed in

dica

tors

by 1

5 Ju

ly 2

012

OSP

AR

2012

OSP

AR

Agr

eem

ent

on a

coo

rdin

ated

set

of

targ

ets

and

indi

cato

rs

(nat

ure:

qua

ntita

tive

desc

riptiv

e) a

s a

resu

lt of

wor

k by

Con

trac

ting

Part

ies

carr

ied

out

in p

aral

lel w

ith 1

) and

2) a

bove

Indi

catio

n of

prio

ritie

s at

the

leve

l of

the

mar

ine

regi

on a

nd t

he s

ub-

regi

ons

whe

re n

eces

sary

, gui

ded

by p

redo

min

ant

pres

sure

s an

d im

pact

s

Exis

ting

info

rmat

ion

from

Con

trac

ting

Part

ies,

QSR

201

0 as

a b

asis

Exis

ting

OSP

AR

obje

ctiv

es a

nd t

arge

ts

Dev

elop

men

ts in

EC

wor

k on

des

crip

tors

(crit

eria

and

met

hodo

logi

cal

stan

dard

s)

JAM

P 20

10–2

014:

incl

ude

addi

tiona

l wor

k re

quire

d, a

lso

on p

ress

ures

Mar

itim

e A

rea

and

OSP

AR

Regi

ons

whe

re

nece

ssar

y

4)

Info

rmat

ion

on M

arin

e

Prot

ecte

d A

reas

by

2013

OSP

AR

2013

Repo

rt f

rom

OSP

AR

on t

he r

esul

ts o

f co

ordi

natio

n of

the

wor

k in

esta

blis

hing

an

ecol

ogic

ally

coh

eren

t ne

twor

k of

wel

l-man

aged

mar

ine

prot

ecte

d ar

eas

Repo

rts

from

Con

trac

ting

Part

ies

on t

he im

plem

enta

tion

of O

SPA

R

Reco

mm

enda

tion

2003

/3

Mar

itim

e A

rea

19


MSF

D p

rod

uct

Tim

ing

Pro

po

sed

OSP

AR

pro

du

ctB

ased

on

Reg

ion

al

cove

rag

e

5)

Mon

itorin

g pr

ogra

mm

e

by 1

5 Ju

ly 2

014

OSP

AR

2014

Ado

ptio

n of

a r

evis

ed C

oord

inat

ed O

SPA

R M

onito

ring

Prog

ram

me

(CEM

P) in

clud

ing

biol

ogic

al m

onito

ring

and

info

rmat

ion

colle

ctio

n on

pres

sure

s (R

ID, C

AM

P, h

uman

act

iviti

es, m

onito

ring

stra

tegi

es p

riorit

y

subs

tanc

es))

Wor

k so

far

car

ried

out

unde

r ro

ws

1–3

Any

EC

dev

elop

men

ts c

once

rnin

g m

onito

ring

and

data

col

lect

ion

JAM

P 20

10–2

014:

incl

ude

the

nece

ssar

y w

ork

requ

ired

for

the

purp

ose

of e

stab

lishi

ng t

his

coor

dina

ted

mon

itorin

g pr

ogra

mm

e

JAM

P po

st 2

014:

incl

ude

the

impl

emen

tatio

n of

thi

s pr

ogra

mm

e

Mar

itim

e A

rea

6)

Prog

ram

me

of m

easu

res

by 2

015

OSP

AR

2015

Repo

rt f

rom

OSP

AR

on t

he r

esul

ts o

f th

e co

ordi

natio

n of

pro

gram

mes

of m

easu

res

of C

ontr

actin

g Pa

rtie

s

Indi

catio

n of

prio

ritie

s at

the

leve

l of

the

mar

ine

regi

on, g

uide

d by

pred

omin

ant

pres

sure

s an

d im

pact

s

Iden

tifica

tion

of m

easu

res

by o

ther

com

pete

nt in

tern

atio

nal o

rgan

isat

ions

Exis

ting

OSP

AR

prog

ram

mes

and

mea

sure

s

Dev

elop

men

t of

mea

sure

s in

oth

er in

tern

atio

nal o

rgan

isat

ions

Re-e

mph

asis

e co

oper

atio

n w

ith o

ther

inte

rnat

iona

l org

anis

atio

ns, n

ot

only

on

nece

ssar

y m

easu

res

but

also

on

the

colle

ctiv

e id

entifi

catio

n of

prob

lem

s (C

FP, I

MO

, REA

CH

, etc

.)

Mar

itim

e A

rea

7)

Revi

ew o

f in

itial

asse

ssm

ent,

desc

riptio

n of

GES

and

envi

ronm

enta

l tar

gets

and

indi

cato

rs b

y

15 J

uly

2018

OSP

AR

2018

Repo

rt f

rom

OSP

AR

on c

oord

inat

ion

activ

ities

and

rev

ised

Agr

eem

ent

for

targ

ets

and

indi

cato

rs a

s ne

cess

ary

(see

row

s 1–

3 ab

ove)

Acc

ordi

ng t

o de

velo

pmen

ts in

the

per

iod

2012

–201

8M

ariti

me

Are

a (O

SPA

R

Regi

ons

whe

re

nece

ssar

y fo

r ta

rget

s

and

indi

cato

rs)

8)

Revi

ew o

f m

onito

ring

prog

ram

me

by

15 J

uly

2020

and

indi

catio

n of

achi

evem

ent

of G

ES b

y

2020

OSP

AR

2020

Revi

ew o

f co

ordi

nate

d m

onito

ring

prog

ram

me

Acc

ordi

ng t

o de

velo

pmen

ts in

the

per

iod

2014

–202

0M

ariti

me

Are

a

9)

Revi

ew o

f pr

ogra

mm

e of

mea

sure

s by

202

1

OSP

AR

2021

Repo

rt f

rom

OSP

AR

on t

he r

evie

w o

f pr

ogra

mm

es o

f m

easu

res

(see

row

6 a

bove

Acc

ordi

ng t

o de

velo

pmen

ts in

the

per

iod

2015

–202

1M

ariti

me

Are

a

OSPAR running head

Executive summary






Récapitulatif






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