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The MSFD is transposed into national law for the four estuaries by:
The operational implementation of the MSFD within each of the four TIDE estuaries is shown on four schematic frameworks detailing how the directive has been implemented from a top-down basis (see Appendix 3a-e). As a relatively new directive, the technical details and implementation within each of the TIDE countries is on-going.
The BLANO functions as a steering group for the implementation of the directive, consists of the five Coastal Federal States (NI, HH, S-H, MV, HB) and the Federal Government represented by the Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) as lead, the Ministry for Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS), the Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV). The BLANO is supported by the BSH (Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency).
In Belgium, the Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Security and Environment has been given the role of implementing the MSFD. Technical support in its implementation is being provided by the Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models (MUMM) to finalise proposals for targets and indicators of good environmental status (GES). The MSFD has been transposed into Belgian law by the Royal Decree on the Marine Strategy of the Belgian sea (2010). The Coordination Committee on Internal Environmental Policy (CCIM), a cooperation between the Belgian Federal State and the Regions, provides its advise to the Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Security and Environment. Public consultations on the initial assessment of UK seas and the proposals for GES characteristics and associated targets are due to start in 2012.
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Legislative Drivers & Sectoral Plan Review of TIDE Estuaries
Table of content
- 1. Introduction
- 1a. Overview
- 1b. Methodology
- 2. Management Drivers
- 2a. Birds Directive (2009/147/EC) & Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC)
- 2b. Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC)
- 2c. Marine Strategy Framework Directive (2008/56/EC)
- 2d. Flood Risk Management Directive (2007/60/EC)
- 3. Key Players and Management Structures
- 3a. Humber Estuary
- 3b. Elbe Estuary
- 3c. Weser Estuary
- 3d. Scheldt Estuary
- 4. Management Plans & SWOT Analysis
- 4a. Management Plans
- 4b. SWOT Analysis
- 4c. SWOT Tables
- 5. Conclusions
- 5a. Environmental Drivers
- 5b. Best Practice
- 5c. SWOT
Authors:
By: Boyes, S., Cutts, N.D. & Elliott, M.
Supported by: Wild-Metzko S., Knüppel J., Saathoff S., Hürter D., Kress J., Roose F., Geerts L.
By: Boyes, S., Cutts, N.D. & Elliott, M.
Supported by: Wild-Metzko S., Knüppel J., Saathoff S., Hürter D., Kress J., Roose F., Geerts L.
2c. Marine Strategy Framework Directive (2008/56/EC)
In 2008, the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) (2008/56/EC) was adopted. The MSFD seeks to establish an integrated framework for the management of marine spaces, and aims at achieving or maintaining a good environmental status for community waters by 2020 at the latest. It is the first legislative instrument in relation to the EU marine biodiversity policy, as it contains the explicit regulatory objective that "biodiversity is maintained by 2020", as the cornerstone for achieving Good Environmental Status (GES). It enshrines in a legislative framework the ecosystem approach to the management of human activities having an impact on the marine environment, integrating the concepts of environmental protection and sustainable use. In order to achieve the objective the Member States have to develop Marine Strategies which serve as Action Plans and which apply an ecosystem-based approach to the management of human activities. The MSFD requires that, in developing their marine strategies, Member States use existing regional cooperation structures, including those under Regional Sea Conventions, covering that marine region or subregion (e.g. OSPAR).The MSFD is transposed into national law for the four estuaries by:
| TIDE Estuary | National/Federal Implementation |
| Humber (England) | The Marine Strategy Regulations 2010 |
| Elbe & Weser (Germany) | The Federal Water Act (Wasserhaushaltsgesetz (BGBl. I S. 2585) from 31 July 2009, last amendment 24 February 2012 (BGBl. I S. 212). |
| Scheldt (The Netherlands) | Water Act (2009) and Water Decree (2010) |
| Scheldt (Belgium) | Royal Decree on the Marine Strategy of the Belgian sea (2010) |
The operational implementation of the MSFD within each of the four TIDE estuaries is shown on four schematic frameworks detailing how the directive has been implemented from a top-down basis (see Appendix 3a-e). As a relatively new directive, the technical details and implementation within each of the TIDE countries is on-going.
UK - Humber
Within England, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has taken the role of implementing the MSFD. Technical support in its implementation is being provided by the Centre for Ecology and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) and the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) to finalise proposals for UK targets and indicators of GES. The MSFD has been transposed into UK law by the Marine Strategy Regulations 2010. Public consultations on the initial assessment of UK seas and the proposals for GES characteristics and associated targets started in 2012.Germany – Elbe & Weser
At the national level, the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) has the lead government role in implementing this directive and is the reporting institution towards the EU Commission. Through administrative agreements the BLANO (Bund/Länder-Committee North- and Baltic Sea) was installed.The BLANO functions as a steering group for the implementation of the directive, consists of the five Coastal Federal States (NI, HH, S-H, MV, HB) and the Federal Government represented by the Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) as lead, the Ministry for Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS), the Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV). The BLANO is supported by the BSH (Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency).
The Netherlands & Flanders - Scheldt
In The Netherlands, the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment is responsible for implementing the MSFD and for the coordination with the other ministries that have responsibilities in the North Sea, such as the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation and the Ministry of Defence. Deltares and IMARES have been commissioned to provide scientific advice for the implementation of the MSFD by the Netherlands. The MSFD has been transposed into Dutch law in 2010 via an adaptation of the Water decree (Waterbesluit) in the Water act (Waterwet). In the first half of 2012 the ‘Marine Strategy for the Dutch part of the North Sea 2012-2020, part I’ was made available for public inspection, and was formally established by the Dutch Government later in 2012¹.In Belgium, the Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Security and Environment has been given the role of implementing the MSFD. Technical support in its implementation is being provided by the Management Unit of the North Sea Mathematical Models (MUMM) to finalise proposals for targets and indicators of good environmental status (GES). The MSFD has been transposed into Belgian law by the Royal Decree on the Marine Strategy of the Belgian sea (2010). The Coordination Committee on Internal Environmental Policy (CCIM), a cooperation between the Belgian Federal State and the Regions, provides its advise to the Federal Public Service for Health, Food Chain Security and Environment. Public consultations on the initial assessment of UK seas and the proposals for GES characteristics and associated targets are due to start in 2012.
¹ source: http://www.noordzeeloket.nl/krm/Home/
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What are the relative strengths and weaknesses of different TIDE management plans and actions?What tool is available to help manage multiple users of a resource in an integrated way (i.e. achieving more holistic management)?