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Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Common Implementation Strategy Tenth Meeting of the Marine Strategy Coordination Group (MSCG) 6-7 May 2013, Brussels Agenda Item: 7a Document: MSCG/10/2013/5rev Title: MSFD Common Implementation Strategy – Monitoring under MSFD Recommendations for implementation and reporting Prepared by: DG ENV Date prepared: 2 May 2013 Background: Art 11 provides legally binding requirements for Member States to establish and implement coordinated monitoring programmes for the on-going assessment of the environmental status of EU waters. Therefore, MSFD CIS work plan 2012-2014, adopted at the Marine Directors meeting in June 2012, gave the mandate to: - WG GES to initiate the development of a framework for coordinated monitoring programmes which will deliver data to assess whether GES and associated environmental targets are being achieved, in close cooperation with WG DIKE, - WG DIKE to assist the Commission, when necessary, in developing any formal Commission proposal on notification / reporting modalities. In the WG GES, initial discussions on monitoring were held at the JRC workshops on eutrophication/hazardous substances and on biodiversity (October and November 2012 respectively). In the WG DIKE an initial discussion took place at the 31 October 2012 meeting, mainly focusing on reporting structure. MSCG discussed monitoring issues on 13-14 November 2012, where several MS expressed their wish to discuss MSFD monitoring requirements in close cooperation between WG GES and WG DIKE, in parallel with the development of reporting sheets. In that respect, a practical way to progress was agreed at Marine Directors meeting on 29 November 2012. An ad-hoc group dedicated to the monitoring issue took place on 22-23 January 2013 gathering a limited number of WG GES and DIKE members (joint drafting group format). This group started discussing required monitoring elements and look at consequences for reporting. This draft concept pap