Marine Reporting Units used in Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) 2018-2024 reporting cycle - version 2.0, Jun. 2020

The Marine Reporting Units (MRUs) are used within the reporting obligations of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) in order to link the implementation of the different articles to specific marine areas. The MRUs can be of varying sizes, according to the appropriate scale for the different reports (e.g. region, sub-region, regional or sub-regional subdivision, Member State marine waters, WFD coastal waters, etc.), as indicated in the Good Environmental Status 2017 Decision.

The present data set is the second public version released of the MRUs used during the MSFD 2018 reporting exercise on the update of Articles 8, 9 and 10. Only the MRUs of those countries that have gone through the reporting exercise by June 2020 have been included in this data set. Apart from the countries included already in version 1 of the dataset (SE, FI, EE, LV, PL, DE, DK, NL, BE, FR, ES, HR and RO), this version also includes seven more countries, namely MT, LT, IT, SI, CY, PT and IE.

The data set is distributed in SHP and in INSPIRE-compliant GML format, made available also through an INSPIRE compliant ATOM service.

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Date (Creation)
2020-06-24
Date (Publication)
2020-06-24
Edition

02.00
Citation identifier
eea_v_4258_100_k_mru-msfd2018_i_2018-2019_v02_r00
Status
superseded
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

Point of contact

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

Custodian
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Keywords
Keywords

GEMET

  • sea

  • marine environment

  • Marine Strategy Framework Directive

Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.

  • Latvia

  • Cyprus

  • Netherlands

  • Italy

  • Finland

  • Croatia

  • Spain

  • Baltic Sea

  • Estonia

  • Romania

  • Poland

  • Malta

  • Slovenia

  • Sweden

  • Mediterranean Sea

  • Ireland

  • Belgium

  • Denmark

  • Germany

  • Lithuania

  • Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W)

  • Black Sea

  • France

  • Portugal

Spatial scope

  • European

INSPIRE priority data set

  • Directive 2008/56/EC

  • Marine reporting units (Marine Strategy Framework Directive)

EEA topics

  • Seas and coasts

Sous-regions marines

  • /Métropole

  • /Métropole/Manche mer du Nord

  • /Métropole/Mers Celtiques

  • /Métropole/Golfe de Gascogne

  • /Métropole/Méditerranée occidentale

Thématiques - SIMM

  • /Actions concrètes

Thématiques - SIMM

  • /Activités et Usages/Analyse économique et sociale

Type de jeux de donnée - ODATIS

  • /Données administratives

Type de jeux de donnée - ODATIS

  • /Données dérivées/Références statistiques

Cadre Réglementaire - SIMM

  • Directive Cadre Stratégie pour le Milieu Marin (DCSMM)
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Other constraints
no limitations to public access
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Other constraints

EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged ( http://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright ). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).

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Association Type
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Spatial representation type
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Denominator
100000
Language
English
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Oceans
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Begin date
2018-10-16
End date
2020-06-30
Unique resource identifier
EPSG:4258
Distribution format
Name Version

SHP

GML

3.2.1

OnLine resource

No information provided.

OnLine resource

No information provided.
Hierarchy level
Dataset

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

See the referenced specification
Pass
Yes
Statement

The present MRUs data set is a compilation of the layers submitted by Member States (in SHP format) to the European Commission in the context of the 2018 MSFD reporting exercise (update of Articles 8, 9 and 10). The pan-European data set has been created in GML following the INSPIRE 'Area management / restriction / regulation zones and reporting units' theme data specifications (available at https://inspire.ec.europa.eu/id/document/tg/am ). For the development of the GML, a number of fields have been included and filled in with the criteria described in the document 'Development of a pan-European data set of Marine Reporting Units' (file "Documentation_MRUs_v1-1.pdf" provided with the data set). The data set has also been published as an INSPIRE-compliant ATOM web service. A shapefile format version has also been produced. The current version only includes those countries that have gone through the reporting exercise by June 2020. A new version of the data set will be produced including the MRUs of the countries expected to report during the second half of 2020.

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Metadata language
English
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2023-08-30T10:58:13.195Z
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115/19139
Metadata standard version

1.0
Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

Point of contact
 
 

Overviews

overview

Spatial extent

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Keywords

Cadre Réglementaire - SIMM
Directive Cadre Stratégie pour le Milieu Marin (DCSMM)
EEA topics
Seas and coasts
GEMET
Marine Strategy Framework Directive marine environment sea
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units
INSPIRE priority data set
Directive 2008/56/EC Marine reporting units (Marine Strategy Framework Directive)
Spatial scope
European
Thématiques - SIMM
/Actions concrètes /Activités et Usages/Analyse économique et sociale
Type de jeux de donnée - ODATIS
/Données administratives /Données dérivées/Références statistiques

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