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The State Council Regulation On The Organisation Of The Management Of The Sea

Original Language Title: Valtioneuvoston asetus merenhoidon järjestämisestä

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Council Regulation on the organisation of sea management

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In accordance with the decision of the Council of State for the presentation of the Ministry of the Environment, the Act of 30 December 2004 on the organisation of water and sea management (1299/2004) Article 26a And Article 26l:

Chapter 1

General provisions

ARTICLE 1
Maritime management plan

Law on the organisation of water management and management (1299/2004) The marine management plan referred to in Articles 26a and b shall be drawn up for a period of six years.

The first maritime management plan shall be prepared so that it is adopted by 15 July 2015 at the latest.

ARTICLE 2
Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation

1) with a qualitative description A factor which must be taken into account when determining the good state of the environment, and

(2) indicator A qualitative or quantitative indicator or expression to describe the state of the environment or its change.

(3) marine environment The physiographic, geographical, chemical, geological, biological and climatic components of marine waters which, together with physical acoustic and chemical conditions, including the conditions of human activity, shall determine: The condition, quality and productivity of marine ecosystems.

ARTICLE 3 (6.11.2011)
Public authorities and institutions for maritime planning

The Ministry of the Environment, in cooperation with the Finnish Environment Agency and the Business, Transport and Environmental Centres, is responsible for drawing up the marine management plan:

(1) the compilation of a preliminary assessment of the marine environment;

(2) defining the characteristics of good environmental status of the marine environment and setting environmental objectives;

(3) the establishment of a monitoring programme and the necessary dates;

(4) the compilation of operational programmes; and

5) necessary reporting.

The Finnish Environment Agency shall be responsible for the development and maintenance of the information systems necessary for the planning of the sea management and the necessary reporting.

The Centre for Food, Transport and the Environment shall be responsible for the preparation and implementation of the sea management plan in its territory:

(1) the production, assembly and transmission of the necessary information;

2) drawing up an operational programme on its territory;

(3) prepare a monitoring programme and shall be responsible for the organisation of monitoring in coastal waters in accordance with Article 2 (1) (3) of the Law on the organisation of water management and management; and

4. On the organisation and communication of participation.

The Centre for the Environment, Transport and the Environment of Finland is active in the planning and implementation of maritime management as referred to in paragraph 3 above, between transport and environmental centres, and between the Ministry of the Environment and, where appropriate, other authorities, and As a means of living, transport and the environment to be agreed with institutions.

The authorities, institutions and entities referred to in Article 26a (1) of the Law on Water Management and Management of the Law on the organisation of the water management and management of the sea are responsible for the information necessary for the management of the marine management plan. The production, assembly, delivery and implementation of the management plan. These include the Forest Board, the Natural Resources Centre, the Finnish Game Centre, the Food Safety Agency Evira, the Aeronautic Science Institute, the Transport Agency and the Transport Safety Agency Trafi. In addition, the Geological Research Centre, the Defence Forces and other authorities and bodies involved in the organisation of water and sea management are responsible for producing, compiling and compiling the information needed for the marine management plan. Delivery.

§ 4
Collection and review of data

The compilation, transmission and use of data shall, where applicable, take into account the (18/09/1999) , regional control law (1999) And the Law on Spatial Infrastructure (421/2009) Provisions.

The total control over the preparation and preparation of the management plan and the implementation of the management plan may exceed the administrative capacity.

Chapter 2

Studies necessary for a preliminary assessment of the marine environment

§ 5
Clarification of the essential features and characteristics of marine waters

The Ministry of the Environment is responsible for the identification of the essential characteristics and characteristics of marine waters, in cooperation with the industry, transport and environmental centres and the Finnish Environment Agency. Upon request, other authorities and bodies shall provide the Ministry of the Environment and the relevant industry, transport and environmental centre with the necessary information on the essential characteristics and characteristics of the marine waters. Annex 1 and Directive 2008 /56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, hereinafter referred to as 'the European Parliament and Council Directive 2008 /56/EC', shall be taken into account when determining the essential characteristics and characteristics of marine waters. The Marine Strategy Directive, The characteristics of the marine waters set out in Table 1 of Annex III.

ARTICLE 6
Assessment of activities affecting the marine environment

The Centre for Food, Transport and the Environment in its territory and the Finnish Environmental Centre for marine waters outside coastal waters pursuant to Article 2 (1) (3) of the Law on the organisation of water management and the organisation of the sea The activity and its occurrence in the marine environment. In addition, the information required for the economic and social assessment of the use of marine waters and costs resulting from degradation of the marine environment shall be compiled by means of food, transport and environment centres and the Finnish Environment Agency.

Other authorities and institutions shall provide information, plans and studies, analyses and assessments on their activities affecting the state of the marine environment affecting the relevant industry, transport and the environment, and Ministry of the Environment. The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall include, where appropriate, the elements listed in Annex 2 and in Table 2 of Annex III to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive.

Where appropriate, the Agency for Food, Transport and the Environment, as well as the Finnish Environment Agency, shall evaluate and identify for the purpose of the marine management plan, as referred to in Article 26e of the Law on the organisation of water management and management Exceptional circumstances or actions or lack of action.

§ 7
Assessment of the status of the marine environment

On the basis of the characteristics referred to in Article 5, the Ministry of the Environment and the Centre for Enterprise, Transport and Environment and the Finnish Environment Agency shall determine and determine the marine management plan for the status of the marine environment , using the elements set out in Annex 1, where applicable and in cooperation with the agreed standard of living, transport and the environment, and with other authorities and bodies. Studies carried out within the framework of international cooperation shall be taken into account as appropriate in the assessment of the status of the marine environment.

The Food, Transport and Environmental Centres, in cooperation with other authorities and institutions, shall, for the planning of sea management, gather information on water management planning and implementation of other legislation relating to the marine environment. Assessment of the holding.

Chapter 3

Identification of good marine environment and environmental objectives for marine management

§ 8
Good marine environment and its characteristics

The Ministry of the Environment, in cooperation with the industry, transport and environmental centres, the Finnish Environment Agency and other authorities and bodies, defines the characteristics of good environmental status of the marine environment in accordance with Articles 5 to 7 above. And in Annex 3 and the qualitative descriptors set out in Annex I to the Marine Strategy Directive. In addition, business, transport and environmental centres and other authorities and institutions in their respective areas shall provide the Ministry of the Environment with the necessary information for the determination of good status.

In determining the good status of the marine environment, account should be taken of the application of other legislation, in particular water management plans and studies and commitments undertaken in the framework of other international cooperation.

When determining the good status of the marine environment in determining the qualitative description of Annex 3, 8, the Council Regulation on dangerous and harmful substances (1022/2006) Environmental quality standards for substances listed in Annex 1, points C2 and D. The classification of the chemical status of coastal waters is governed by the provisions of the (1040/2006) . (17,11/1310)

With A 1310/2015 The amended paragraph 3 shall enter into force on 22 December 2015. The previous wording reads:

In the coastal waters referred to in Article 2 (1) (3) of the Law on the organisation of water management and sea management, the status of seawater cannot be classified in favour of the classification of hazardous and harmful substances in the aquatic environment (No 1022/2006) the environmental quality standard for the substance referred to in Annex 1D has been exceeded.

§ 9
Setting environmental targets

The Ministry of the Environment, in cooperation with the industry, transport and environmental centres and other authorities and institutions, is preparing a preliminary assessment of the state of the marine environment in order to achieve or maintain good environmental status in the marine environment. Comprehensive environmental objectives set out in Annex IV to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, including:

(1) general objectives of good environmental status of the marine environment;

(2) the measurable objectives and indicators needed to monitor and evaluate the achievement of good environmental status; and

3) Operational objectives for the implementation of the marine management plan.

When setting environmental targets, social and economic considerations must be properly taken into account and a timetable for achieving the targets. Where appropriate, benchmarks or limit values may be established for objectives or related indicators. In addition, the setting of environmental targets should take into account significant cross-border impacts and other national or international environmental objectives.

The Ministry of the Environment, in cooperation with the industry, transport and environmental centres, explains, on the basis of the information gathered under Articles 5 to 7 and the characteristics of the good environmental status of the marine environment referred to in Article 8, the marine waters where: The good status of the marine environment cannot be achieved within the desired timetable.

ARTICLE 10
Assessment of exceptional circumstances

The Ministry of the Environment, in cooperation with other maritime planning authorities and institutions, shall, where appropriate, assess the situation or the circumstances of the situation referred to in Article 26e of the Law on the organisation of water management and management The importance of the temporary deterioration of marine waters in terms of environmental objectives.

Chapter 4

Operational programme for the marine management plan

ARTICLE 11
Operational programme

The programme of measures may be drawn up on the basis of the whole or the territorial entities to be determined on the basis of their characteristics or their characteristics.

The Centre for Food, Transport and the Environment is preparing a programme of measures within its territory. The Centre for Business, Transport and the Environment will pool and coordinate the operational programmes to be integrated into the marine management plan. Other authorities and institutions shall provide the industry, transport and environmental centres with the necessary information on the operational programme for the operational programme and shall participate in the drawing up and implementation of the operational programme in its own field of activity.

The Ministry of the Environment, and in cooperation with industry, transport and environmental centres and other authorities and bodies, shall prepare and respond to the measures concerning marine waters as a whole. Cooperation.

The operational programme shall set out the measures necessary to achieve or maintain good environmental status in the marine environment, taking into account economic and social impacts and sustainable development, Requirements and measures set out in the river basin management plans. In addition, how measures will contribute to the achievement of the environmental objectives set.

ARTICLE 12
Measures

The operational programme shall set out, in accordance with Annex VI to the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, measures to improve or maintain the status of the marine environment, taking into account, where appropriate, the following:

(1) the authorised quantity of activities affecting the marine environment;

(2) the permissible amount of adverse effect caused by a disturbance to the marine environment;

(3) monitoring of the territorial and temporal activity of the activities of the marine environment;

(4) ensuring coordination of management;

(5) improving the traceability of marine pollution;

(6) economic incentives for the protection of the marine environment and sustainable use;

(7) management tools for the control of activities affecting the marine environment in order to restore damaged parts of marine ecosystems; and

8) involvement of stakeholders and raising public awareness.

ARTICLE 13
Regional protection measures

The programme of measures sets out regional protection measures which promote coherent and representative networks of marine protected areas established under other legislation, taking into account the ecosystems of these regions. Diversity.

If management of activities affecting the marine environment in the European Union or internationally can have a significant impact on marine protected areas, these areas shall be identified in the operational programme.

Chapter 5

Marine management plan monitoring programme

ARTICLE 14
Monitoring programme

The Ministry of the Environment and the Centre for Enterprise, Transport and the Environment, in cooperation with the Finnish Environment Agency and other authorities and bodies, define the marine environment and the monitoring of the marine environment and activities affecting the sea. Requirements, taking into account the provisions of Article 26h of the Law on Water Management and Management. Account will also be taken of the requirements of Annex V to the Marine Strategy Directive.

The Ministry of the Environment, in cooperation with the coordinating body of life, transport and the Agency and other authorities and bodies, shall pool, coordinate and develop a monitoring programme for the continuous assessment of the marine environment of marine waters. The monitoring programme shall, where appropriate, combine monitoring organised by the various authorities and bodies and monitoring by the operator under other law, taking into account the coastal water monitoring programme. The monitoring programme shall take into account the elements set out in Annexes 1 and 2 and the general requirements set out in Annex 4.

The monitoring programme shall set out the following elements, monitoring areas and monitoring frequency necessary to monitor the achievement of environmental objectives. The frequency and timing of the monitoring shall be chosen in such a way as to achieve acceptable reliability and precision. The monitoring programme shall contain sufficient monitoring elements, as well as monitoring sites or areas, in order to assess the overall state of the marine environment.

The monitoring programmes shall, as far as possible, use the monitoring guidelines for programmes based on international agreements in order to ensure consistency with them. Comparability of the evaluation practices and methods of the monitoring programme with the other Member States of the European Union in the Baltic Sea will be ensured and the information contained in the monitoring programme will be integrated and coordinated to the extent possible.

§ 15 (6.11.2011)
Organisation of monitoring

The Ministry of the Environment, the Finnish Environment Agency, the economic, transport and environmental centres and the other authorities and bodies in their activities are responsible for the implementation of a monitoring programme under the management plan.

The monitoring of the monitoring of marine waters outside the coastal waters is carried out by the Finnish Environment Agency, in cooperation with the Institute of Aeronautic Science, the Natural Resources Agency, the Food Safety Agency, the Forest Government and the armed forces.

The Organ, Transport and Environmental Centres will organise their monitoring in coastal waters in cooperation with other authorities and bodies.

Chapter 6

Establishment and revision of the marine management plan

ARTICLE 16
Timetable for drawing up the management plan

The Ministry of the Environment, Business, Transport and Environmental Centres, the Finnish Environment Agency and other authorities and institutions are responsible for drawing up the necessary reports for the management of the sea management plan.

The first marine management plan shall be prepared in such a way that:

(1) a preliminary assessment of the status of the marine environment in accordance with Chapter 2 shall be made by 15 July 2012;

(2) the determination of good environmental status of the marine environment and the setting of environmental targets for the achievement or maintenance of good status by 15 July 2012;

(3) Whereas the information referred to in Article 13 on marine protected areas should be published by 2013;

(4) the programme for monitoring the marine management plan should be drawn up by 15 July 2014;

(5) The operational programme or programmes for the marine management plan should be drawn up by 2015 and the implementation will start in 2016.

§ 17
Review of the management plan

The management plan shall be reviewed every six years after it has been drawn up. The amendment is

(1) preliminary assessment of the status of the marine environment;

(2) defining good environmental status of the marine environment;

(3) marine environmental objectives;

(4) a monitoring programme; and

5) Operational Programme.

The marine management plan shall be reviewed in coordination with other eu Member States sharing the Baltic Sea, and in cooperation with the countries bordering the European Union and, where appropriate, in the river basin With landlocked countries.

Chapter 7

Specific provisions

ARTICLE 18
Participation and information

The participation and information provided for in Article 26j of the Law on Water Management and Management in the preparation of the maritime management plan shall, as far as possible, be organised in the framework of cooperation on water management. Cooperation shall be carried out taking the necessary part in the State Council Regulation on water management areas (1303/2004) in Articles 3 to 6 Cooperation and other maritime cooperation. Maritime participation and information should, as far as possible, be carried out at the same time as consultations with water management, taking into account the timetable for maritime planning as set out in Article 16 above.

The Centre for Sustainable Development, Transport and the Environment shall prepare for participation and information in the use of other means of life, transport and the environment, and shall be responsible for regional participation and information Coordination. The Ministry of the Environment and the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Transport and the Environment, in cooperation with other authorities and bodies, shall discuss and take into account the results of participation and information. The necessary part of the marine management plan.

§ 19
Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 September 2011.

Before the entry into force of the regulation, measures may be taken to implement the Regulation.

Directive 2008 /56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (32008L0056); OJ L 164, 25.6.2008, p. 19

Annex 1

Indicative list of the factors to be taken into account when determining the essential features and characteristics of marine waters

Physical and chemical properties The topography of the sea, the depth data and the ground-up.
Annual and seasonal temperature conditions and ice cover, flow rate, flowering, seawater height, exposure to the wave, mixing characteristics, turbidity, delay time.
Regional and temporal distribution of salinity.
Regional and temporal distribution of nutrients (DIN, TN, DIP, TP, TOC) and oxygen.
PH and pCO2 profiles or equivalent data used to measure the acidification of the sea.
Life environments Identification of the seabed and waterbed habitats and description of their typical physical and chemical characteristics such as depth, water temperature range, currents and other water movements, salinity, seabed structure and Surface composition.
Identification and detection of specific habitat types, in particular those of natural habitats (1096/1996) Or international agreements recognised or identified as being of particular interest for scientific or biological diversity. Habitats in areas which, due to their characteristics, location or strategic importance, need to be mentioned. These may include areas where there are strong or specific pressures, or areas that need to be protected by specific arrangements.
Biological characteristics Description of the biological communities associated with the habitats of the seabed and water column. The report should include information on plankton communities, including species and seasonal and geographical variation.
Information on tubing plants, macro-algae and vesicular and invertebrate basins, including species composition, biomass and annual and seasonal variations.
Information on the structure of the fish populations, including population abundance, distribution, age or cooracies
Description of the population variation, natural and actual range and space of marine species in marine waters.
Description of population variation, natural and actual distribution area and status of other species in marine waters covered by legislation or international agreements
A description of the temporal presence, abundance and distribution of alien species or, where appropriate, native species, in marine waters.

Annex 2

Indicative list to be taken into account for the assessment of activities affecting the marine environment

Physical loss Extracting (e.g. Artificial constructions, waste of dredging waste).
Intervention (e.g. Stable structures).
Physical injury Changes in fuelling (e.g. demolition sites, increased awareness, dredging or plywood waste).
Consumption (e.g. Impacts of commercial fishing, boating and anchoring in the seabed).
Selective exploitation (for example, research and exploitation of living and lifeless resources).
Other physical disorders Underwater noise (e.g. shipping and underwater acoustic devices).
The garbage scattering.
Distortion of hydrological processes Significant changes in temperature conditions (e.g. power stations) or currents.
Significant changes in salinity conditions (e.g. water resistant constructions and water extraction).
Hazardous substances pollution Hazardous and harmful substances which are hazardous and harmful to the marine environment, such as pesticides, falling within Regulation 1022/2006 of the State Council on hazardous and harmful substances in the aquatic environment, Anti-fouling agents and medicinal products, such as: Pollution from diffuse load, ship emissions, atmospheric deposition and river emissions, and biological effects)
Non-synthetic substances and compounds (e.g. heavy metals and hydrocarbons derived from, for example, emissions from ships, oil-gas and mineral deposits research and recovery and atmospheric deposition; and From river pollution to the marine environment.
Radionuclides in the marine environment.
Systematic or deliberate dumping of substances into the environment Introduction of other solid, liquid or gaseous substances into the marine environment systematically and/or intentionally in so far as it is permitted under other legislation and international agreements
Increase in nutrients and organic substances Extracts from fertilisers and other nitrogen and phosphorus content (e.g. emissions from point and diffuse sources, including agriculture, aquaculture and atmospheric deposition)
Load of organic substances (e.g. sewers, aquaculture, river-based load)
Biological disturbance Management of microbial pathogens into the marine environment
Dissemination of alien species and transfer of species
Selective exploitation of species, including by-catch, (e.g. commercial and recreational fishing).

Annex 3

Qualitative descriptors to be taken into account when determining the good state of the marine environment

1) Maintain biodiversity. The quality and occurrence of natural habitats and the distribution and abundance of species correspond to existing physiographic, geographical and climatic conditions;

(2) The quantities of alien species spread through human activities are at levels that do not adversely affect other ecosystems;

(3) The populations of all commercially exploited fish and crustaceans and molluscs are within safe biological limits so that the age and size distribution of the population reflects the good condition of the stock;

(4) All elements of the marine food networks, in so far as they are known, occur in their normal abundance and diversity and at a level that ensures the long-term abundance of the species and the total survival of their reproductive capacity;

(5) Human-induced eutrophication, in particular its adverse effects, such as loss of biodiversity, degradation of ecosystems, harmful algae and seabed oxygen deprivation, are minimised;

(6) The integrity of the seabed is at such a level that the structure and functions of the ecosystems are safe and that, in particular, there are no harmful effects on the groundwater system;

(7) The permanent changes in hydrographical conditions do not adversely affect marine ecosystems;

(8) Concentrations of pollutants at levels which do not result in pollution effects;

(9) The levels of contamination of fish and other marine organisms for human consumption do not exceed the levels set out in the legislation or other relevant standards;

(10) The characteristics and quantities of litter do not cause harm to the coastal and marine environment; and

(11) The introduction of energy into the sea, including underwater noise, does not have a negative impact on the marine environment.

Annex 4

Requirements to be taken into account when drawing up the monitoring programme

In the monitoring programme:

(1) provide information to assess the status of the marine environment, its relationship to good status and progress towards good status, taking into account the factors set out in Annexes 1 and 2, including their natural variation;

(2) ensure the production of information needed to establish indicators related to environmental objectives;

(3) ensure the production of the information needed to assess the impact of the measures of the operational programme;

(4) determine the cause of the change in the state of the marine environment and any remedial measures that should be taken to restore good environmental status;

(5) gather information on chemical impurities found to be available for human consumption in species from commercial fishing areas;

6) demonstrate that the selected measures will achieve the desired changes and do not have undesirable side effects; and

(7) assess, as part of a preliminary assessment of the marine environment, the most important changes in environmental conditions.

Entry into force and application of amending acts:

6.11.2014/925:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2015.

5.11.2015/13:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 22 December 2015.

Directive 2013 /39/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (32013L0039); OJ L 226, 24.8.2013, p. 1