Marine Reporting Units used in Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) 2012-2018 reporting cycle - version 1.0, Feb. 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 first public version released of the MRUs used during the first cycle of implementation of the MSFD (2012-2018) in all the reporting exercises (2012 reporting of Articles 8, 9 and 10; 2014 reporting of Article 11; and 2016 reporting of Articles 13 & 14). The data set is distributed in SHP and in INSPIRE-compliant GML format.

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Identification info

Date (Creation)
2019-12-27
Date (Publication)
2020-02-28
Edition

01.00

Citation identifier
eea_v_4258_100_k_mru-msfd2012_i_2012-2018_v01_r00

Status
Superseded
Point of contact
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

http://www.eea.europa.eu

Point of contact

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

Custodian
Spatial representation type
Vector

Spatial resolution

Equivalent scale

Denominator
100000
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Oceans

Extent

N
S
E
W




Temporal extent

Time period
2012-10-16 2018-10-15
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
GEMET

  • Marine Strategy Framework Directive

  • marine environment

  • sea

Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.

  • Mediterranean Sea

  • Black Sea

  • Baltic Sea

  • Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W)

Spatial scope

  • European

INSPIRE priority data set

  • Directive 2008/56/EC

  • Marine reporting units (Marine Strategy Framework Directive)

EEA topics

  • Seas and coasts

Resource constraints

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
no limitations to public access

Resource constraints

Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

License CC-BY 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).

Associated resource

Association Type
Cross reference
Metadata Reference
Language
English

Distribution Information

Distribution format

  • SHP

  • GML

OnLine resource

Direct download (Eionet authentication)

OnLine resource

INSPIRE-compliant Atom Service

Data quality info

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Report

Result

Title
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Pass
true

Resource lineage

Statement

The present MRUs data set is a compilation of the layers submitted by Member States (in SHP format) to the European Commission during the reporting exercises of the first cycle of implementation of the MSFD. The reporting exercises were due by 15/10/2012 (Articles 8, 9 and 10), by 15/10/2014 (Article 11) and by 31/03/2016 (Articles 13 & 14). 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.

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Reference System Information

Reference System Information

Code
EPSG:4258

Metadata

Metadata identifier
99869345-d8b0-4933-a9d0-3c9e08055c4a

Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Contact
Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role

European Environment Agency

sdi@eea.europa.eu

Point of contact

Type of resource

Resource type
Dataset
Metadata linkage

https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/catalogue/srv/api/records/99869345-d8b0-4933-a9d0-3c9e08055c4a

Date info (Creation)
2020-03-06T13:27:43Z
Date info (Revision)
2025-10-09T11:05:22.249392Z

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115/19139

Edition

1.0

 
 
Access to the catalogue

Overviews

Spatial extent

Keywords

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


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