# MSFD (Article 4) marine regions - version 1, February 2017

In the Marine Strategy Framework Directive - MSFD (Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for community action in the field of marine environmental policy), the following four marine regions are listed (art. 4): Baltic Sea, North-east Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. The present layer provides the spatial extent of these regions, as agreed by the MSFD Committee in November 2016.https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/geonetwork/srv/api/records/d22b133d-b781-4b0d-914f-5b66f1911999


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