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Jurisdiction: European Union
Topic: Environment
Instrument type: Directive
Reference number: 2008/56/EC
Valid from: 2008-07-15
Valid to: 0312-08-07
Modified date: 2008-06-17
Listed at: 2026-08-06
Withdrawn at: -
Description: Establishes an EU framework to protect and restore the marine environment and achieve or maintain good environmental status of marine waters. Companies may be affected in particular by measures addressing pollution, discharges and other impacts of human activities.

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Milestones

Date	Type	Description
2008-06-17	Adopted	Adoption of the Directive
Source reference: Final provision Source excerpt: Done at Strasbourg, 17 June 2008.
2008-07-15	Entry into Force	Entry into force of the Directive on the twentieth day following its publication
Source reference: Article 27 Source excerpt: This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
2010-07-15	Transposition Deadline	Deadline for transposing the Directive into national law and communicating the text of the transposition measures
Source reference: Article 26(1) Source excerpt: Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 15 July 2010 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
2010-07-15	Other	Deadline for designating the authority or authorities competent for implementation
Source reference: Article 7(1) Source excerpt: Member States shall, by 15 July 2010, for each marine region or subregion concerned, designate the authority or authorities competent for the implementation of this Directive with respect to their marine waters.
2011-01-15	Other	Deadline for providing the Commission with the list of designated competent authorities
Source reference: Article 7(1) Source excerpt: By 15 January 2011, Member States shall provide the Commission with a list of the competent authorities designated, together with the items of information listed in Annex II.
2012-07-15	Application Start	Deadline for establishing environmental targets and associated indicators
Source reference: Article 5(2)(a)(iii) Source excerpt: establishment, by 15 July 2012, of a series of environmental targets and associated indicators, in accordance with Article 10(1);
2012-07-15	Application Start	Deadline for determining good environmental status
Source reference: Article 5(2)(a)(ii) Source excerpt: a determination, to be established by 15 July 2012 of good environmental status for the waters concerned, in accordance with Article 9(1);
2012-07-15	Application Start	Deadline for establishing environmental targets and associated indicators
Source reference: Article 5(2)(a)(iii) Source excerpt: establishment, by 15 July 2012, of a series of environmental targets and associated indicators, in accordance with Article 10(1);
2013-01-01	Other	Deadline for making relevant information on certain protected areas and measures publicly available
Source reference: Article 13(6) Source excerpt: By 2013 at the latest, Member States shall make publicly available, in respect of each marine region or subregion, relevant information on the areas referred to in paragraphs 4 and 5.
2014-01-01	Other	Deadline for the Commission's report on progress in establishing marine protected areas
Source reference: Article 21 Source excerpt: The Commission shall report by 2014 on progress in the establishment of marine protected areas, having regard to existing obligations under applicable Community law and international commitments of the Community and the Member States.
2014-07-15	Application Start	Deadline for establishing and implementing the monitoring programme
Source reference: Article 5(2)(a)(iv) Source excerpt: establishment and implementation, by 15 July 2014 except where otherwise specified in the relevant Community legislation, of a monitoring programme for ongoing assessment and regular updating of targets, in accordance with Article 11(1);
2015-01-01	Application Start	Deadline for developing a programme of measures
Source reference: Article 5(2)(b)(i) Source excerpt: development, by 2015 at the latest, of a programme of measures designed to achieve or maintain good environmental status, in accordance with Article 13(1), (2) and (3);
2016-01-01	Application Start	Deadline for bringing the programme of measures into operation
Source reference: Article 5(2)(b)(ii) Source excerpt: entry into operation of the programme provided for in point (i), by 2016 at the latest, in accordance with Article 13(10).
2019-01-01	Other	Latest date for the Commission's first evaluation report
Source reference: Article 20(1) Source excerpt: The Commission shall publish a first evaluation report on the implementation of this Directive within two years of receiving all programmes of measures and, in any case, by 2019 at the latest.
2023-07-15	Other	Review of the Directive by the Commission
Source reference: Article 23 Source excerpt: The Commission shall review this Directive by 15 July 2023 and shall, where appropriate, propose any necessary amendments.

Linked regulations

	Type	Regulation
	Cites	Environmental Information Directive
	Source reference: Article 19(3) Source excerpt: With regard to access to environmental information, Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information shall apply.
	Cites	Decision No 1600/2002/EC
	Source reference: Recital (4) Source excerpt: In line with Decision No 1600/2002/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 July 2002 laying down the Sixth Community Environment Action Programme, a thematic strategy for the protection and conservation of the marine environment has been developed with the overall aim of promoting sustainable use of the seas and conserving marine ecosystems.
	Cites	Council Directive 92/43/EEC
	Source reference: Recital (6) Source excerpt: The establishment of marine protected areas, including areas already designated or to be designated under Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Habitats Directive’), Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Birds Directive’), and under international or regional agreements to which the European Community or Member States concerned are Parties, is an important contribution to the achievement of good environmental status under this Directive.
	Cites	Council Directive 79/409/EEC
	Source reference: Recital (6) Source excerpt: The establishment of marine protected areas, including areas already designated or to be designated under Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Habitats Directive’), Council Directive 79/409/EEC of 2 April 1979 on the conservation of wild birds (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Birds Directive’), and under international or regional agreements to which the European Community or Member States concerned are Parties, is an important contribution to the achievement of good environmental status under this Directive.
	Cites	Council Decision 93/626/EEC
	Source reference: Recital (7) Source excerpt: Establishing such protected areas under this Directive will be an important step towards fulfilling the commitments undertaken at the World Summit on Sustainable Development and in the Convention on Biological Diversity, approved by Council Decision 93/626/EEC.
	Cites	Directive 2000/60/EC
	Source reference: Recital (12) Source excerpt: Coastal waters, including their seabed and subsoil, are an integral part of the marine environment, and as such should also be covered by this Directive, in so far as particular aspects of the environmental status of the marine environment are not already addressed through Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy or other Community legislation, so as to ensure complementarity while avoiding unnecessary overlaps.
	Cites	Council Decision 98/392/EC
	Source reference: Recital (17) Source excerpt: The Community and its Member States are each parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Unclos) approved by Council Decision 98/392/EC of 23 March 1998 concerning the conclusion by the European Community of the Unclos and the Agreement of 28 July 1994 relating to the implementation of Part XI thereof.
	Cites	Council Decision 94/157/EC
	Source reference: Recital (19) Source excerpt: This Directive should contribute to the fulfilment of the obligations and important commitments of the Community and the Member States under several relevant international agreements relating to the protection of the marine environment from pollution: the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area, approved by Council Decision 94/157/EC;
	Cites	Council Decision 98/249/EC
	Source reference: Recital (19) Source excerpt: the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic, approved by Council Decision 98/249/EC, including its new Annex V on the Protection and Conservation of the Ecosystems and Biological Diversity of the Maritime Area and the corresponding Appendix 3, approved by Council Decision 2000/340/EC,
	Cites	Council Decision 2000/340/EC
	Source reference: Recital (19) Source excerpt: the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic, approved by Council Decision 98/249/EC, including its new Annex V on the Protection and Conservation of the Ecosystems and Biological Diversity of the Maritime Area and the corresponding Appendix 3, approved by Council Decision 2000/340/EC,
	Cites	Council Decision 77/585/EEC
	Source reference: Recital (19) Source excerpt: the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean, approved by Council Decision 77/585/EEC, and its amendments from 1995, approved by Council Decision 1999/802/EC,
	Cites	Council Decision 1999/802/EC
	Source reference: Recital (19) Source excerpt: the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean, approved by Council Decision 77/585/EEC, and its amendments from 1995, approved by Council Decision 1999/802/EC,
	Cites	Council Decision 83/101/EEC
	Source reference: Recital (19) Source excerpt: as well as its Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution from Land-Based Sources, approved by Council Decision 83/101/EEC, and its amendments from 1996, approved by Council Decision 1999/801/EC.
	Cites	Council Decision 1999/801/EC
	Source reference: Recital (19) Source excerpt: as well as its Protocol for the Protection of the Mediterranean Sea Against Pollution from Land-Based Sources, approved by Council Decision 83/101/EEC, and its amendments from 1996, approved by Council Decision 1999/801/EC.
	Cites	Directive 2007/2/EC
	Source reference: Recital (38) Source excerpt: Provision should be made for the adoption of methodological standards for the assessment of the status of the marine environment, monitoring, environmental targets and the adoption of technical formats for the purposes of transmission and processing of data in line with Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (Inspire).
	Cites	Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002
	Source reference: Recital (39) Source excerpt: Measures regulating fisheries management can be taken in the context of the Common Fisheries Policy, as set out in Council Regulation (EC) No 2371/2002 of 20 December 2002 on the conservation and sustainable exploitation of fisheries resources under the Common Fisheries Policy, based on scientific advice with a view to supporting the achievement of the objectives addressed by this Directive, including the full closure to fisheries of certain areas, to enable the integrity, structure and functioning of ecosystems to be maintained or restored and, where appropriate, in order to safeguard, inter alia, spawning, nursery and feeding grounds.
	Cites	Council Decision 1999/468/EC
	Source reference: Recital (46) Source excerpt: The measures necessary for the implementation of this Directive should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission.
	Cites	Council Directive 91/271/EEC
	Source reference: Article 13(2) Source excerpt: Member States shall integrate the measures devised pursuant to paragraph 1 into a programme of measures, taking into account relevant measures required under Community legislation, in particular Directive 2000/60/EC, Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste-water treatment and Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 concerning the management of bathing water quality, as well as forthcoming legislation on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy, or international agreements.
	Cites	Directive 2006/7/EC
	Source reference: Article 13(2) Source excerpt: Member States shall integrate the measures devised pursuant to paragraph 1 into a programme of measures, taking into account relevant measures required under Community legislation, in particular Directive 2000/60/EC, Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste-water treatment and Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 concerning the management of bathing water quality, as well as forthcoming legislation on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy, or international agreements.
	Cites	Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information
	Source reference: Article 19(3) Source excerpt: With regard to access to environmental information, Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information shall apply.

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