6d365112-5c0a-409e-bd45-68197fe3b2e8 European Environment Agency Kongens Nytorv 6 Copenhagen K 1050 Denmark sdi@eea.europa.eu pointOfContact 2025-10-09T10:56:26.804976Z ISO 19115/19139 1.0 EPSG:4258 Marine waters used in Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) - version 1.0, May 2020 2020-05-15 creation 2020-05-30 publication 01.00 eea_v_4258_100_k_msfd-marine-waters_p_2012-2018_v01_r00 DAT-248-en This vector data set is the first public version released of the EU marine waters used for the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), submitted by the Member States to the European Commission. The Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) applies to all marine waters of EU Member States, which in Article 3 are defined as follows: (a) waters, the seabed and subsoil on the seaward side of the baseline from which the extent of territorial waters is measured extending to the outmost reach of the area where a Member State has and/or exercises jurisdictional rights, in accordance with the UNCLOS, with the exception of waters adjacent to the countries and territories mentioned in Annex II to the Treaty and the French Overseas Departments and Collectivities; and (b) coastal waters as defined by Directive 2000/60/EC, their seabed and their subsoil, in so far as particular aspects of the environmental status of the marine environment are not already addressed through that Directive or other Community legislation. superseded European Environment Agency Kongens Nytorv 6 Copenhagen K 1050 Denmark sdi@eea.europa.eu http://www.eea.europa.eu WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link European Environment Agency public website pointOfContact European Environment Agency Kongens Nytorv 6 Copenhagen K 1050 Denmark sdi@eea.europa.eu custodian https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/public/catalogue-graphic-overview/6d365112-5c0a-409e-bd45-68197fe3b2e8.png Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme sea marine environment Marine Strategy Framework Directive GEMET 2021-11-30 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.gemet Black Sea Baltic Sea Northeast Atlantic Ocean (40W) Mediterranean Sea Continents, countries, sea regions of the world. 2015-07-17T12:00:00 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.place.regions European Spatial scope 2019-05-22 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeumetadatacodelistSpatialScope-SpatialScope MSFD - Article 4 - Spatial data MSFD - Articles 8, 9 and 10 - XML data Reporting obligations 2023-02-06 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.rod-eionet-europa-eu 2021 1.6.1 EEA Management Plan 2021-08-25 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.eea-mp Seas and coasts EEA topics 2020-09-24 publication geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.eea-topics /Métropole /Métropole/Manche mer du Nord /Métropole/Mers Celtiques /Métropole/Golfe de Gascogne /Métropole/Méditerranée occidentale Sous-regions marines geonetwork.thesaurus.local.place.dcsmm.area /Actions concrètes Thématiques - SIMM geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.simm.thematiques /Activités et Usages/Analyse économique et sociale Thématiques - SIMM geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.simm.thematiques /Données administratives Type de jeux de donnée - ODATIS geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.type_jeux_donnee /Données dérivées/Références statistiques Type de jeux de donnée - ODATIS geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.type_jeux_donnee Directive Cadre Stratégie pour le Milieu Marin (DCSMM) Cadre Réglementaire - SIMM geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.simm.reglementaire no limitations to public access License CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA). 7ce1666b-fcdc-4cf3-91f0-96b58ad14e99 99869345-d8b0-4933-a9d0-3c9e08055c4a 8ee108bc-6b08-48ac-bc5a-45a5cd6b5a6c vector 100000 environment oceans -23.948139 35.193889 24.593545 65.907521 2012-10-16 2018-10-15 SHP https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/webdav/datastore/public/eea_v_4258_100_k_msfd-marine-waters_p_2012-2018_v01_r00/Marine_waters_EU_v2.shp EEA:FOLDERPATH https://sdi.eea.europa.eu/data/6d365112-5c0a-409e-bd45-68197fe3b2e8 WWW:URL Direct download https://marine.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/rest/services/Marine/Marine_waters_EU/MapServer ESRI:REST https://marine.discomap.eea.europa.eu/arcgis/services/Marine/Marine_waters_EU/MapServer/WMSServer?request=GetCapabilities&service=WMS OGC:WMS 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 2010-12-08 publication See the referenced specification The present data set is a compilation of the layers submitted by Member States (in SHP format) to the European Commission as part of the implementation of the MSFD. For countries that haven't submitted the delimitation of their marine waters, the Marine Reporting Units used within the first reporting cycle (where the extent was limited to their waters) have been merged and dissolved. The marine waters of EU Member States are provided split by MSFD region/subregion and, where needed, by territorial waters and (extended) continental shelf, or other types of jurisdiction.