{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-848/annex/part-I/division-9/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-848/annex/part-I/division-9/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2017/848",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision (EU) 2017/848 of 17 May 2017 laying down criteria and methodological standards on good environmental status of marine waters and specifications and standardised methods for monitoring and assessment, and repealing Decision 2010/477/EU (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-848",
  "path": "annex/part/I/division/9/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Criteria, including criteria elements, and methodological standards",
  "text": "Criteria elements\nCriteria\nMethodological standards\nAnthropogenic impulsive sound in water.\nD11C1 — Primary:\nThe spatial distribution, temporal extent, and levels of anthropogenic impulsive sound sources do not exceed levels that adversely affect populations of marine animals.\nThe Secretary of State, in consultation with the devolved policy authorities, shall establish threshold values for these levels ... , taking into account regional or subregional specificities.\nScale of assessment:\nRegion, subregion or subdivisions.\nUse of criteria:\nThe extent to which good environmental status has been achieved shall be expressed for each area assessed as follows:\n(a)for D11C1, the duration per calendar year of impulsive sound sources, their distribution within the year and spatially within the assessment area, and whether the threshold values set have been achieved;\n(b)for D11C2, the annual average of the sound level, or other suitable temporal metric agreed at regional or subregional level, per unit area and its spatial distribution within the assessment area, and the extent (%, km2) of the assessment area over which the threshold values set have been achieved.\nThe use of criteria D11C1 and D11C2 in the assessment of good environmental status for Descriptor 11 shall be jointly agreed by the competent authorities.\nThe outcomes of these criteria shall also contribute to assessments under Descriptor 1.\nAnthropogenic continuous low-frequency sound in water.\nD11C2 — Primary:\nThe spatial distribution, temporal extent and levels of anthropogenic continuous low-frequency sound do not exceed levels that adversely affect populations of marine animals.\nThe Secretary of State, in consultation with the devolved policy authorities, shall establish threshold values for these levels ..., taking into account regional or subregional specificities.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Decision substituted (31.12.2020) by The Marine Environment (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1399), reg. 5(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex 1 Pt. 1 Descriptor 11 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Marine Environment (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1399), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 8(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Annex 1 Pt. 1 Descriptor 11 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Marine Environment (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1399), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 8(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/848/annex/part/I/division/9/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:29.833878+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}