# 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), Division: Criteria elements Extent: E+W+S+N.I. Table 2 Benthic broad habitat types including their associated biological communities (relevant for criteria under Descriptors 1 and 6), which equate to one or more habitat types of the European nature information system (EUNIS) habitat classification. Updates to the EUNIS typology shall be reflected in the broad habitat types used for the purposes of Directive 2008/56/EC and of this Decision Evans, D. (2016). Revising the marine section of the EUNIS Habitat classification — Report of a workshop held at the European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity, 12 & 13 May 2016. ETC/BD Working Paper No A/2016. Where not specifically defined in the EUNIS classification, the boundary between the upper bathyal and lower bathyal may be set as a specified depth limit. Ecosystem component Broad habitat types Relevant EUNIS habitat codes (version 2016) Benthic habitats Littoral rock and biogenic reef MA1, MA2 Littoral sediment MA3, MA4, MA5, MA6 Infralittoral rock and biogenic reef MB1, MB2 Infralittoral coarse sediment MB3 Infralittoral mixed sediment MB4 Infralittoral sand MB5 Infralittoral mud MB6 Circalittoral rock and biogenic reef MC1, MC2 Circalittoral coarse sediment MC3 Circalittoral mixed sediment MC4 Circalittoral sand MC5 Circalittoral mud MC6 Offshore circalittoral rock and biogenic reef MD1, MD2 Offshore circalittoral coarse sediment MD3 Offshore circalittoral mixed sediment MD4 Offshore circalittoral sand MD5 Offshore circalittoral mud MD6 Upper bathyal rock and biogenic reef ME1, ME2 Upper bathyal sediment ME3, ME4, ME5, ME6 Lower bathyal rock and biogenic reef MF1, MF2 Lower bathyal sediment MF3, MF4, MF5, MF6 Abyssal MG1, MG2, MG3, MG4, MG5, MG6 --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/848/annex/part/II/division/3/division/2 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-848/annex/part-II/division-3/division-2 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.