PART 4Procedural requirements
Notification17
1
The Secretary of State must notify the Commission of—
a
an assessment under regulation 10 within 3 months of the determination of the characteristics of good environmental status under regulation 11;
b
the determination of the characteristics of good environmental status under regulation 11 within 3 months of that determination;
c
the environmental targets and indicators established under regulation 12 within 3 months of the establishment of those targets and indicators;
d
the monitoring programme established under regulation 13 within 3 months of its establishment;
e
the programme of measures published under regulation 14 within 3 months of its publication;
f
any changes made to any element of the marine strategy within 3 months of the publication of any review;
g
a list of the competent authorities specified for the purposes of these Regulations, together with the information required by Annex 2, by 15th January 2011; and
h
any change to the information provided under sub-paragraph (g) within 6 months of such a change coming into effect.
2
The Secretary of State must provide the Commission with a brief interim report describing the progress made in implementing the programme of measures within 3 years of the publication of that programme and within 3 years of any update to that programme.
3
The Secretary of State must also send any information under paragraph 1(f) to other relevant member States and to the OSPAR Commission21 within the same time limit.