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.