Reporting under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive Explanatory Notes and Guidelines for the period 2013–2018 Final version – May 2017 Final version May 2017 These guidelines have been compiled by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and its European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity (ETC/BD). They have been developed through a collaborative work of the Expert Group on Reporting under the Nature Directives, its ad-hoc groups, and the Expert Group on the Birds and the Habitats Directives (NADEG). DG Environment. 2017. Reporting under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive: Explanatory notes and guidelines for the period 2013-2018. Brussels. Pp 188 Cover photo: Dry heaths, © Frédéric Bioret, European Red List of Habitats / EC Article 17 reporting: Explanatory Notes & Guidelines 2 Final version May 2017 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................6 PART 1. THE REPORT FORMAT FIELD-BY-FIELD GUIDANCE ...................................................... 10 GENERAL INTRODUCTION AND STRUCTURE OF THE REPORT FORMAT........................................................... 10 ANNEX A - GENERAL REPORT FORMAT ........................................................................................................... 11 Field-by-field guidance ................................................................................................................................ 11 0 Member State .................................................................................................................................... 11 1 Main achievements under the Habitats Directive ................................................................................ 11 2 General information sources on the implementation of the Habitats Directive – links to information sources of the Member State ...................................................................................................................... 12 3 Natura 2000 (pSCIs, SCIs & SACs) – site designation (Article 4) ............................................................ 13 4 Set of conservation measures and management plans for Natura 2000 sites (SACs) (Article 6(1)) ........ 14 5 Measures taken in relation to approval of plans & projects (Article 6.4) .............................................. 15 6 Measures taken to ensure coherence of the Natura 2000 Network (Article 10) ................................... 16 7 Reintroduction of Annex IV species (Article 22(a))............................................................................... 16 ANNEX B - REPORT FORMAT ON THE ‘MAIN RESULTS OF THE SURVEILLANCE UNDER ARTICLE 11’ FOR ANNEX II, IV AND V SPECIES ....................................................................................................................................... 18 Species to be reported ................................................................................................................................ 18 Field-by-field guidance for completing ‘Annex B’ species reports ................................................................. 23 NATIONAL LEVEL ............................................................................................................................................ 23 1 General information ........................................................................................................................... 23 2 Maps .................................................................................................................................................. 24 3 Information related to Annex V species (Article 14) ............................................................................ 27 BIOGEOGRAPHICAL LEVEL .............................................................................................................................. 28 4 Biogeographical and marine regions ................................................................................................... 29 5 Range ................................................................................................................................................. 29 6 Population ......................................................................................................................................... 33 7 Habitat for the species ....................................................................................................................... 39 8 Main pressures and threats ................................................................................................................ 42 9 Conservation measures ...................................................................................................................... 45 10 Future prospects ................................................................................................................................ 47 11 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................................ 47 12 NATURA 2000 (pSCIs, SCIs and SACs) coverage for Annex II species ..................................................... 54 13 Complementary information .............................................................................................................. 56 ANNEX C – EVALUATION MATRIX FOR ASSESSING CONSERVATION STATUS OF A SPECIES ............................. 58 ANNEX D – REPORT FORMAT ON THE ‘MAIN RESULTS OF THE SURVEILLANCE UNDER ARTICLE 11’ FOR ANNEX I HABITAT TYPES ............................................................................................................................................. 59 Article 17 reporting: Explanatory Notes & Guidelines 3 Final version May 2017 Habitats to be reported .............................................................................................................................. 59 Field-by-field guidance for completing ‘Annex D’ Habitat reports ................................................................ 60 NATIONAL LEVEL ............................................................................................................................................ 60 1 General information ........................................................................................................................... 60 2 Maps .................................................................................................................................................. 60 BIOGEOGRAPHICAL LEVEL .............................................................................................................................. 62 3 Biogeographical and marine regions ................................................................................................... 62 4 Range ................................................................................................................................................. 63 5 Area covered by habitat ..................................................................................................................... 67 6 Structure and functions ...................................................................................................................... 72 7 Main pressures and threats ................................................................................................................ 74 8 Conservation measures ...................................................................................................................... 77 9 Future Prospects ................................................................................................................................ 78 10 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................................ 79 11 NATURA 2000 (pSCIs, SCIs, SACs) coverage for Annex I habitat types .................................................. 86 12 Complementary information .............................................................................................................. 88 ANNEX E – EVALUATION MATRIX FOR ASSESSING CONSERVATION STATUS OF A HABITAT ........................... 89 PART 2. DEFINITIONS AND METHODS ..................................................................................... 90 DEFINITIONS AND METHODS FOR SPECIES REPORTING .................................................................................. 90 Species to be reported ................................................................................................................................ 90 Marine species ......................................................................................................................................... 103 Transboundary populations ...................................................................................................................... 106 Sources of information for species assessments ........................................................................................ 107 Trends ...................................................................................................................................................... 107 Favourable reference values ..................................................................................................................... 109 2 Maps ...............................................................................................................................................