Designated waters Freshwater fish designated water Other protected area Shellfish designated water Drinking water protection area Marine Region Marine regions and their subregions are sea regions designated under international, Union, national or sub-national legislation for the purpose of assessment, management and regulation. Description: EXAMPLE 1: For each Marine Region a marine strategy shall be developed and implemented to maintain and improve good environmental status. SOURCE: Marine Strategy Framework Directive (2008/56/EC). EXAMPLE 2: Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Area (Helsinki Convention) shall apply to the protection of the marine environment of the Baltic Sea Area which comprises the water-body and the seabed including their living resources and other forms of marine life. EXAMPLE 3: The Convention for the Protection of the marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic (OSPAR Convention) is dealing with specific areas like: prevention and elimination of pollution from land-based sources; prevention and elimination of pollution by dumping or incineration; prevention and elimination of pollution from offshore sources and assessment of the quality of the marine environment. EXAMPLE 4: Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Region of the Mediterranean (Barcelona Convention) aims to prevent, abate and combat pollution of the Mediterranean Sea area and to protect and enhance the marine environment in that area. EXAMPLE 5: The Convention on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution (Bucharest Convention) aims to prevent, reduce and control the pollution and protect the biodiversity and the marine living resources. EXAMPLE 6: UNEP Regional Seas Programme aims to address the accelerating degradation of the world’s oceans and coastal areas through the sustainable management and use of the marine and coastal environment. Fishing area Fish stocks assessment area Marine subdivision Marine subdivision of a region or subregion Marine subregion Nitrate vulnerable zone Noise restriction zone An area delimited by a competent authority to manage and mitigate noise pollution. Applicable in the scope of the Environmental Noise Directive (END) reporting. END Agglomeration Agglomeration within the scope of the Environmental Noise Directive (END). Applicable to END data flows: Agglomeration Source (DF1_5) Noise action plan area Noise action plan area within the scope of the Environmental Noise Directive (END). Applicable to END data flows: Noise Action Plan Agglomeration (DF7_10), Noise Action Plan Major Airport (DF7_10), Noise Action Plan Major Railway (DF7_10), Noise Action Plan Major Road (DF7_10). Quiet area inside agglomeration Quiet area located inside the boundary of the agglomeration within the scope of the Environmental Noise Directive (END). Applicable to END data flows: Competent Authority (DF2), Quiet Area (DF7_10) Quiet area in open country Quiet area located outside the boundary of the agglomerations (at country or regional level) in the Environmental Noise Directive scope. Applicable to END data flows: Competent Authority (DF2), Quiet Area (DF7_10) River basin district River basin district sub-unit Sensitive area Catchment of sensitive area Coastal waters sensitive area Lake sensitive area Less sensitive area River sensitive area Transitional waters sensitive area Water body Coastal water body Groundwater body Lake water body River water body Territorial waters Transitional water body Water Framework Directive Protected Area Protected Area associated with a surface or a groundwater body Nationally-designated Area (CDDA) Natura 2000 protected site Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics NUTS Level 1 NUTS Level 2 NUTS Level 3 Natura 2000 site Birds Directive protected site Protected Area associated with a surface or a groundwater body Habitats Directive protected site Protected Area associated with a surface or a groundwater body Bathing waters Coastal waters bathing water Lake bathing water River bathing water Transitional waters bathing water