This schema defines the common types used by MSFD reporting schemas. It is a reference schema only and does not have its own instance Category of measure Enumeration Progress in implementation Enumeration Reason for withdrawal, Reason for delay and Type of obstacle Enumeration There are difficulties in the acceptance of the measure, e.g. by certain stakeholders, government departments, Member States or in an EU or regional context New information on cost-effectiveness, i.e. either the measure is found not to be as effective as planned (at the cost originally envisaged) or the planned effect can only be achieved with higher costs Data or information needs are greater than originally envisaged, to the extent that the measure cannot be implemented as planned Lack of financing: no or insufficient budget (including material and staff costs) yet approved There is a lack of mechanism for the implementation at the EU level, e.g. the necessary regulation or other mechanism required for implementing the measure has not yet been adopted There is a lack of mechanism for the implementation at the international level, e.g. the necessary regulation or other mechanism required for implementing the measure has not yet been adopted There is a lack of mechanism for the implementation at the national level, e.g. the necessary regulation or other mechanism required for implementing the measure has not yet been adopted There is a lack of mechanism for the implementation in a Regional Sea Convention, e.g. the necessary regulation or other mechanism required for implementing the measure has not yet been adopted Any other reasons New information on technical difficulties which prevent a measure from being implemented as planned String of up to 1000 characters or empty String of up to 100 characters String of up to 2500 characters or empty String of up to 250 characters Unique 2 character ISO Code for the EU Member States Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Cyprus Germany Denmark Estonia Greece Spain Finland France Croatia Hungary Ireland Italy Lithuania Luxembourg Latvia Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Sweden Slovenia Slovakia United Kingdom Non-negative decimal number String of up to 50 characters GES Descriptor Enumeration D1 Biodiversity / D4 Food webs / D6 Sea-floor integrity D2 Non-indigenous species D3 Commercial fish and shellfish D5 Eutrophication D7 Hydrographical changes D8 Contaminants D9 Contaminants in seafood D10 Marine litter D11 Energy, incl. underwater noise String of up to 20 characters String of up to 1000 characters String of up to 10 characters Decimal allowing negatives with options for exceptions. -9999=Unknown, -8888=Yet to be measured, -7777=Not Applicable. GES Descriptor Enumeration D1 Biodiversity D2 Non-indigenous species D3 Commercial fish and shellfish D4 Food webs D5 Eutrophication D6 Sea-floor integrity D7 Hydrographical changes D8 Contaminants D9 Contaminants in seafood D10 Marine litter D11 Energy, incl. underwater noise Percentage with option for exceptions Date in the format YYYY-MM-DD URL string of up to 250 characters Yes/No String of up to 25 characters Decimal with options for exceptions. -9999=Unknown, -8888=Yet to be measured, -7777=Not Applicable. Date range in the format YYYY or YYYY-YYYY Date in the format YYYY String of up to 100 characters Date in the format YYYYMM String of up to 250 characters Positive decimal Non negative decimal Percentage with 3 decimal places String of up to 4000 characters String of up to 50 characters String of up to 2500 characters Number (decimal, min value 0, max value 100)