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This page contains reference material and links for the reporting of the national designated types for the Designation types registry.
The national designation types information is reported using a webform. The webform is accessed via your country folder on CDR. There is no specific reporting deadline.
The list of designation type codes is used as a reference vocabulary for three data flows: nationally designated areas (CDDA), Natura 2000 and Emerald. For the reporting of those datasets, it is important that the national designation types are up-to-date in the registry.
An online dashboard with the most recent designation types information is available here. In addition, the designation type information is included in a separate table in the CDDA dataset.
CDDA reporters have permission to access the webform. Reporting permissions are managed by the National Focal Points. Please contact your National Focal Point if you require to be assigned with the CDDA reporter role.
If you need help, the CDDA helpdesk will support the Designation types reporting CDDA Helpdesk
Dataflow specific instructions
- Reporting obligation
- Data dictionary
- Designation types delivery manual v1
Be aware that due to the processing, it may take a couple of days before new information is reflected in the Designation types registry.
The Designation type code (designationTypeCode) is a unique identifier
Duplication of the Designation type code is no longer allowed. The Designation type code is now the unique idenfier of a record in the Designation types registry and dataset. Some countries may have to revise their approach to the allocation of designation types codes.
Mapping between the previous and the new format (2018)
The webform was prefilled in 2018 following the mapping table below. If you did not yet revised your designation types you may need to consult the table.
The prefilling was in most cases one-to-one with the data structure introduced in 2018. However, the Designation period begin field was prefilled with a dummy value "2018". When you revise the designation types, please update to the correct the year when the designation type was created. Normally, it will be the same year as the Legal reference publication date field that we could not populate automatically.
You will find the mapping and more information about the prefilling in the table
The last version of the national designation types prior to the format change in 2018 was published in the CDDA v15 in 2017 in the Designations table.