Reference portal for reporting under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive

Guidelines on concepts and definitions

• Guidelines Art. 17

• Guidelines Art. 17

Reference material for reports

The report format includes several fields with standardised data, which are also mentioned in the Explanatory notes and guidelines. This material is provided below:

Checklists for Annex I habitat types and Annex II, IV and V species

• Checklist for Annex I habitat types and Annex II, IV and V species - DRAFT (last updated 24/05/2023)

• List of broad benthic and pelagic habitat types for monitoring and assessment under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive to be used for optional reports for marine habitat types 1110 and 1170 (last updated: 22.06.2017)

Population units for species and examples of converting population units

• Art. 17 species population units for reporting 2019-2024 (last updated 13/03/2024)

• Examples of converting monitoring units to individuals for Art. 17 reporting

List of pressures and threats and conservation measures

• List of pressures and threats for the period 2019-2024 (last updated 24/05/2023)

• List of pressures and threats for the period 2019-2024 with indicative crosslinks to WFD and MSFD (last updated 05/02/2024)

• List of conservation measures for the period 2019-2024 v1.1 (last updated 26/01/2024)

Examples of reporting pressures and threats and conservation measures

• Example of reporting pressures for habitat type 1310 in SE

Favourable reference values

Technical report and examples of setting the favourable reference values from the Commission's contract 'Defining and applying the concept of Favourable Reference Values' (last updated: 08.02.2023)

• Technical report

• Examples of setting favourable reference values

• FRV for forest habitat types in Sweden

• FRA grassland habitats critical thresholds

• FRP for European Ground Squirrel

Biogeographical and marine regions

The boundaries of the biogeographical regions were prepared at a continental scale. If available, Member States can use their own boundaries digitised at a higher resolution.

• Boundaries of the biogeographical regions (last updated:19.06.2017)

• Map of the biogeographical regions as approved by the Habitats Committee in May 2011

• Boundaries of the MSFD regions and subregions (last updated:10.10.2023)

• Map of Marine regions for reporting under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive

The spatial grids for the habitats and species distribution

• The European (ETRS) grids for individual Member States (10x10km & 1x1km) (please check the year 2013)

• Marine regions (ETRS) 10x10km grid European (ETRS) 50x50km grid Read me

The marine grids information will be updated and provided soon (last updated 11.06.2024).

Typical species

• The compilation of typical species used by Member States to assess the parameter 'Specific structure and functions (including typical species)' for the reporting periods 2008-2012 and 2013-2018.

• Template typical species 2019-2024 to be uploaded in Reportnet 3.0 in field "6_6_b_typical_species_list"

• Guidance for updating the typical species lists for the reporting period 2019-2024

Codelists

The lists of codes to be used for the structured information in the report formats (reporting tool and xml schemas) are available via EEA Data Dictionaries webpage.

Reporting tools and data specifications

Range tool

• 10km grid Range tool & 1km grid Range tool Read me (last updated 25.06.2024)

• Reference Portal for Art17 reporting period 2007-2012

• Reference Portal for Art17 reporting period 2013-2018