Marine Strategy Framework Directive reporting resources Support files for the reporting on the 2026 update of the Article 11 Monitoring Programmes

Guidance documents

The following documents have been developed as guides for the reporting process for the MSFD Article 11, Monitoring programmes.

• The reporting guidance for Article 11 is currently under approval by WG DIKE and will be made available in this section once it has been formally endorsed.

Enumeration lists

Draft enumeration lists (reference data in Reportnet 3) to be used in Article 11 reporting:

• MSFD Article 11 Reference Dataset Reportnet3 (Updated on 05.03.2026)

QC rules

QC rules available in RN3 for the MSFD Article 11.

• MSFD Article 11 QC rules - Tabular data (Updated on 05.03.2026)
• MSFD Article 11 QC rules - Supporting documents (Updated on 05.03.2026)

Schemas

Updated on 27.02.2026

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• ART11_Strategies.png

Dataflow help documents

• Manual on reporting MSFD Arts 7-11 using Reportnet 3 (Updated on 09.03.2026)
• Log of all changes requested by MS (Updated on 17.10.2025)

Empty templates:

Updated on 05.03.2026

• 1-ReporterInformation
• 2-ART11_Programmes
• 3-ART11_Strategies

WG DIKE webinar

• WG DIKE webinar 2026-03-05 (Updated on 09.03.2026)