The European Commission launched an online public consultation on the review of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. The Directive was first adopted in June 2008 with the aim to protect more effectively the marine environment across Europe, establishing a framework for all Member States to achieve and/or maintain Good Environmental Status (GES) by 2020. The report on the first implementation cycle was adopted by the Commission June 2020.

The review aims to look more in detail how the Directive performed so far, and it seeks to collect views of citizens, institutions and organisations from the public and private sector. The consultation will be open until 21 October 2021, and the Directive will be reviewed by mid-2023.

More information about the procedure can be found here and the public consultation can be accessed here.