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["These ready-to-use Practical Tables are complementary to the \"Practical Guide\" of the IMPEL CAED 2022(VIII) WG3, downloadable at the following link:"]
["https://www.impel.eu/en/projects/criteria-for-the-assessment-of-the-environmental-damage-caed"]

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["Term (alphabetical order)","Definition"]
["Ascertainment","The determination of clues and evidence of environmental damage and imminent threat of damage through information and data collection, analysis and assessment of the event, the effects on natural resources, the environmental quality status ex-ante and ex-post. The ascertainment can be done also by other investigative methods, such as modelling, risk assessment, expert judgement, etc."]
["Biodiversity","The term 'Biodiversity' is used in these Practical Guide and Tables with the meaning of 'Protected species and natural habitats'. Moreover, it concerns both the species and natural habitats protected by the Habitat and Birds Directives and those, including natural areas, protected by the national legislation."]
["Damage factors [1]","Factors that cause adverse effects to the natural resource protected under ELD. They represent the source of the environmental damage.\nNote that according to EU COM Notice, until the damage factors have caused environmental damage, they shoud be called potential damage factors. In this Practical Guide, for simplicity, they will always be called damage factors."]
["Damaging occurrence [1]","The range of possible occurrences which may cause environmental damage, whether it is an accident, on-going pollution, over-abstraction, killing of animals, etc.\nNote that according to EU COM Notice, until the damaging occurrence has caused environmental damage, it shoud be called potential damaging occurrence. In this Practical Guide, for simplicity, it will always be called damaging occurrence."]
["Determination of clues of environmental damage","The process of evaluation of cases of potential environmental damage that passed the screening phase. This process is preliminary to the determination of the evidence."]
[null,"The purpose of the determination of clues is to identify candidate cases of significant environmental damage and imminent threat of damage and to dismiss non-candidate ones."]
[null,"It involves the collection and evaluation of data, circumstances and other elements of fact or law indicating the possible existence of significant damage or imminent threat of damage in the light of the requirements of the ELD or other legislation on environmental damage. It concerns evaluations on the characteristics of the source of the impact and on the effects on natural resources."]
[null,"For example, clues of environmental damage may concern the exceedance of the screening concentration values for soil potentially contaminated."]
["Determination of evidence of environmental damage","The process of evaluation of candidate significant environmental damage cases that confirms them as significant environmental damage cases. This process is preliminary to the phase of designing of quantification of damage and definition and designing of remedial, complementary and compensatory measures."]
[null,"The purpose of the determination of evidence is, thus, to confirm the occurrence of significant environmental damage or imminent threat of damage cases in light of the requirements of the ELD or other legislation."]
["DRIVER","It is the occupational activity responsible of damage and/or imminent threat of damage.\nFor ELD art. 2, par. 7. ‘occupational activity’ means any activity carried out in the course of an economic activity, a business or an undertaking, irrespectively of its private or public, profit or non-profit character.\nFor ELD art. 2, par. 6. ‘operator’ means any natural or legal, private or public person who operates or controls the occupational activity or, where this is provided for in national legislation, to whom decisive economic power over the technical functioning of such an activity has been delegated, including the holder of a permit or authorisation for such an activity or the person registering or notifying such an activity."]
["ELD case and non-ELD case ","ELD case is a case where the environmental damage or imminent threat is found significant in light of the requirements of the ELD."]
[null,"Non-ELD case is a case where the environmental damage under ELD has not occurred or is not determined."]
["Environmental damage","Article 2(1) of the Environmental Liability Directive provides that 'environmental damage' means: "]
[null,"(a) damage to protected species and natural habitats, which is any damage that has significant adverse effects on reaching or maintaining the favourable conservation status of such habitats or species. The significance of such effects is to be assessed with reference to the baseline condition, taking account of the criteria set out in Annex I;"]
[null,"Damage to protected species and natural habitats does not include previously identified adverse effects which result from an act by an operator which was expressly authorised by the relevant authorities in accordance with provisions implementing Article 6(3) and (4) or Article 16 of Directive 92/43/EEC or Article 9 of Directive 79/409/EEC or, in the case of habitats and species not covered by Community law, in accordance with equivalent provisions of national law on nature conservation."]
[null,"(b) water damage, which is any damage that significantly adversely affects:"]
[null,"(i) the ecological, chemical or quantitative status or the ecological potential, as defined in Directive 2000/60/EC, of the waters concerned, with the exception of adverse effects where Article 4(7) of that Directive applies; or"]
[null,"(ii) the environmental status of the marine waters concerned, as defined in Directive 2008/56/EC, in so far as particular aspects of the environmental status of the marine environment are not already addressed through Directive 2000/60/EC. "]
[null,"(c) land damage, which is any land contamination that creates a significant risk of human health being adversely affected as a result of the direct or indirect introduction, in, on or under land, of substances, preparations, organisms or micro-organisms."]
[null,"Refer to EU COM Notice as regards all aspects of the definition of 'environmental damage'."]
["EU COM Notice","Commission Notice C(2021) 1860 final titled “Guidelines providing a common understanding of the term 'environmental damage' as defined in Article 2 of Directive 2004/35/EC on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage” and published on 25 March 2021."]
["Immediate Management of Damage Factors [1]","EU COM Notice defines it as “all practicable steps to immediately control, contain, remove or otherwise manage the relevant contaminants and/or any other damage factors in order to limit or prevent further environmental damage and adverse effects on human health or further impairment of services”. Along with the necessary remedial measures they are required to be taken when environmental damage has occurred (see article 6(1)(a) of ELD)."]
["Imminent threat of damage","Art. 2, par. 9, ELD defines it as a ‘sufficient likelihood that environmental damage will occur in the near future’."]
["IMPACT","Adverse effects on reference concepts of a natural resource under ELD."]
["ISPD tables","The ISPD tables are tables concerning the IMPACT, STATE, PRESSURE and DRIVER components of the DPSIR model that was adapted to environmental damage assessment and proposed in the CAED Guidelines and Tables. See the \"Explanatory notes\" sheet to know how their structure, content, and purpose.  "]
["PRESSURE","Potential damaging occurrences and related potential damage factors giving rise to an IMPACT or to a potential IMPACT on protected natural resources under ELD. In other words, PRESSURE represents potential damaging occurrences and potential damage factors exposing protected natural resources under ELD to an IMPACT or to a potential IMPACT."]
["Reference concepts [1]","EU COM Notice states: “For all three categories of natural resource, the definition of 'environmental damage' uses a reference concept to determine whether adverse effects are relevant. For protected species and natural habitats, the reference concept is the favourable conservation status of these species and habitats. For water, it is the ecological, chemical or quantitative status or the ecological potential of waters under the Water Framework Directive and the environmental status of marine waters under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, which have different dimensions. For land, it is risks to human health. The function of these reference concepts is to provide parameters and criteria against which the relevance of adverse effects can be examined. The concepts provide elements in respect of which adverse effects are to be measured.”."]
["Screening","A preliminary evaluation of cases to identify possible environmental damage and imminent threat of damage cases and to dismiss non-potential environmental damage and imminent threat of damage cases (from the beginning)."]
[null,"The screening phase is the very early stage of the evaluation (before the determination of clues). It may be conducted without taking any action of ascertainment/investigation, hence, only in light of the first information/data available about the event and its consequences (no effects/impacts evaluated)."]
[null,"For instance, screening is conducted on information and data communicated by the operator or by an authority through a notice reporting about the event."]
[null,"For example, the screening can be useful for environmental inspectors to recognise possible environmental damages or imminent threat of damages as a result of non-compliances discovered during routine/non-routine inspections of regulated/unregulated sites."]
["STATE","Baseline conditions of a natural resource, as defined in art. 2, par. 14 of ELD. The EU COM Notice provides some guidance on how to establish the baseline condition."]
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["[1] See EU COM Notice."]

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["Explanatory notes for the use of the Practical tables"]
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["CAVEAT: The users of the Practical Tables must consider that the Practical Tables are only a tool to help the ELD expert and non-expert users in the assessment of environmental damage under ELD. Hence, they are not binding for ELD competent authority and, overall, for ELD implementation. Moreover, they should be adapted to each ELD national legislation and they may be amended and/or integrated according to users needs."]
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["Scope of the use of the Practical tables"]
["The Practical tables contain IMPACT, STATE, PRESSURE and DRIVER tables (so called \"ISPD tables\") and also useful additional check-lists for screening ELD cases and for identifying cases of imminent threat of damage. The ISPD tables can be used for a complete assessment, namely during the whole investigation: they contain indicators to conduct the screening of ELD cases, identify the imminent threat of damage, identify the clues of environmental damage as well as the evidence of damage. Hence, the check-lists for screening ELD cases and for identifying cases of imminent threat of damage are additional to ISPD tables and can be used indipendently for their specific purposes."]
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["Purpose of the use of the Practical tables"]
["The Practical tables may be used for different purposes: e.g. to exchange key information between the competent authority and the operator or among different competent authorities, to draft a damage and imminent threat assessment reports, to archive information and built an ELD database of cases.\nThe purpose of the Practical tables is to help ELD expert and non-expert users to screen possible ELD cases, verify ELD applicability, identify clues and evidence of damage and imminent threat of damage under ELD (see \"Colour codes\" sheet)."]
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["Users of the Practical tables"]
["Anyone may use the Practical tables: ELD competent authorities, ELD enforcement experts and practicioners, Habitats and Birds Directive experts, WFD and MSFD experts, contaminated soil experts, environmental inspectors, operators, insurance companies, environmental associations, NGOs, etc. However, it is advisable that the check-list screening STEP 1 of ELD cases is used by non-experts in ELD, while other check-lists such as screening STEP 2 and imminent threat of damage identification, as well as the ISPD tables are used by ELD experts."]
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["How to use the check-list to screen ELD cases"]
["The check-list to screen ELD cases is divided in two phases called STEP 1 and STEP 2.\nSTEP 1 is the first and easier and basic step of the evaluation of cases, while STEP 2 is more advanced.\nSTEP 1 can be done by non-experts in ELD. It is the screening phase useful to identify cases to further submit to STEP 2.\nSTEP 1 useful to identify cases to notify to competent authority on Environmental Liability Directive (ELD) enforcement in order to assess environmental damage (or imminent threat of damage) under ELD regime. Anyhow, even if STEP 2 is addressed to ELD experts, it  may be conducted by non-experts in ELD, thus the possible ELD case my be forwarded to competent authority on ELD subsequently.\nThe screening table STEP 1 aims to help the user non-expert in ELD to identify cases that should be handled under ELD regime, namely, when it is appropriate to submit the case to ELD competent authority. As a consequence, when the case is not identified as possible ELD case in STEP 1, it does not mean that it cannot be an ELD cases, because STEP 1 aims only to help identifying possible ELD cases and not the contrary, namely to identify possible non-ELD cases. Thus, if the answer to the question is NO, it does not mean that you can be confident that the case is not an ELD case.\nPrinciple of STEP 1 is based on the fact that adverse effects to the environment should be seen/detected. In case adverse effect are not seen/detected, the damaging occurrence should be severe in order to proceed with STEP 2. This means that in case you don’t see/detect any adverse effects on the natural resource, it means that most probably the damaging occurrence has not been as much severe as to cause a significant adverse effect on the natural resource.\nHence, in this case, in order to proceed with screening STEP 2, you should be in front of a severe damaging occurrence and, in order to evaluate severity of the damaging occurrence , the spatial (quantity, extent, mobility, spatial trend, etc.) and temporal (duration, time trend, etc.), as well as the intrinsic (hazardousness against the natural resources, etc.) characteristics of the damaging occurrence should be evaluated. The cases listed in the drop-down list of screening STEP 1 are some examples. The list is liable to be integrated or amended by the user, according to his needs.\nSTEP 2 is a more advanced screening phase that includes the verification of the applicability of ELD , the identification of the natural resources protected by ELD and the verification of the consistency between damage factors and reference concepts.\nThe user may not have all useful information to screen the cases by the screening process STEP 2. In this case, the user can continue the assessment of the case by completing the ISPD tables as they include the assessments of screening process STEP 2."]
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["How to use the check-list to identify imminent threat of damage"]
["The assessment of an imminent threat of environmental damage requires verification of 5 elements and 5 sub-elements.\nThe first 4 elements enable to evaluate the conditions for the existence of a possible imminent threat of damage (Preliminary check), while the 5th element (Check for determining a ‘sufficient likelihood that environmental damage will occur in the near future’), composed by 5 sub-elements, enable to evaluate if there is a sufficient likelihood that environmental damage will occur in the near future, namely if there is an imminent threat of damage.\nThe combined evaluation of the 5 sub-elements might arise the condition of sufficient likelihood that environmental damage will occur in the near future. Each one of them might be singularly in the condition of arising the likelihood that environmental damage will occur in the near future (see Practical Tables), however an overall assessment of them is required. It means that both:\n-\tan imminent threat of damage cannot arise from single sub-element alone; and\n-\tan imminent threat of damage may arise even if not all sub-elements are in a condition of relevance."]
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["Preconditions to use the ISPD tables"]
["At the beginning of the IMPACT, PRESSURE and DRIVER tables (not in the STATE tables) there are preconditions for the use of the tables. These preconditions refer to the applicability of the ELD."]
["If preconditions are met (or are likely to be met), then other screening indicators included in the tables should still be applied to be sure that the case should be investigated under ELD (see Colour code sheet). Anyhow, if the user has not yet sufficient information and data to verify preconditions and screening indicators, he can still decide to use the ISPD tables and verify ELD applicability and screening indicators when possible."]
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["How to use the ISPD tables"]
["The ISPD tables are tables concerning the IMPACT, STATE, PRESSURE and DRIVER components of the DPSIR model that was adapted to environmental damage assessment and proposed in the CAED Guidelines and Tables.\nThe ISPD tables are primarily composed of a table concerning the IMPACT component and a table concerning the STATE component for each ELD natural resource assessed (biodiversity, water, land). The IMPACT and STATE tables should be used one by one for each single ELD natural resource of the same type, e.g. one for each species or natural habitat or surface water or groundwater assessed.\nThe tables are constituted by general sections followed by specific sections, that contain indicators referred only to a subgroup of natural resources (e.g. coastal and marine waters and groundwater in the tables for Water). In case a specific section of a table does not concern the natural resource under assessment, the user should skip to the next section of the table. In tables for Water, “surface waters” section should be used for evaluating both surface inland waters and coastal and marine waters.\nThe PRESSURE, except for the specific section “land”, and DRIVER tables are valid for each natural resource.\nThe STATE table for biodiversity contains DESCRIPTION columns for each level of baseline assessment (Local/Site level, National level, Bio-geographical/European level)."]
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["Quality assurance of data and information"]
["To evaluate the possible damage to every types of natural resources, quality assurance of data and information is fundamental. In fact, relevance, quality, and reliability of data and information collected should be evaluated in the first instance to determine whether there are adequate data and information to make the determination of the clues and, consequently, the evidence of environmental damage possible. For this purpose, the ISPD tables include indicators about relevance, quality, and reliability of collected data and information."]
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["Compilation of DESCRIPTION columns of ISPD tables"]
["The column “Description” should be compiled with the description and/or values (when available) of the relevant indicator for the case being assessed; the user may use drop-down lists and/or enter free text (manually entry); free text should stand either before or after user's selection from the drop-down list and must be separated by \";\". Moreover, the user can make single or multiple selections from the drop-down list. In case the user select a wrong element from the drop-down list, he can delete it by selecting it again.\nIt is not mandatory to determine information/data and compile “Description” column for every indicator, but it would be useful to provide as much relevant information/data as possible about the case.\nIn cases when the information and data included in the “Description” column are repeated in more than a box in the same or different tables, the user may decide to link boxes or to refers to the other boxes content etc. in order not to duplicate information/data and compilation efforts."]
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["Compilation of EVALUATION and INTERIM JUDGEMENT columns of ISPD tables"]
["Evalutation of data and information collected in relation to indicators is a prerogative of the users. No directions are provided for any evaluation of the \"Description\" columns outputs to be indicated in the “Evaluation” and “Interim Judgement” columns.\nThe criteria for the evaluation of a single or a group of indicators which may lead to the determination of imminent threat of damage, as well as to clues and evidence of environmental damage, cannot be not provided as a template because it may depend on case by case. However, indicators useful to identify the imminent threat of damage, the clues and evidence of damage have been coloured and dressed with a symbol."]
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["Colour code"]
["See \"Colour codes\" sheet."]
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["Compilation and output of Pratical tables"]
["See \"Output of Practical tables\" sheet."]

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["Colour codes for the IMPACT, STATE, PRESSURE, DRIVER tables"]
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["Some indicators in \"Indicators\" column of each table are coloured and dressed with symbols in order to let the user identify their scope:"]
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["Colour and symbol code for the \"Indicators\" column"]
["ELD applicability indicators","*yellow"]
["Indicators to screen ELD cases","#fuchsia"]
["Indicators to identify imminent threat of damage or clues of damage","°orange"]
["Indicators to identify evidence of environmental damage","^red"]
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["Note that indicators to verify applicability of ELD have been coloured in yellow because they are a subgroup of all indicators to screen cases according to ELD criteria. This choice was made because screening of potential ELD cases and verification of the ELD applicability may be conducted by different subjects/users."]
["Moreover, note that indicators to identify imminent threat of damage or clues of damage have been coloured with the same colour. This is because sometimes an indicator can give an information either about an imminent threat of damage and/or a clue of damage, even if there is a clear difference between an imminent threat of damage and a clue of damage : the identification of an imminent threat of damage triggers preventive actions to avoid damage, while the identification of a clue of damage triggers further investigations to determine evidence of damage."]
["Finally, indicators that are coloured in red represent circumstances of evidence of damage, namely damage according to the definitions of environmental damage in art. 2 of Environmental Liability Directive (ELD) as well as to the clarifications of Commission Notice C(2021) 1860 final of 24 March 2021 (see also Terminology sheet).\nIn case you determine damage consistent with the indicators for evidence of damage, you have found an environmental damage pursuant to ELD."]
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["Moreover, the compilation of tables of indicators may be supplemented by using a colour code for the “Description” and \"Evaluation\" columns as well as for the \"Interim Judgement\" columns for a better and easier check of intermediate and final outputs.\nThe following table on the left represents the colour code proposed for the outputs of the “Description” and \"Evaluation\" columns.\nIn addition, the following table on the right represents the colour code proposed for the outputs for the \"Interim Judgement\" column.\nThe column “Evaluation” should be compiled with the evaluation of the group of indicators grouped by evaluation objective.\nNote that the colour code is directly adopted by the user of the table, according to his evaluations on for each specific case."]
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["Colour code for the \"Description\" and \"Evaluation\"columns",null,null,"Colour code for the \"Interim Judgement\" column"]
["Favourable to the identification of the clue (text box)","<-- fuchsia",null,"Clues of environmental damage (text box)","<-- fuchsia"]
["Unfavourable to the identification of the clue (text box)","<-- green",null,"Absence of clues of environmental damage (text box)","<-- green"]
["Data/information not available (express the possibility/legitimity/needs/benefits of collecting/requiring further data/information) (text box)","<-- grey",null,"Data/information to identify clues of damage not sufficient (express the possibility/legitimity/needs/benefits of collecting/requiring further data/information through further investigations) (text box) ","<-- grey"]
["Auxiliary data/information (text box)","<-- white"]
["Not available data/information (empty box)","<-- white"]
["Not relevant data/information  (empty box)","<-- white"]

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["SCREENING"]
["Useful information (known or estimated) to screen ELD cases:\n1)\tFor STEP 1:\n- \tActual or possible damaging occurrence\n- \tType, magnitude, duration and characteristics of damage factors\n- Actual or possible adverse effects to the environment related to damage factors\n2)\tFor STEP 2:\n-\t Actual or possible responsible occupational activity\n-\t Time when the damaging occurrence took place\n-\t Actual or possible adverse effects to the environment related to reference concepts\nNOTE: The screening table STEP 1 aims to help the user non-expert in ELD to identify cases that should be handled under ELD regime, namely, when it is appropriate to submit the case to ELD competent authority. As a consequence, when the case is not identified as possible ELD case in STEP 1, it does not mean that it cannot be an ELD case, because STEP 1 aims only to help identifying possible ELD cases and not the contrary, namely to identify possible non-ELD cases. Thus, if the answer to the question is NO, it does not mean that you can be confident that the case is not an ELD case.\nNOTE: The cases listed in the drop-down lists of screening STEP 1 are some examples. The lists are liable to be integrated or amended by the user, according to his needs.\nNOTE: The user may not have all useful information to screen the cases by the screening process STEP 2. In this case, the user can continue the assessment of the case by completing the ISPD tables as they include the assessments of screening process STEP 2.\nNOTE: The terms 'large scale' and 'prolonged' that user finds in the check-list mean that the severity of the damaging occurrence may depend, in certain cases, on spatial (quantity) or temporal (duration) characteristics. However, since the terms 'Large scale' and prolonged' are indefinite, they should be evaluated case by case.\nNOTE: Containment measures of the damage factors and mitigation measures of the adverse effects may be ongoing during the screening. This does not entail the ELD would not be applicable."]
["STEP 1",null,null,null,"Directions"]
["Screening biodiversity damage","You are visiting/inspecting [2]:\n1) a terrestrial natural area; or\n2) an aquatic environment; or\n3) an artificial area with a terrestrial natural area or aquatic environment around it; or\n4) an intensive agricultural area with a terrestrial natural area or aquatic environment around it","Have you seen/detected EITHER of the following occurrencies:\nAT LEAST ONE in the 1° list of damaging occurrencies in D4\nor\nAT LEAST ONE the 2° list of adverse effects in D5?",null,"If YES, go to STEP 2\nif NO, further information/data are needed to screen the case"]
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[null,"You are visiting/inspecting an artificial area or an intensive agricultural area [2]","Have you seen/detected BOTH of the following occurrences:\nAT LEAST ONE in the 1° list of damaging occurrencies in D6\nand\nAT LEAST ONE in the 2° list of adverse effects in D7?",null,"If YES, go to STEP 2\nif NO, further information/data are needed to screen the case"]
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["Screening water damage","You are visiting/inspecting inland surface waters (river (artificial or natural), lake, reservoir)","Have you seen/detected ANY of the following occurrences?",null,"If YES, go to STEP 2\nif NO, further information/data are needed to screen the case"]
[null,"You are visiting/inspecting transitional, marine-coastal and territorial waters"]
[null,"You are visiting/inspecting protected areas under WFD and MSFD (e.g. fens, marshes, peat bogs, springs, salines, lagoons, ponds, marine reserves)"]
[null,"You are inspecting groundwaters"]
["Screening land damage","You are visiting/inspecting land","Have you seen/detected ANY of the following occurrencies?",null,"If YES, go to STEP 2\nif NO, further information/data are needed to screen the case"]
["STEP 2",null,null,null,"Directions"]
["ELD applicability Check","Exemptions (art. 4 of ELD)","Has the emission, event or incident been caused by any of the following exemptions?",null,"If ANY exemption is selected, then ELD does not apply; otherwise go to D15"]
[null,null,null,null,"If this exemption is selected, ELD applies but the operator has the right to limit his liability; go to B16"]
[null,"Temporal scope (art. 17 of ELD) [1] ","Has any of the following options occurred?",null,"If ANY option is selected, ELD does not apply; otherwise go to B17"]
[null,"Liability Regime [1]","The adverse effects have been caused by an occupational activity:",null,"If the occupational activity is listed in Annex III of the ELD, ELD applies (with strict liability regime); go to B18 and/or B20 and/or B22.\n\nIf the occupational activity is not listed in Annex III, ELD applies only for damage to biodiversity (with fault based liability regime, which means fault or negligence of the operator has to be demonstrated); go to B18."]
["Screening","Biodiversity damage","There have been actual or likely adverse effects on:",null,"If ANY option is selected, go to C19"]
[null,null,"Damage factors can generate adverse effects:",null,"If even this option is selected, ELD applies; otherwise ELD does not apply"]
[null,"Water damage","There have been actual or likely adverse effects on:",null,"If this option is selected, go to C21"]
[null,null,"Damage factors can generate adverse effects:",null,"If even this option is selected, ELD applies; otherwise ELD does not apply"]
[null,"Land damage","Has any of the following options occurred?",null,"If ANY option is selected, ELD applies; otherwise ELD does not apply"]
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["[1]: Domestic legislation in individual Member States may contain additional and different criteria on applicability over time. Hence, please refer to domestic legislation, in addition to the ELD itself."]
["[2]: Legenda (below)"]
["Artificial_area","Intensive_agricultural_area","Terrestrial_natural_area","Aquatic_environment"]
["urban_centres_or_isolated_residential_buildings","arable_lands","forests","fens"]
["industrial_or_commercial_units","orchards","shrublands","marshes"]
["mine_or_dump_or_construction_sites","groves","heathland","peat bogs"]
["woody_plantations","pastures_i.e._grasslands_used_for_grazing_or_intensive_fodder_production_hay_meadows","grasslands","springs"]
["harbour",null,"dunes","salines"]
[null,null,"natural_rocky_areas","lagoons"]
[null,null," glaciers_or_snowfields","lakes"]
[null,null,null,"ponds"]
[null,null,null,"rivers"]
[null,null,null,"reservoirs"]
[null,null,null,"estuaries"]
[null,null,null,"caves"]

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["CHECK-LIST for imminent threat of damage"]
["Note: The process of identification of an imminent threat under the ELD should not limit environmental officers (on the ground) or the operator to take any immediate in-situ actions (such as emergency, containment and mitigation measures) if deemed required and subsequently inform the ELD competent authority accordingly. The efficiency of the containment measures of the damage factors and the mitigation measures of the adverse effects should be considered when answering the questions."]
["Minimum information that should be known (or estimated) to identify imminent threat of damage:\n- damaging occurrence (if not known, at least it is required to know the damage factors);\n- damage factors (possibly: magnitude, extent and hazardousness with respect to the ELD natural resource)\n- ELD natural resources actually or potentially affected"]
["Preliminary check [2]",null,null,"Directions"]
["Damaging occurrence","Is the damaging occurrence still ongoing or the damage factors still active? (namely, is the situation evolving or potentially evolving?)",null,"if NO stop\nIf YES, go to B6"]
["Receptors","Are there ELD natural resources liable to be harmed?",null,"If NO, stop\nIf YES go to B7"]
["Pathways","Are there actual or potential exposure routes linking the damaging occurrence and/or damage factors to ELD natural resources liable to be harmed?",null,"If NO, stop\nIf YES go to B8"]
[null,"Is there consistency of damage factors and/or adverse effects to reference concepts (according to ELD) of the ELD natural resources liable to be harmed?",null,"If NO, stop\nIf YES go to B10"]
["Check for determining a ‘sufficient likelihood that environmental damage will occur in the near future’ [2]",null,null,"Directions"]
["Damaging occurrence and damage factors","Period of the permanence of the damaging occurrence and damage factors",null,"This sub-element becomes relevant if the damaging occurrence and the damage factors keep staying active for a time"]
[null,"Frequency of the damaging occurrence (in case the damaging occurrence is not a unique emission, event or incident)",null,"This sub-element becomes relevant if the damaging occurrence is unique but severe or if the damaging occurrence is not severe but multiple and frequent over time"]
[null,"Magnitude, extent and hazardousness of the damage factors with respect to the ELD natural resource [3]",null,"This sub-element becomes relevant if magnitude, extent and hazardousness of damage factors are able to significantly affect ELD natural resource"]
["ELD natural resource","Proximity of the ELD natural resource with respect to the damaging occurrence and/or damage factors",null,"This sub-element becomes relevant if the ELD natural resource is close and reachable by the damaging occurrence and/or damage factors"]
[null,"Degree of exposure of the ELD natural resource with respect to the damage factors (specify if it has been already affected)",null,"This sub-element becomes relevant if the ELD natural resource is vulnerable and highly exposed (quantitatively and temporally) to the damage factors"]
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["[1] Domestic legislation in individual Member States may contain additional and different criteria on applicability over time. Hence, please refer to domestic legislation, in addition to the ELD itself."]
["[2] The first 4 elements enable to evaluate the conditions for the existence of a possible imminent threat of damage (Preliminary check), the 5th element, composed by 5 sub-elements, enable to evaluate if there is an imminent threat of damage, namely a sufficient likelihood that environmental damage will occur in the near future. The combined evaluation of the 5 sub-elements might arise the condition of sufficient likelihood that environmental damage will occur in the near future. Each one of them might be singularly in the condition of arising the likelihood that environmental damage will occur in the near future, however an overall assessment of them is required. It means that both:\n-\tan imminent threat of damage must arise from at least one sub-element of \"Damaging occurrence and damage factors\" category and one sub-element of the \"ELD natural resources\" category; and\n-\tan imminent threat of damage may arise even if not all sub-elements are in a condition of relevance."]
["[3] Magnitude (mass, volume), extent (area), and hazardousness of the damage factors should be evaluated with respect to their relevance in relation to the mass/volume, extention and vulnerability of natural resource to the damage factors."]

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["This table has to be completed for each protected species or natural habitat affected/ potentially affected:",null,"(Insert protected species or natural habitat affected/potentially affected here)"]
["NOTE: IT IS NOT MANDATORY TO DETERMINE INFORMATION/DATA FOR ALL INDICATORS, BUT IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO PROVIDE AS MUCH RELEVANT INFORMATION/DATA AS POSSIBLE."]
["NOTE: BEWARE NOT TO INCLUDE BASELINE CONDITION INFORMATION IN THIS TABLE, THE INFORMATION TO REPORT  HERE REFER TO THE Actual or Potential ADVERSE EFFECTS on PROTECTED SPECIES/HABITAT ."]
["*ELD APPLICABILITY\n1) There has to be a direct or indirect adverse effect to a natural resource protected by the ELD\n2) Damaging occurrence has to occur within the temporal scope of the ELD (art. 17)","*Preconditions for the use of the IMPACT table for BIODIVERSITY:\n1) There has to be a direct or indirect adverse effect on protected species and natural habitats, namely (par. 3, art. 2 of ELD):\n(a) the species mentioned in Article 4(2) of Directive 79/409/EEC (Birds Directive) or listed in Annex I thereto or listed in Annexes II and IV to Directive 92/43/EEC (Habitat Directive);\n(b) the habitats of species mentioned in Article 4(2) of Directive 79/409/EEC or listed in Annex I thereto or listed in Annex II to Directive 92/43/EEC, and the natural habitats listed in Annex I to Directive 92/43/EEC and the breeding sites or resting places of the species listed in Annex IV to Directive 92/43/EEC; and\n(c) where a Member State so determines, any habitat or species, not listed in those Annexes which the Member State designates for equivalent purposes as those laid down in these two Directives;\n2) The damage has to occur within the temporal scope of the ELD (art. 17):\nThe ELD Directive shall not apply to:\n(see conditions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 in the PRESSURE table)",null,"If you are still not able to verify the preconditions, you may use the table anyway."]
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["OBJECTIVE","INDICATORS","DESCRIPTION","EVALUATION","INTERIM JUDGEMENT"]
["Evaluate the relevance, reliability and quality of data / information collected on the adverse effects after the event of potential damage","*Species/natural habitat directly/indirectly affected (specify also where it is listed, , e.g. article, Annex or designation where it is listed)"]
[null,"#Consistency between the data/information about actual/potential adverse effects and the reference concepts (specify) [1]"]
[null,"#Causal link between the actual/potential adverse effects and the damage factors (specify) [2]"]
[null,"Actual or estimated date or period of occurrence of damage (if determined)"]
[null,"Location of species/natural habitat directly/indirectly affected (for instance: geographical coordinates, toponym, etc.)"]
[null,"Type of negatively affected area"]
[null,"Type of adverse effects"]
[null,"°Distance of the damaging occurrence to the natural habitats and protected species (in the case of an area and non-point target, reference should always be made to the centroid)"]
[null,"°Pathway between the damaging occurrence and the natural habitats and protected species"]
[null,"Adequacy of Data Quality about the natural resource affected/potentially affected"]
["Evaluate the existence of adverse effects on species (with the exception of birds) and their habitats which may affect maintaining or achieving a favourable conservation status","°Adverse variation of the population size (specify)"]
[null,"°Adverse variation of the population range at local level (specify)"]
[null,"°Adverse variation of the habitat for species either in quantity (lost of area) or in quality (for instance reduction of complexity, degradation of structure, lost of function); (specify if reproductive, resting and feeding/foraging habitat)"]
[null,"°Adverse variation of the rarity/peculiarity at local level (specify)"]
[null,"°Adverse variation in the resilience (recovery capacity) (Specify time expected for recovery to baseline status) (specify)"]
[null,"°Adverse variation of other biological and ecological parameters, as well as other parameters included in the Reporting formats (related to species) on biodiversity of art. 17 of Habitat Dir. (specify)"]
[null,"^Deterioration of the favourable conservation status or postponing of the achievement of favourable conservation status"]
[null,"^Introduction of measures, following a damaging occurrence, taken to maintain or restore the favourable conservation status"]
["Evaluate the existence of adverse effects on birds and their habitats which may affect maintaining or achieving a favourable conservation status","°Adverse variation of the population size or  number of pairs of breeding species (specify)"]
[null,"°Adverse variation of the population of wintering or moulting, migratory species"]
[null,"°Adverse variation of the habitat either quantitative (lost of surface) or qualitative (for instance reduction of complexity, degradation of structure, lost of function) (specify if reproductive, resting and feeding/foraging habitats)"]
[null,"°Adverse variation of ecological or biological parameters, as well as other parameters included in the Reporting formats on biodiversity of the Birds Directive"]
[null,"^Deterioration of the favourable conservation status or postponing of the achievement of favourable conservation status"]
[null,"^Introduction of measures, following a damaging occurrence, taken to maintain or restore the favourable conservation status"]
["Evaluate the existence of adverse effects on natural habitats and their typical species which may affect maintaining or achieving a favourable conservation status","°Adverse variation of the covered area"]
[null,"°Adverse variation on the population size of its typical species"]
[null,"°Adverse variation in the resilience (recovery capacity) (Specify time expected for recovery to baseline status)"]
[null,"°Adverse variation of ecological or biological parameters, as well as other parameters included in the Reporting formats (related to habitats) on biodiversity of art. 17 of Habitat Dir."]
[null,"^Deterioration of the favourable conservation status or postponing of the achievement of favourable conservation status"]
[null,"^Introduction of measures, following a damaging occurrence, taken to maintain or restore the favourable conservation status"]
["Evaluate how the state of places has changed","°Comparison of video/photographic images between the pre-event situation and the post-event situation"]
[null,"°Comparison between video/photographic images of the post-event situation and similar sites"]
["Only for Natura 2000 sites"]
["Evaluate the existence of adverse effects on species/bird species which may affect maintaining or achieving a favourable conservation status","°Adverse variation of degree of conservation (you may also refer to the global assessment of the value of the site for conservation of the species concerned, included in standard data form of  Natura 2000 sites)"]
[null,"^Referring to standard data form, postponing the achievement of a good or excellent conservation status"]
[null,"^Introduction of special conservation measures, following a damaging occurrence, taken pursuant to Habitats or Birds Directive to maintain or restore the favourable conservation status"]
["Evaluate the existence of adverse effects on habitats","°Referring to the standard data form, adverse variation of surface or adverse variation of degree of conservation of structure and functions"]
[null,"^Referring to standard data form, postponing the achievement of a good or excellent conservation status"]
[null,"^Introduction of special conservation measures, following a damaging occurrence, taken pursuant to Habitats Directive to maintain or restore the favourable conservation status"]
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["[1] This is a condition for the implementation of ELD, because if the adverse effect are not consistent with the reference concepts that entail damage under ELD regime, then the case is not an ELD case. This condition should be verified by an expert, so it may also represent one fundamental objective of the assessment."]
["[2] This is a condition for the implementation of ELD, because if the causal link between actual/potential adverse effects and damage factors may not be determined, then the ELD cannot be implemented. This condition should be verified by an expert, so it may also represent one fundamental objective of the assessment."]

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["This table should be completed for each protected species or natural habitat affected/ potentially affected:",null,"(Insert protected species or natural habitat affected/potentially affected here)"]
["NOTE: IT IS NOT MANDATORY TO DETERMINE INFORMATION/DATA FOR ALL INDICATORS, BUT IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO PROVIDE AS MUCH RELEVANT INFORMATION/DATA AS POSSIBLE."]
["OBJECTIVE","INDICATORS","DESCRIPTION","EVALUATION",null,null,"INTERIM JUDGEMENT"]
["Evaluate the relevance, reliability and quality of baseline data / information collected on relevant protected species and natural habitats","Availability of the baseline conservation status and/or other reference values for the protected species or natural habitat affected/ potentially affected (specify whether data/information is adequate, inadequate, further information needed)"]
[null,"Availability of baseline monitoring data about the protected species and its habitat affected/ potentially affected (specify whether the data/information is adequate, inadequate, further information needed)"]
[null,"Availability of baseline monitoring data about the natural habitat and its typical species affected/ potentially affected (specify also whether the data/information is adequate, inadequate, further information needed)"]
[null,"Adequacy of baseline Data Quality about the natural resource"]
["Know the pre-existing pressure level on protected species and natural habitats","Other pre-existing pressures on the natural habitats and protected species"]
["OBJECTIVE","INDICATORS","DESCRIPTION\nLocal/Site Level [1]\n(if you fill this level, no need to fill the other levels)","DESCRIPTION\nSpecies/Habitats - Bio-geographical/National\nBird Species - National Level","DESCRIPTION\nSpecies/Habitats - European Level\nBird species - European Level","EVALUATION"]
["Know the baseline condition of the species (with the exception of birds) and their habitat","Population size"]
[null,"Trend of population size"]
[null,"Range"]
[null,"Trend of range"]
[null,"Population isolation (relating to the entire range)"]
[null,"Habitat use"]
[null,"Habitat (amount and/or quality)"]
[null,"Trend of Habitat (amount/quality)"]
[null,"Capacity to recover/natural regeneration capacity"]
[null,"Conservation status (specify) [2]"]
[null,"Trend of conservation status [2]"]
[null,"Future prospects (overall) [2]"]
["Know the baseline condition of the bird species and their habitat","Population size"]
[null,"Trend of population size"]
[null,"Range"]
[null,"Trend of range"]
[null,"Population isolation (relating to the entire range)"]
[null,"Population of wintering or moulting regularly occurring migratory species"]
[null,"Use of the area"]
[null,"Habitat use"]
[null,"Habitat (amount and/or quality)"]
[null,"Trend of habitat (amountand/or quality)"]
[null,"Rarity"]
[null,"Capacity to recover/natural regeneration capacity"]
[null,"IUCN red list category (Specify if the species are included in the National Red List and/or European Red List)"]
[null,"Conservation status (specify) [2]"]
[null,"Trend of conservation status [2]"]
[null,"Future prospects (overall) [2]"]
["Know the baseline condition of the habitat and its typical species","Range"]
[null,"Trend of Range"]
[null,"Covered area"]
[null,"Trend of Covered area"]
[null,"Structure and functions"]
[null,"Ability to recover/natural regeneration capacity"]
[null,"Rarity"]
[null,"Conservation status of the habitat (specify) [2]"]
[null,"Trend of conservation status of the habitat [2]"]
[null,"Future prospects (overall) [2]"]
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["[1] See EU COM Notice, p. 118: [...] Assessment and determination of significance need to be meaningful at the local level. References to the national and European levels provide an additional orientation to enable specimens and habitats to be placed in different geographical contexts. It does not mean that adverse effects have to be demonstrated at the national and European levels; [...]"]
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["[2] Indicators available at level of Biogeographical region and Member State for protected species and natural habitats, while at Member State level for bird species"]

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["This table has to be completed for each water body (or areas of waters included in one or more water bodies) affected/ potentially affected:",null,"(Insert water body (or areas of waters included in one or more water bodies) affected/potentially affected here)"]
["NOTE: IT IS NOT MANDATORY TO DETERMINE INFORMATION/DATA FOR ALL INDICATORS, BUT IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO PROVIDE AS MUCH RELEVANT INFORMATION/DATA AS POSSIBLE."]
["NOTE: BEWARE NOT TO INCLUDE BASELINE CONDITION INFORMATION IN THIS TABLE."]
["*ELD APPLICABILITY\n1) There has to be a direct or indirect adverse effect to a natural resource protected by the ELD\n2) Damaging occurrence has to occur within the temporal scope of the ELD (art. 17)","*Preconditions for the use of the IMPACT table for WATERS:\n1) There has to be a direct or indirect adverse effect on waters concerned under the Water Framework Directive (WFD) and marine waters within the scope of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD): namely, water bodies (or areas of waters included in one or more water bodies) identified by a Member State for the purpose of implementing the Water Framework Directive and the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (for coastal and territorial marine waters)\n2) The damage has to occur within the temporal scope of the ELD (art. 17):\nThe ELD Directive shall not apply to:\n(see conditions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 in the PRESSURE table)",null,"If you are still not able to verify the preconditions, you may use the table anyway."]
["OBJECTIVE","INDICATOR","DESCRIPTION","EVALUATION","INTERIM JUDGEMENT"]
["ALL WATERS"]
["Evaluate the relevance, reliability and quality of data / information on adverse effects collected after the damaging occurrence","*Water body/ies directly/indirectly affected/potentially affected (specify also if they are identified under WFD or MSFD and their ID code)"]
[null,"#Consistency between the data/information about actual/potential adverse effects and the reference concepts (specify) [1]"]
[null,"#Causal link between the actual/potential adverse effects and the damage factors (specify) [2]"]
[null,"Actual or estimated date of occurrence of direct/indirect adverse effects on the water body/ies"]
[null,"Actual or estimated date of occurrence of damage (if determined)"]
[null,"Presence of direct/indirect adverse effects to the natural resource services provided by the waters concerned (specify)"]
[null,"Location of water body/ies directly/indirectly affected (Geographical coordinates)"]
[null,"Source of post-event data"]
[null,"Representativeness of data from the point of view of time (consistency of time lapse between data acquisition and the damaging occurrence) and space (analytical data associable to damaging occurrence and extent of the negatively affected area identified/estimated) [3] [4]"]
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[null,"Adequacy of Quality Assurance and Quality Control principles (to consider Data Quality indicators for sampling and lab analysis equipment, procedures and methods)"]
["Evaluate the existence of any adverse effects on the chemical status","°Presence of priority/priority hazardous substances (chemical quality elements) found in water/groundwater sampling subsequent to the damaging occurrence (substances selected for  the classification of chemical status) [5]"]
[null,"°Presence of priority/priority hazardous substances (chemical quality elements) found in sediment sampling subsequent to the damaging occurrence [6]"]
[null,"°Presence of priority/priority hazardous substances (chemical quality elements) found in samples taken after the damaging occurrence in the biota"]
[null,"°Adverse time trend (the trend of the conc. values of the priority substances in the case of multiple samplings over time)"]
[null,"°Adverse spatial trend (the trend, with respect to the source, of the concentration values of the priority substances in case of sampling in different points of the water/groundwater body)"]
[null,"^Deterioration or change of the chemical status of a water body (even for part of a water body)"]
[null,"^Postponing, as a consequence of  a damaging occurrence, of the chemical status objectives established in WFD for a water body (even for part of a water body)"]
[null,"^Introduction of supplementary measures taken pursuant to WFD art. 11, as a consequence of  a damaging occurrence, to achieve or mantain the chemical status objectives established in WFD (even for part of a water body)"]
["Evaluate the presence sensitive areas","°Presence of sensitive areas (specify)"]
["Evaluate the presence of sources in waters","°Presence of substances in separate phase (specify if DNAPL or LNAPL)"]
["SURFACE WATERS\n(skip this section only in case of groundwater)"]
["Evaluate the existence of any adverse effects on the ecological status (and ecological potential)","°Negative change in the parameters value for the classification of the Biological Quality Elements (ecological status elements proposed in the WFD or national regulation for the evaluation of the ecological status, e.g. macro-invertebrates, macrophytes, microalgae, fish, etc.) (specify)"]
[null,"°Negative change in the parameters value for physico-chemical quality (general conditions and specific pollutants) (specify)"]
[null,"°Adverse time trend of values of the Biological Quality Elements over time"]
[null,"°Adverse spatial trend, with respect to the source, of the values of the Biological Quality Elements"]
[null,"°Negative change in the parameters value for the elements of hydromorphological quality (specify)"]
[null,"°Negative change  in the parameters value for the hydromorphological aspects (specify the type of data if available) (specify)"]
[null,"^Deterioration or change of the ecological status (and ecological potential) of a water body (even for part of a water body)"]
[null,"^Postponing, as a consequence of  a damaging occurrence, of the ecological status (and ecological potential) objectives established in WFD (even for part of a water body)"]
[null,"^Introduction of supplementary measures taken pursuant to WFD art. 11, as a consequence of  a damaging occurrence, to achieve or mantain the the ecological status (and ecological potential) objectives established in WFD (even for part of a water body)"]
["COASTAL and MARINE WATERS\n(skip this section only in case of inland surface waters and groundwater )"]
["Evaluate the existence of adverse effects on the qualitative descriptors for determining good environmental status under MSFD","°Biodiversity is maintained. The quality and occurrence of habitats and the distribution and abundance of species are in line with prevailing physiographic, geographic and climatic conditions"]
[null,"°Non-indigenous species introduced by human activities are at levels that do not adversely alter the ecosystems"]
[null,"°Populations of all commercially exploited fish and shellfish are within safe biological limits, exhibiting a population age and size distribution that is indicative of a healthy stock"]
[null,"°All elements of the marine food webs, to the extent that they are known, occur at normal abundance and diversity and levels capable of ensuring the long-term abundance of the species and the retention of their full reproductive capacity"]
[null,"°Human-induced eutrophication is minimised, especially adverse effects thereof, such as losses in biodiversity, ecosystem degradation, harmful algae blooms and oxygen deficiency in bottom waters"]
[null,"°Sea-floor integrity is at a level that ensures that the structure and functions of the ecosystems are safeguarded and benthic ecosystems, in particular, are not adversely affected"]
[null,"°Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions does not adversely affect the ecosystem"]
[null,"°Concentrations of contaminants are at levels not giving rise to pollution effects"]
[null,"°Contaminants in fish and other seafood for human consumption do not exceed levels established by Community legislation or other relevant standards"]
[null,"°Properties and quantities of marine litter do not cause harm to the coastal and marine environment"]
[null,"°Introduction of energy, including underwater noise, is at levels that do not adversely affect the marine environment"]
[null,"^Deterioration or change of the environmental status of a marine water body (even for part of a marine water body)"]
[null,"^Postponing, as a consequence of  a damaging occurrence, of the environmental status objectives established in MSFD (even for part of a marine water body)"]
[null,"^Introduction of measures taken pursuant to MSFD art. 13, as a consequence of a damaging occurrence, to achieve or mantain the the environmental status objectives established in MSFD (even for part of a marine water body)"]
["Evaluate the existence of adverse effects on the physico-chemical and hydromorphological status","°Salinity analysis compared to the average of the area "]
[null,"°Temperature / turbidity / Trophic Index (TRIX)"]
[null,"°Morphological alteration of the seabed due to mechanical adverse effects"]
["Evaluate the existence of any adverse effects on the extension of coastal priority habitats","°Variation in the extension of the grasslands of Posidonia Oceanica due to the changes induced by the presumed environmental damage compared to the baseline condition"]
["Evaluate how the state of places has changed","°Comparison of video/photographic material between the pre-event situation and the post-event situation"]
[null,"°Comparison between video/photographic material of the post-event situation and similar sites"]
["Evaluate anomalous phenomena","°Presence of outliers for further physical, chemical and biological parameters (eg Escherichia coli, total suspended solids, etc.) "]
[null,"°Anomalies"]
["GROUNDWATER\n(skip this section only in case of surface waters)"]
["Evaluate the presence of underground sources","°Presence of substances in separate phase"]
["Evaluate saline intrusion","°Negative change in parameters considered for the assessment of saline intrusion (conductivity, temperature, pH, chlorides, sulphates, etc.)"]
["Evaluate the negative adverse effects on the connected surface water bodies and/or terrestrial ecosystems","°Variations in the connected surface water bodies/terrestrial ecosystems"]
["Evaluate the existence of adverse effects on the quantitative status","°Variation of parameter values (including groundwater level) that cause or risks leading to the reduction of the available resources of the groundwater body or to the deterioration of groundwater chemical status"]
[null,"°Variations in the groundwater flow direction that cause the phenomenon of the intrusion of salt water or other contaminants or indicate a sustained and clearly identified anthropogenically induced trend in flow direction likely to result in such intrusions"]
[null,"^Deterioration or change of the quantitative status of a water body (even for part of a water body)"]
[null,"^Postponing, as a consequence of  a damaging occurrence, of the quantitative status objectives established in WFD (even for part of a water body)"]
[null,"^Introduction of supplementary measures taken pursuant to WFD art. 11, as a consequence of  a damaging occurrence, to achieve or mantain the the quantitative status objectives established in WFD (even for part of a water body)"]
["Evaluate the existence of adverse effects on the quality of drinking water or on water intended for human use (only for jurisdictions where human health is a reference concept for water damage)","°Variation of concentration of substances or parameters referred to groundwater chemical status and to quality of drinking water or water intended for human use"]
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["[1] This is a condition for the implementation of ELD, because if the adverse effects are not consistent with the reference concepts that entail damage under ELD regime, then the case is not an ELD case."]
["[2] This is a condition for the implementation of ELD, because if the causal link between actual/potential adverse effects and damage factors may not be determined, then the ELD cannot be implemented."]
["[3] Some more specification in brackets:\nAcquired data can be temporally associated with the damaging occurrence and the negative adverse effects. Please specify the time interval, the availability of data over time and why data are/should be adequate)."]
["[4] Some more specification in brackets:\nAcquired data collected at the source of damage (e.g. downstream to the point of spill/release/discharge, in the mixing zone, in the prevailing vertical/horizontal flow, considering dispersion, etc.) and representative of an area/ volume (data collected at the source of damage + data collected at a considerable distance). In case of groundwater specify which % of the area/volume of the groundwater body is represented). Specify availability of an \"upstream\" or background comparison."]
["[5] Some more specification in brackets:\nPresence of substances considered absent or not detected in the baseline condition (indicate number of substances and number of sampling points) (temporal baseline) + presence of substances that are absent in areas not affected by adverse effects (also identified on the basis of any hydraulic/hydrogeological modelling, upstream-downstream comparison . indicate number of substances and number of sampling points) (spatial baseline).\n- Increase in concentrations compared to baseline data (data collected before the damaging occurrence or through background samples).\n- Concentration lower than the limit set for EQS- MAC (in case of groundwater consider possible existing national instantaneous threshold values).\n- Concentration higher/considerably higher than the limit set for EQS-MAC (in case of groundwater consider possible existing national instantaneous threshold values).\n- Average annual concentration above the limit set for EQS-AA for previous substances complying with good chemical status (in case of groundwater also consider national threshold values).\n- Substances with average concentration considerably higher than the average value detected in the baseline condition previously not complying with good chemical status (it should be verified if an adequate number of post-event data is available and if the analytical data of the baseline chemical state of the water/groundwater body are known)."]
["[6] Some more specification in brackets:\nPresence of substances considered absent or not detected in the baseline conditions (indicate number of substances and number of sampling points).\nPresence of substances that are absent in areas not affected by adverse effects (also identified on the basis of any hydrological modelling).\nIncrease in concentrations compared to baseline data (data collected before the damaging occurrence or through background samples).\nSubstances in an average concentration considerably higher than the average value detected in the original conditions (to be verified if an adequate number of post-event data is available and if the analytical data of the baseline chemical state of the water body are known)."]

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["This table has to be completed for each water body (or areas of waters included in one or more water bodies) affected/ potentially affected:",null,"(Insert water body (or areas of waters included in one or more water bodies) affected/potentially affected here)"]
["NOTE: IT IS NOT MANDATORY TO DETERMINE INFORMATION/DATA FOR ALL INDICATORS, BUT IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO PROVIDE AS MUCH RELEVANT INFORMATION/DATA AS POSSIBLE."]
["OBJECTIVE","INDICATOR","DESCRIPTION","EVALUATION","INTERIM JUDGEMENT"]
["ALL WATERS"]
["Know the baseline classification of the water/groundwater body and the state of the individual elements / parameters that contribute to the definition of the classification under directive 2000/60","Type of waters in which the baseline condition has to be assessed"]
[null,"Type of baseline classification according to Directive 2000/60/EC of the water/groundwater body of interest"]
[null,"Baseline classification of the chemical status of the water/groundwater body"]
[null,"Consistency between the baseline chemical status elements monitored and the chemical status elements affected/potentially affected"]
[null,"Baseline of the chemical status elements / parameters (concentration of substances and/or values of parameters) that contribute to define the chemical status (specify baseline data relevant with the adverse effects)"]
[null,"Baseline classification of the ecological status/potential of the water body"]
[null,"Consistency between the ecological status elements / parameters (concentration of substances and/or values of chemical/chemical-physical/hydro-morphological parameters and Biological Quality Elements) and the ecological status elements/parameters affected/potentially affected"]
[null,"Baseline of the ecological status elements / parameters (concentration of substances and/or values of chemical/chemical-physical/hydro-morphological parameters and Biological Quality Elements) that contribute to define the ecological status (specify baseline data relevant with the adverse effects)"]
[null,"Natural Resource Services provided by the waters concerned"]
["Evaluate the relevance, reliability and quality of data / information of the baseline condition","Source of baseline data (concentration of substances and/or values of parameters useful to define the chemical/ chemical-physical/ecological/hydro-morphological status and/or biological components)"]
[null,"Type of baseline data (temporal)"]
[null,"Type of baseline data (spatial)"]
[null,"Adequacy of baseline data (possibility of having values averaged over time and space)"]
[null,"Accuracy and reliability of baseline data including sampling and lab analysis equipment, procedures and methods (for data referable to sources other than institutional ones)"]
["Evaluate the baseline data deriving from monitoring carried out specifically for the damaging occurrence and damage factors","Pre-existing criticalities of relevant chemical status elements resulting from baseline data"]
[null,"Presence of other contaminants in the baseline condition"]
[null,"Pre-existing criticalities of ecological status elements resulting from baseline data"]
["Know the baseline pressure level in the water body","Other baseline pressures on the water bodies"]
["Know the vulnerability of the affected water body/ies","Protected areas pursuant to WFD and other vulnerabilities"]
["COASTAL and MARINE WATERS\n(skip this section in case of inland surface waters and groundwater)"]
["Know the baseline condition of qualitative descriptors for determining good environmental status under MSFD","Biodiversity is maintained. The quality and occurrence of habitats and the distribution and abundance of species are in line with prevailing physiographic, geographic and climatic conditions (specify the baseline of this descriptor, if relevant)"]
[null,"Non-indigenous species introduced by human activities are at levels that do not adversely alter the ecosystems  (specify the baseline of this descriptor, if relevant)"]
[null,"Populations of all commercially exploited fish and shellfish are within safe biological limits, exhibiting a population age and size distribution that is indicative of a healthy stock (specify the baseline of this descriptor, if relevant)"]
[null,"All elements of the marine food webs, to the extent that they are known, occur at normal abundance and diversity and levels capable of ensuring the long-term abundance of the species and the retention of their full reproductive capacity  (specify the baseline of this descriptor, if relevant)"]
[null,"Human-induced eutrophication is minimised, especially adverse effects thereof, such as losses in biodiversity, ecosystem degradation, harmful algae blooms and oxygen deficiency in bottom waters  (specify the baseline of this descriptor, if relevant)"]
[null,"Sea-floor integrity is at a level that ensures that the structure and functions of the ecosystems are safeguarded and benthic ecosystems, in particular, are not adversely affected (specify the baseline of this descriptor, if relevant)"]
[null,"Permanent alteration of hydrographical conditions does not adversely affect the ecosystem  (specify the baseline of this descriptor, if relevant)"]
[null,"Concentrations of contaminants are at levels not giving rise to pollution effects  (specify the baseline of this descriptor, if relevant)"]
[null,"Contaminants in fish and other seafood for human consumption do not exceed levels established by Community legislation or other relevant standards  (specify the baseline of this descriptor, if relevant)"]
[null,"Properties and quantities of marine litter do not cause harm to the coastal and marine environment (specify the baseline of this descriptor, if relevant)"]
[null,"Introduction of energy, including underwater noise, is at levels that do not adversely affect the marine environment  (specify the baseline of this descriptor, if relevant)"]
["Know the degree of dispersion of the water body","°Geomorphological descriptors of the water body (the geomorphology of the water body affects its dispersion capacity) (specify, if relevant)"]
[null,"Stability of the water column (specify, if relevant)"]
["Know the baseline pressure levels in the coastal and marine water body","Urbanized surface of the catchment area of water body (ref. Analysis of pressures on the water body)"]
[null,"River’s mouth in the water body"]
[null,"Presence of ports (ref. Analysis of pressures on the water body)"]
[null,"Ratio between the number of discharges for IPPC-IED and non-IPPC-IED industries in the water body and in the basin relating to the water body and the linear kilometers/miles of coastal stretch relating to the same water body"]
[null,"Pre-existence of relevant and historically contaminated sediments in the water body"]
["GROUNDWATER\n(skip this section in case of surface waters)"]
["Evaluate the baseline data of the quantitative status of the groundwater body","Baseline groundwater level / flow"]
[null,"Baseline hydrogeological conditions"]
[null,"Baseline Sources and charging trends"]
[null,"Size of the drainage catchment and of the local trend and regime of the flow of groundwater within the drainage basin"]
[null,"Baseline adverse effects of abstractions"]
[null,"Baseline water balance"]
["Know the characteristics of the groundwater body, as well as those that can favour, disadvantage, or mitigate the expected adverse effects","Hydrogeological formation"]
[null,"Type of aquifer flow in the affected area / where the damage factors are present"]
[null,"Hydraulic conductivity in the affected area / where the damage factors are present"]
[null,"Transmissivity of the aquifer in the negatively affected area / where the damage factors are present"]
[null,"Hydraulic gradients in the affected area / where the damage factors are present"]
[null,"Lithology and hydrogeological structure in the affected area / where the damage factors are present"]
[null,"Productivity in the affected area / where the damage factors are present"]
[null,"Facies hydrochemistry in the affected area / where the damage factors are present"]
[null,"°Intrinsic vulnerability in the affected area / where the damage factors are present"]
[null,"Volumetric / areal extension of the groundwater body"]
[null,"Connections with surface water bodies and their chemical and ecological status"]
[null,"°Terrestrial ecosystems directly dependent on the groundwater body and their conservation status"]
["Know the baseline qualitative characteristics of the GWB intended for human consumption/use","°Groundwater body used or foreseen for the production of drinking water/water for human use"]
[null,"Baseline of substances or parameters of water used or foreseen for drinking purposes or human use is monitored (specify baseline data of parameters relevant with the adverse effects)"]

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["NOTE: IT IS NOT MANDATORY TO DETERMINE INFORMATION/DATA FOR ALL INDICATORS, BUT IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO PROVIDE AS MUCH RELEVANT INFORMATION/DATA AS POSSIBLE."]
["NOTE: BEWARE NOT TO INCLUDE BASELINE CONDITION INFORMATION IN THIS TABLE."]
["*ELD APPLICABILITY\n1) There has to be a direct or indirect adverse effect to a natural resource protected by the ELD\n2) Damaging occurrence has to occur within the temporal scope of the ELD (art. 17)","*Preconditions for the use of the IMPACT table for LAND:\n1) There has to be a direct or indirect adverse effect on “land” that actually or potentially \"contaminate\" it by the introduction of substances, preparations, organisms or micro-organisms.\n2) Damaging occurrence has to occur within the temporal scope of the ELD (art. 17):\nThe ELD Directive shall not apply to:\n(see conditions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3 in the PRESSURE table)",null,"If you are still not able to verify the preconditions, you may use the table anyway."]
["OBJECTIVE","INDICATORS","DESCRIPTION","EVALUATION","INTERIM JUDGEMENT"]
["Evaluate the existence (actual or theoretical) of a pathway between the source of potential damage and the human receptors","#Consistency between the data/information about actual/potential adverse effects and the reference concepts (specify) [1]"]
[null,"#Causal link between the actual/potential adverse effects and the damage factors (specify) [2]"]
[null,"Actual or estimated date of occurrence of direct/indirect adverse effects on land"]
[null,"Actual or estimated date of occurrence of damage (if determined)"]
[null,"Land directly/indirectly affected (description and location)"]
[null,"Location of land (Geographical coordinates)"]
[null,"Horizon of adversely affected land"]
[null,"°Permeability land horizons"]
[null,"°Possibility of migration of contaminants"]
[null,"°Possibility of contact"]
[null,"°Land contamination migration/risk of migration to groundwater intended for human consumption"]
[null,"°Land contamination transferred to agri-food products intended for human consumption"]
[null,"°Presence of human activities/settlements on and around the contaminated land"]
[null,"°Flow of gases / aeriforms in the ground in concentrations / flows capable to activate the vapor inhalation path"]
[null,"°Presence of containment measures to interrupt the pathway between the source of potential damage and the human receptors (if relevant, specify characteristics in the Pressure Table B21)"]
["Evaluate the existence of a Source-Pathway-Receptor linkage","°Presence of a Source-Pathway-Receptor (SPR) model (specify outputs)"]
["Evaluate the existence of harm to human health (independent of the number of people) and the relevance, reliability and quality of data / information on the adverse effects","°Presence in the land of substances with chemical or physical characteristics capable to produce risks for human health in relation to the exposure scenario of the site"]
[null,"Accuracy and reliability of data including sampling and lab analysis equipment, procedures and methods"]
[null,"°Sensitivity of human receptors based on types of receptors (resident (adult, child), worker, occasional user of land, etc.) and their behaviour pattern"]
[null,"°Likely total intake"]
[null,"°Possibility of aggregated exposure and aggregated risk"]
[null,"°Presence of a risk analysis (or general maximum permissible risk levels for human intake)"]
[null,"°Actual presence and probability of considerable harm of human health effects caused by the contaminated land"]
[null,"^Land contamination that creates a significant risk of human health being adversely affected"]
[null,"^Introduction of measures, as a consequence of a damaging occurrence, of land remediation to achieve the acceptable risk of human health being adversely affected"]
[]
["[1] This is a condition for the implementation of ELD, because if the adverse effect are not consistent with the reference concepts that entail damage under ELD regime, then the case is not an ELD case."]
["[2] This is a condition for the implementation of ELD, because if the causal link between actual/potential adverse effects and damage factors may not be determined, then the ELD cannot be implemented."]

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["NOTE: IT IS NOT MANDATORY TO DETERMINE INFORMATION/DATA FOR ALL INDICATORS, BUT IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO PROVIDE AS MUCH RELEVANT INFORMATION/DATA AS POSSIBLE."]
["OBJECTIVE","INDICATORS","DESCRIPTION","EVALUATION","INTERIM JUDGEMENT"]
["Know the baseline condition of land use, land type and substances/parameters","Source of baseline data"]
[null,"Type of baseline classification or use or envisaged use of land (evaluated at the time of the damage and/or the investigation/assessment)"]
[null,"Type of baseline land"]
[]
[]
[]
[null,"Background values of the substances (assessed or associated for the negatively affected area) (specify if concerned as the damage factors)"]
[]
[]
["Evaluate whether baseline data are useful to demonstrate adverse effects on land","Baseline concentrations of substances and / or parameter values useful to define the baseline with respect to adverse effects"]
[]
[]
[]
["Know the baseline pressure level on land","Other baseline pressures on land"]
[]
[]
[]
[]
[]
["Evaluate the relevance, reliability and quality of baseline data / information","Accuracy and reliability of baseline data including sampling and lab analysis equipment, procedures and methods"]

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["NOTE: IT IS NOT MANDATORY TO DETERMINE INFORMATION/DATA FOR ALL INDICATORS, BUT IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO PROVIDE AS MUCH RELEVANT INFORMATION/DATA AS POSSIBLE."]
["*ELD APPLICABILITY\n1) Damaging occurrence has to occur within the temporal scope of the ELD (art. 17)\n2) None of the exemptions in art. 4 of the ELD is applied.","*Preconditions for the use of the PRESSURE table (damaging accurrence and damage factors):\n1) Damaging occurrence has to occur within the temporal scope of the ELD (art. 17):\nThe ELD Directive shall not apply to:\n1.1 Damage caused by an emission, event or incident (damaging occurrence) that took place before 30 April 2007;\n1.2 (see condition 2.1 in the DRIVER table)\n1.3 Damage, if more than 30 years have passed since the emission, event or incident, resulting in the damage, occurred.\n2) None of the exemptions in art. 4 of the ELD is applied:\n2.1 This Directive shall not cover environmental damage or an imminent threat of such damage caused by: \n(a) an act of armed conflict, hostilities, civil war or insurrection; \n(b) a natural phenomenon of exceptional, inevitable and irresistible character.\n2.2 This Directive shall not apply to environmental damage or to any imminent threat of such damage arising from an incident in respect of which liability or compensation falls within the scope of any of the International Conventions listed in Annex IV, including any future amendments thereof, which is in force in the Member State concerned. \n2.3 This Directive shall be without prejudice to the right of the operator to limit his liability in accordance with national legislation implementing the Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (LLMC), 1976, including any future amendment to the Convention, or the Strasbourg Convention on Limitation of Liability in Inland Navigation (CLNI), 1988, including any future amendment to the Convention. \n2.4 This Directive shall not apply to such nuclear risks or environmental damage or imminent threat of such damage as may be caused by the activities covered by the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community or caused by an incident or activity in respect of which liability or compensation falls within the scope of any of the international instruments listed in Annex V, including any future amendments thereof. \n2.5 This Directive shall only apply to environmental damage or to an imminent threat of such damage caused by pollution of a diffuse character, where it is possible to establish a causal link between the damage and the activities of individual operators. \n2.6 This Directive shall not apply to activities the main purpose of which is to serve national defence or international security nor to activities the sole purpose of which is to protect from natural disasters.",null,"If you are still not able to verify to the preconditions, you may use the table anyway."]
["OBJECTIVE","INDICATOR","DESCRIPTION","EVALUATION","INTERIM JUDGEMENT"]
["Describe the general characteristics and evaluate relevance, reliability and quality of data/information on the damaging occurrence and/or damage factors","#Actual or estimated date of the damaging occurrence [1]",null,null," "]
[null,"#Damage factors able to cause adverse effects on reference concepts (under ELD) of natural resources (specify) [2]"]
[null,"#Causal link between the damage factors and the damaging occurrence (specify) [3]"]
[null,"Type and description of damaging occurrence\ne.g. forest cuts, wood/plant fires, collection or removal of fauna/flora, water/groundwater withdrawals, civil works, extraction of quarry material, beach nourishment, discharges/spillages into surface waters/groundwater/land, abandoned/buried hazardous waste, unregulated/uncontrolled landfill, creation of road structures and setting up of renewable energy production plants, etc."]
[null,"Timeline of the damaging occurrence"]
[null,"Environmental matrices negatively affected by the damage factors"]
[null,"Location of the damaging occurrence (specify geo-coordinates)"]
[null,"Type of adverse effects that the damage factors can cause to the natural resource"]
[null,"Accuracy and reliability of data on the source of actual/potential damage and the damage factors, including sampling and analysis, procedures and quality assurance e.g. sampling and analysis of substances compliant with ISO/IEC 17025, sampling and analysis of hazardous wastes pursuing national/international standards, etc.)"]
["Evaluate the potential harmfulness of the damaging occurrence and/or damage factors with reference to the actually/potentially affected natural resources","Type of damage factors that can cause/caused actual/potential adverse effects"]
[null,"Type of expected adverse effects by the damage factors"]
[null,"Origin of chemicals/inorganic materials/organic materials/nutrients/organisms/microorganisms"]
[null,"Physical state"]
[null,"°Intrinsic hazard of substances and mixtures / microorganisms introduced"]
[null,"°Hazardousness due to the behaviour of substances / microorganisms in the environment (specify the hazardousness for the reference concepts)"]
[null,"°Magnitude (volume/mass/flow rate) of the damaging occurrence and damage factors"]
[null,"°Spatial extent of the source of actual/potential damage"]
[null,"°Temporal relevance (duration and frequency) of the damaging occurrence"]
["Evaluate the efficiency of containment/mitigation measures","°Implementation of containment/mitigation measures (specify)"]
[null,"°Timing of implementation containment/mitigation measures"]
[null,"°Effectiveness of implemented containment/mitigation measures"]
["LAND\n(this section refers only to Land)"]
["Evaluate the relevance, reliability and quality of data / information collected on land after the damaging occurrence","Methodology and/or technology for post-event data acquisition"]
[null,"Relevance of the data (damage factors represented by GMOs, GMMOs are not included in this Practical Guide"]
[null,"Time adequacy of data (time elapsed between the acquisition of the data and the damagng occurrence), (indicate, if possible, details on the availability of data over time)"]
[null,"Spatial representativeness of data (about the source and the extent of the damage factors)"]
[null,"Adequacy of data (possibility of having maximum or 95th centile values over time and space)"]
[null,"Location of sampling points"]
[null,"°Size of the area of damage factors with respect to the total area of the natural resource"]
[null,"Adequacy of the sampling plan"]
["Evaluate the existence of contaminated or potentially contaminated land","°Comparison with intervention values (IV) and/or threshold values of potential contamination (TV) "]
[null,"°Visible and olfactory signs of contamination"]
[]
["[1] This is a condition for the implementation of ELD, because the damaging occurrence must be identified, otherwise ELD cannot be implemented. See parr. 31-37 of the ELD EU Commission Notice C(2021) 1860 final of 24 March 2021."]
["[2] This is a condition for the implementation of ELD, because if damage factors cannot generate adverse effects on reference concepts that entail damage under ELD regime, then the case is not an ELD case."]
["[3] This is a condition for the implementation of ELD, because if the causal link between the damage factors and the damaging occurrence may not be determined, then ELD cannot be implemented."]

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["Determination of misconduct or fault are out of the scope of the DRIVER table. This DRIVER table may help to identify the CAUSAL-LINK between the damage and the occupational activity."]
["NOTE: IT IS NOT MANDATORY TO DETERMINE INFORMATION/DATA FOR ALL INDICATORS, BUT IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO PROVIDE AS MUCH RELEVANT INFORMATION/DATA AS POSSIBLE."]
["*ELD APPLICABILITY\n1) The adverse effects have to be caused by an occupational activity\n2) The occupational activity has to be within the temporal scope of the ELD (art. 17)\n3) None of the exemptions in art. 4 of the ELD is applied","*Preconditions for the use of the DRIVER table (occupational activity):\n1) The adverse effects have to be caused by an occupational activity:\n11. For biodiversity damage, the adverse effect can be caused by an occupational activity either listed and not listed in Annex III of the ELD; for occupational activities not listed in Annex III, evidence of fault or negligence have to be collected.\n1.2 For water and land damage, the adverse effect has only to be caused by an occupational activity listed in Annex III of the ELD.\n1.3 For occupational activities listed in Annex III of the ELD, there is no need to prove fault or negligence.\n2) The occupational activity has to be within the temporal scope of ELD (art. 17):\nThe ELD Directive shall not apply to:\n2.1 Damage caused by an emission, event or incident which takes place subsequent to 30 April 2007 when it derives from a specific activity that took place and finished before 30 April 2007.\n3) None of the exemptions in art. 4 of the ELD is applied:\n(see all conditions 2 in the PRESSURE TABLE)",null,"If you are still not able to verify to the preconditions, you may use the table anyway."]
["OBJECTIVE","INDICATOR","DESCRIPTION","EVALUATION","INTERIM JUDGEMENT"]
["Describe the general characteristics of the occupational activity with respect to the damaging occurrence/damage factors","*Date of cessation of the occupational activity"]
[null,"*Type and description of occupational activity (specify if authorised)"]
[null,"*Proof (if available) that the damaging occurrence was caused with fault or negligence (to be compiled only for occupational activities not included in Annex III)"]
[null,"°Risk of the occupational activity for natural habitats and protected species or surface waters or groundwater or land (only negatively affected resources have to be considered)"]
[null,"°Location (specify geo-coordinates) of the occupational activity and connection to the site of the damaging occurrence/damage factors (in case of transportation activity, indicate the location of the damaging occurrence/damage factors)"]
["Evaluate the environmental management performance of the occupational activity with respect to the damaging occurrence/damage factors/adverse effects observed","Current and previous operational state of the equipment/installation which may have caused the damaging occurrence/damage factors"]
[null,"Current and previous maintenance/integrity status of the equipment/installation which may have caused the damaging occurrence/damage factors"]
[null,"Current and previous compliance with pollution prevention measures which may have avoided the damaging occurrence/damage factors"]
[null,"Current and previous incidents/non-compliance/inadequate pollution prevention measures/inadequate treatment or storage capacity/deposits or wastes which may have caused the damaging occurrence/damage factors or similar events"]
[null,"Operator required to conduct environmental controls/monitoring of natural resources actually/potentially affected"]
[null,"Current and previous compliance with environmental management systems e.g. ISO 14001, EMAS Regulation with relevance to the damaging occurrence and/or damage factors"]
["Evaluate the link between the occupational activity and the damage factors and adverse effects","°Consistency of substances and quantities used / handled / produced by the occupational activity with the damage factors"]
[null,"°Consistency of operations carried out at the occupational activity with the damage factors"]
[null,"°Consistency of waste type, composition and quantities managed / produced with the damage factors"]
[null,"°Consistency of pumping /diversion/or other surface or  groundwater flow modification with the damage factors"]
[null,"°Consistency of type, composition and quantities of discharges to water or land with the damage factors"]
[null,"°Potential exposure of natural habitats and protected species, surface waters, groundwater or land to damage factors (only affected resources must be considered)"]
[null,"Presence of other activities which could be linked with the damaging occurrence/damage factors"]
[null,"#Causal link between the damage factors and the activities of the operator (specify) [1]"]
["Assess the risk that the operator might invoke the self-defense options provided under art. 8 of the ELD","Specify the possible reasons why the operator might appeal for one or more self-defense options provided under art. 8 of the ELD "]
[]
["[1] This is a condition for the implementation of ELD, because if the causal link between the damage factors and the activities of the operator may not be determined, then the ELD cannot be implemented."]

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["OUTPUT OF PRACTICAL TABLES"]
["The following table format 'Description and final judgement of the case' should contain the relevant information about the case, the final judgement, as well as any further investigations required:"]
[]
["DESCRIPTION and FINAL JUDGEMENT OF THE CASE"]
["Site/location"]
["Damaging Occurrence"]
["Damage Factors"]
["Natural Resources Impacted"]
["Adverse Effects on Reference Concepts"]
["Final Judgement"]
["Further Investigations Required"]
[]
["In the ‘Final Judgement’ box, a summary description of the outcomes of the investigation and assessment should be provided. Moreover, in case any clues have been determined, the type of clues should be specified - CLUES OF NATURAL RESOURCE (CNR) or CLUES OF DAMAGING OCCURRENCE AND DAMAGE FACTORS + NATURAL RESOURCE (CD+CNR)."]

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["IMPACT Table Biodiversity","STATE Table Biodiversity","IMPACT Table WATER","STATE Table WATER","IMPACT Table LAND","STATE Table LAND","PRESSURE Table ALL","DRIVER Table ALL",null,null,"Screening biodiversity damage",null,"Screening water damage",null,null,null,"Screening land damage"]
["Data/information not available","Data not available","Inland surface waters","Surface inland waters (specify e.g. lake, reservoir, stream, river or canal, or part of)","Topsoil (specify depth)","Data not available","Data/information not available","Data/information not available",null,null,"Big amount of buried/abandoned wastes","Unexpected number of dead animals or plants","Large scale spillage of sustances hazardous for the acquatic environment into surface waters","Large scale spillage of sustances hazardous for the acquatic environment","Unexpected fish, acquatic animals (including birds) or plants kill","Prolonged spillage and/or spread of LNPL/DNPL substances into the ground and reaching groundwater","Prolongued presence of substances hazardous for human health on, in or under land with actual or possible human exposure"]
["Natura 2000 (specify if SPA, SCI, SAC)","Adequate (specify why)","Transitional waters","Transitional waters","Subsoil (specify depth)","Geological, geochemical, hydrogeological mapping and databases","Non-compliance with obligations/emission limits, illegal activity (specify it)","Not included in Annex III of the ELD (specify)",null,null,"Large scale spillages on the ground","Large scale forest clearing","Large scale iridescent spot of hydrocarbon substances over surface waters","Large scale iridescent spot of hydrocarbon substances","Uncontrolled water abstraction nearby protected areas under WFD and MSFD","Prolonged spillage and/or spread of substances hazardous for human health (in particular, PoPs, BTEX, PFAS) into the ground and reaching groundwater","Large scale spillage of substances hazardous for human health on, in or under land with actual or possible human exposure"]
["Internationally protected area","No adequate (specify why)","Coastal waters","Coastal waters","Unsaturated land (specify depth)","From other sources (e.g. remediation verification sampling, company data from authorisation requirements such as EIA, IEA)","Accident/Incident (specify it)","Included in Annex III of the ELD (specify)",null,null,"Large scale spillages into waters (ponds, sea, rivers, lakes, groundwater, etc)","Wildfire","Colour anomaly of water","Colour anomaly of water","Colour anomaly of water","Prolonged spillage and/or spread of substances hazardous for acquatic environments  into the ground and reaching groundwater and surface waters","Presence of hazardous substances in separated phase or in very high concentrations into land with actual or possible human exposure"]
["Nationally protected area","Not relevant","Marine waters (territorial)","Marine waters (territorial)","Saturated land (specify depth)","From background samples collected after the damaging occurrence (e.g. geognostic/soil gas investigations)","Other (specify it)","Data/information not available",null,null,"Large scale land movement (excavations, beach nourishments, etc.)","Direct destruction of plants or animals (poaching, coral destruction etc.)","Large scale fish, acquatic animals (including birds) or plants kill","Large scale fish, acquatic animals (including birds) or plants kill","Fallout of sustances hazardous for the acquatic environment in protected areas under WFD and MSFD","Prolonged presence of disposed, dumped or buried hazardous waste leaching into the ground and reaching groundwater","Presence of hazardous gas vapours from land with actual or possible human exposure"]
["Unprotected area","Data not available","Artificial or heavily modified water body","Artificial or heavily modified water body","Not known","Industrial","Data/information not available","Not relevant",null,null,"Abstraction of significant quantities of water",null,"Big amount of waste/hazardous waste over and under surface waters","Prolonged discharge of industrial or urban untreated wastewaters","Unexpected hydromorphological change of protected areas under WFD and MSFD","Prolonged presence of hazardous substances in separated phase or in very high concentrations in groundwater","Fallout of substances hazardous for human health on land with actual or possible human exposure"]
["Other","Not relevant","Groundwater","Groundwater","High (specify it)","Commercial","Ceased","Yes (specify it)",null,null,"Fallout of air emissions",null,"Unexpected hydromorphological change of surface waters (bed and/or banks)","Sedimentation of heavy hydrocarbons and heavy metals in the seabed",null,"Large scale diffusion of leachate and biogas from a landfill into groundwater","Disposal, dumping or burial of waste containing substances hazardous for human health spreading leachate/biogas under land with actual or possible human exposure"]
["Data/information not available","No other pressures","Data/Information not available","By monitoring under WFD","Medium (specify it)","Residential","On-going – continuous","No (specify it)",null,null,null,null,null,"Unexpected hydromorphological change of the seabed",null,"Colour, taste, or odour anomalies of groundwater"]
["Direct (specify)","Presence of significant anthropogenic pressures (specify characteristics and location)","From the monitoring network used for the classification of the water/groundwater bodies (WFD)","By water/groundwater body grouping","Low (specify it)","Recreational","On-going – intermittent","Occupational activity considered to present a risk for natural resources under ELD",null,null,null,null,null,null,null,"Unespected gas presence in groundwater"]
["Indirect (specify)","Presence of insignificant anthropogenic pressures (specify characteristics and location)","From an investigative monitoring pursuant to WFD","Other (specify)","Not known","Agricultural","Data/information not available","Occupational activity not considered to present a risk for ELD natural resources under ELD",null,null,"Exemptions","Limited Liability","ELD temporal scope","Liability Regime","Biodiversity","Water","Land"]
["Data/information not available","Natural events (specify characteristics and location)","From sampling/monitoring carried out for environmental controls, inspections, incidents, etc.","Classified under MSFD (Marine Strategy Framework Directive)","Yes (specify how)","Other","Data not relevant for the type of pressure identified","Data/information not available",null,null,"- An act of armed conflict, hostilities, civil war or insurrection.","- Convention on Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims (LLMC), 1976, including any future amendment to the Convention, or the Strasbourg Convention on Limitation of Liability in Inland Navigation (CLNI), 1988, including any future amendment to the Convention.","- emission, event or incident took place before 30 April 2007.","Listed in Annex III of the ELD","- species mentioned in Article 4(2) of Directive 79/409/EEC (Birds Directive) or listed in Annex I thereto or listed in Annexes II and IV to Directive 92/43/EEC (Habitat Directive)."," waters concerned under the WFD and marine waters within the scope of the MSFD: namely, water bodies (or areas of waters included in one or more water bodies) identified by a Member State for the purpose of implementing the WFD and the MSFD (for coastal and territorial marine waters).","- There have been actual or likely contamination in, on or under land by the introduction of substances, preparations, organisms or micro-organisms."]
["Distance to nearest protected species/natural habitat (specify)","(specify it)","From other sources (operator, etc.)","Not classified under WFD","No (specify why)","Not classified","Air (specify it)","Not relevant",null,null,"- A natural phenomenon of exceptional, inevitable and irresistible character.",null,"- emission, event or incident takes place subsequent to 30 April 2007 but it derives from a specific activity that took place and finished before 30 April 2007.","Not listed in Annex III of the ELD","- habitats of species mentioned in Article 4(2) of Directive 79/409/EEC or listed in Annex I thereto or listed in Annex II to Directive 92/43/EEC, and the natural habitats listed in Annex I to Directive 92/43/EEC and the breeding sites or resting places of the species listed in Annex IV to Directive 92/43/EEC.","on the ecological, chemical or quantitative status or the ecological potential of waters under the WFD and the environmental status of marine waters under the MSFD.","- The contamination on, in or under land can generate risks to human health."]
["Not relevant","Data not available","Data/Information not available","Good","Direct (specify) (eg. Ingestion/inhalation of land in situ or windblown as dust, skin contact, inhalation of vapours)","Type and description (specify it. e.g. grassland, compacted/fractured or karstic rock, gravel, sand, clay, silt, pebble, etc.)","Water (specify it)","In operation (specify it)",null,null,"- An incident in respect of which liability or compensation falls within the scope of any of the International Conventions listed in Annex IV, including any future amendments thereof, which is in force in the Member State concerned. ",null,"- more than 30 years have passed since the emission, event or incident, resulting in the damage, occurred.",null,"- any habitat or species, not listed in those Annexes which the Member State designates for equivalent purposes as those laid down in these two Directives.",null,"- There is actual or possible human exposure to contaminated land"]
["Data/information not available","Not relevant","Actual/potential adverse effects are consistent with reference concepts","Poor","Indirect contact (specify) (eg. consumption of vegetables/other contaminated foods, ingestion by drinking water or food preparation","Fill or made ground (specify which)","On, in, under land (specify it)","Not in operation (specify it)",null,null," - Nuclear risks.",null,null,null,"- on reaching or maintaining the favourable conservation status (see parameters included in the Reporting formats required by the Habitats and Birds Directives or, in case of habitats and species not listed in these Directives, equivalent parameters for the evaluation of the conservation status) of the protected natural habitats and species concerned by ELD in art. 2, par. 3, letters (a), (b), or (c)"]
["There is a potential for impact or viable pathway (specify)","Stable","Actual/potential adverse effects are not consistent with reference concepts","Not relevant (e.g. MSFD waters)","None","Reclaimed land","Protected habitats or species","Data/information not available",null,null,"- Activities covered by the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community."]
["There is not a potential for impact or viable pathway (specify)","Increasing","Data/Information not available","Monitored baseline chemical quality elements are not consistent with the chemical quality elements affected/potentially affected","Data/information not available","Unknown","Other (specify it)","Not relevant",null,null,"- Liability or compensation falls within the scope of any of the international instruments listed in Annex V of ELD, including any future amendments thereof. "]
["Not relevant","Decreasing","Actual/potential adverse effects are consistent with damage factors","Monitored baseline chemical parameters are consistent with the chemical quality elements affected/potentially affected","Yes (specify it)","Data not available","Data/information not available","Good (specify it)",null,null,"- Pollution of a diffuse character, where it is possible to establish a causal link between the damage and the activities of individual operators."]
["Data/information not available","Uncertain","Actual/potential adverse effects are not consistent with damage factors","Data/information not available","No","Known (specify)","Localised/Point source (specify it)","Poor (specify it)",null,null,"- Activities the main purpose of which is to serve national defence or international security."]
["Adequate (specify why)","Data not available","Data/Information not available","No substances related to the damaging occurrence have been monitored by the network under WFD","Data not available","Not relevant","Widespread/Diffuse (specify it)","Data/information not available",null,null,"- Activities the sole purpose of which is to protect from natural disasters."]
["Not adequate (specify why)","Not relevant","Adequate (The acquired data can be spatially and temporally associated with the damaging occurrence and the negative adverse effects.)","Substances related to the damaging occurrence have been monitored by the network under WFD (specify)","Yes (specify the type of human activities/settlements (residential buildings, schools, etc.), identify the critical human receptors)","Data/information not available","Data/information not available","Not relevant"]
["Not relevant","Sparsely populated","Not adequate (The acquired data cannot be spatially and temporally associated with the damaging occurrence and the negative adverse effects.)","Not relevant (e.g. MSFD waters)","No","Substances / parameters useful to define the baseline in the area of land adversely affected by the damage factors are known","Direct (specify it)","Compliant (specify possible relevant claimed criticalities)"]
["Yes","Abundant","Adequate (e.g. sampling and analysis compliant with ISO/IEC 17025; in case of groundwater, specify the Level of Confidence of data)","High/Maximum (indicate both the local and the overall status of the water/groundwater body)","Confirmed Source-Pathway-Receptor (SPR) linkage","Substances / parameters useful to define the baseline are or can be derived by analogy from land with similar characteristics","Indirect (specify it)","Not compliant (specify relevant non compliances)"]
["No","Diffuse","Not adequate (Specify why)","Good (indicate local and overall status of the water/groundwater body)","Not confirmed Source-Pathway-Receptor (SPR) linkage","No substances / parameters useful to define the baseline in the area of land adversely affected by the damage factors are known or can be derived","Data/information not available","Data/information not available"]
["Likely","Data not available","Data/Information not available","Moderate ( indicate local and overall status of the water/groundwater body)","Adequate (Specify why: e.g. sampling and analysis compliant with ISO/IEC 17025)","Data/information not available","Adequate","Not relevant"]
["Unlikely","Not relevant","Data and type of adverse effects not relevant","Poor (indicate local and overall status of the water/groundwater body)","Not adequate (Specify why)","Not relevant","Not adequate (specify why)","Consistent with the characteristics of the damage factors/adverse effects (specify)"]
["Not relevant","In short time (specify the time expected for recovery to baseline status)","No match (substances searched but not found)","Bad (indicate local and overall status of the water/groundwater body)","High (specify types of receptors and their behaviour pattern)","No other pressures","Data/information not available","Not consistent with the characteristics of the damage factors/adverse effects"]
["Data not available","In a medium/long time (specify the time expected for recovery to baseline status)","Presence of substances considered absent or not detected in the baseline condition","Monitored baseline ecological quality elements are not consistent with the ecological quality elements affected/potentially affected","Medium (specify types of receptors and their behaviour pattern)","Presence of considerable anthropogenic pressures (describe the type of pressure and characteristics)","Direct/Indirect introduction of substances, preparations, organisms or micro-organisms (specify it)","No substances used/handled/produced"]
["Data/Information not available","Data not available","Presence of substances that are absent in areas not affected by the adverse effects","Monitored baseline ecological quality elements are consistent with the ecological quality elements affected/potentially affected","Low (specify types of receptors and their behaviour pattern)","Presence of non-considerable anthropogenic pressures (describe the type of pressure and characteristics)","Withdrawal of substances, preparations, organisms or micro-organisms (specify it)","Data/information not available"]
["Not relevant","Not relevant","Increase in concentrations compared to baseline data","Data/information not available","Unknown","Natural events (describe the type of pressure and characteristics)","Destruction/reduction of chemicals/inorganic materials/organic materials/nutrients/organisms/microorganisms","Not relevant"]
["No considerable changes in the state of the places ","LC, Least Concern","Concentration lower than the limit set for EQS- MAC","Data not available","High (specify it)","Adequate (Specify why: e.g. sampling and analysis compliant with ISO/IEC 17025)","Chemical/Physical/biological modifications of the natural resource (specify why)","Consistent with the characteristics of the damage factors/adverse effects (specify)"]
["Considerable changes in the state of the places ","NT, Near threatened","Concentration higher/considerably higher than the limit set for EQS-MAC","Data from monitoring pursuant to WFD to the reference site","Medium (specify it)","Not adequate (Specify why)","Data/information not available","Not consistent with the characteristics of the damage factors/adverse effects"]
[null,"VU, Vulnerable","Average annual concentration above the limit set for EQS-AA for previous substances complying with good chemical status","Data from grouping of water bodies for the purpose of WFD classification","Low (specify it)",null,"Chemical","Data/information not available"]
[null,"EN, Endangered","Substances with average concentration considerably higher than the baseline condition not complying with good chemical status","Disaggregated data of the monitoring carried out pursuant to WFD (EIONET-SOE data)","Unknown",null,"Physical","Not relevant"]
[null,"CR, Critically endangered","Data/Information not available","Monitoring and sampling of baseline data performed specifically for the damaging occurrence (eg investigation monitoring of baseline condition)","Possible (specify it)",null,"Biological","Consistent with the characteristics of the damage factors/adverse effects (specify)"]
[null,"Other (specify)","Data and type of impact not relevant","From other sources (specify)","Not possible",null,"Data/information not available","Not consistent with the characteristics of the damage factors/adverse effects"]
[null,"Data not available","No match (substances searched but not found)","Baseline based on temporal background data collected by monitoring pursuant to WFD","Unknown",null,"Data/information not relevant to the adverse effects identified","No waste managed/produced"]
[null,"Not relevant","Presence of substances considered absent or not detected in the baseline condition","Baseline based on temporal background data collected before the damaging occurrence (eg by ante-operam monitoring)","There is no risk analysis",null,"Synthetic origin","Data/information not available"]
[null,"Favourable","Presence of substances that are absent in areas not affected by the adverse effects","Baseline based on temporal background data collected after the damaging occurrence with dedicated monitoring","An existing risk analysis confirms a significant risk of adverse effects on human health",null,"Present in nature/Natural origin","Not relevant"]
[null,"Unknown","Increase in concentrations compared to baseline data","Baseline based on spatial background data (collected before or after the damaging occurrence) in areas not affected by any adverse effects identified on the basis of hydraulic modelling","An existing risk analysis confirms are unlikely to result in a significant risk of adverse effects on human health",null,"Combination of synthetic and natural origin","Consistent with the characteristics of the damage factors/adverse effects (specify)"]
[null,"Unfavourable-Inadequate","Average annual concentration above the limit set for EQS-AA for previous substances complying","Baseline derived by analogy from water/groundwater bodies with similar characteristics (e.g. in the case of water/groundwater bodies grouping)","Yes",null,"Data/information not available","Not consistent with the characteristics of the damage factors/adverse effects"]
[null,"Unfavourable-Bad","Substances in an average concentration considerably higher than the average value detected in the original conditions","Data/Information not available","No",null,"Solid","There are no pumping / diversion / or other water flow modifications"]
[null,"Data not available","Presence of higher concentration values in the most shallow layers of sediment","Adequate (specify the most recent data and the frequency and time intervals of monitoring)","Likely",null,"Liquid","Data/information not available"]
[null,"Not relevant","Presence of higher concentration values in the deeper sediment layers","Not adequate (Specify why)","Unlikely",null,"Gas","Not relevant"]
[null,"Stable","Data/Information not available","Adequate (Specify why: e.g. sampling and analysis compliant with ISO/IEC 17025. in case of groundwater, specify the Level of Confidence of data)","Not relevant",null,"Data/information not available","Consistent with the characteristics of the damage factors/adverse effects (specify)"]
[null,"Improving","Data and type of adverse effects not relevant","Not adequate (specify why)","Data not available",null,"Data/information not relevant to the adverse effects identified","Not consistent with the characteristics of the damage factors/adverse effects"]
[null,"Deteriorating","No match (substances searched but not found) ","Data/information not available",null,null,"Substances hazardous for the impacted/potentially impacted receptors according to ECHA (based on REACH and CLP Directives)","There are no discharges to water or land"]
[null,"Unknown","Presence of substances not detected in the baseline conditions ","Data not relevant for the type of baseline identified",null,null,"Waste given hazard classification by EER or by an institutional/public body"]
[null,"Not relevant","Presence of substances which are absent in populations of biota (e.g. mussels) located in areas of the water body not affected by the adverse effects","Presence but no exceedances (specify)",null,null,"Substances classified as hazardous for the environment (consider only natural resources protected by ELD)"]
[null,"General","Data/Information not available","Presence and exceedances (specify)",null,null,"Parameters with intervention values (IV) and/or threshold values (TV) for actual/potential land contamination (specify it)"]
[null,"Resting","Constant","Data/information not available",null,null,"Substances classified as toxic for the aquatic organisms"]
[null,"Feeding","Increasing (specify substances and describe the trend)","Data not relevant for the type of baseline identified",null,null,"Substances classified as hazardous and/or toxic for human health (specify the means of taking)"]
[null,"Reproducing","Decreasing (specify substances and describe the trend)","Other contaminants not detected",null,null,"Substances classified as hazardous and/or toxic biota"]
[null,"Other (specify)","Data/information not available","Presence of contaminants (specify)",null,null,"Persistent and / or bioaccumulative substances (eg POP, vPvB, PBT)"]
[null,"Permanent","Not relevant","Data/information not available",null,null,"Carcinogenic / mutagenic / teratogenic substances"]
[null,"Reproducing","Yes","Data not relevant for the type of baseline identified",null,null,"Pathogenic microorganisms"]
[null,"Concentrating","No","No critical issues with respect to the characteristics of the area (indicate parameters)",null,null,"Flammable, explosive (specify it)"]
[null,"Wintering","Likely","Presence of criticalities with respect to the characteristics of the area (indicate parameters and their values)",null,null,"Safety data sheets available"]
[null,"Unknown","Unlikely","Data not available",null,null,"Safety data sheets not available"]
[null,"General","Data/information not available","Not relevant",null,null,"GMOs (note: clues of environmental damage related to GMOs are not included in these tables and in the Practical Guide)"]
[null,"Feeding","Not relevant","No other pressures",null,null,"Other (e.g. unregulated substances)"]
[null,"Resting","Yes","Presence of considerable anthropogenic pressures (specify)",null,null,"Data/information not available"]
[null,"Reproducing","No","Presence of non-considerable anthropogenic pressures (specify)",null,null,"Data/information not relevant to the adverse effects identified"]
[null,"Unknown","Data/Information not available","Natural events (specify)",null,null,"Soluble/miscible in water/leachable (specify it)"]
[null,null,"Not relevant","Data/information not available",null,null,"Insoluble/not miscible in water (specify if DNAPL/LNAPL/substance in discrete or dissolved phase)"]
[null,null,"No change","Data not relevant for the type of baseline identified",null,null,"Volatile Substance"]
[null,null,"Considerably negative changes compared to the baseline condition","No protected areas",null,null,"Substance that degrades/transforms in the natural resource (specify the breakdown properties)"]
[null,null,"Parameter value belonging to a lower class than in the baseline condition (specify)","Presence of protected area for bathing waters",null,null,"Data/information not available"]
[null,null,"Data/Information not available","Presence of sensitive areas and / or areas vulnerable to nutrients of agricutural origin (e.g. nitrates) and plant protection products",null,null,"Data/information not relevant to the adverse effects identified"]
[null,null,"Not relevant","Presence of protected area for fisheries or shellfisheries ",null,null,"Volume/mass/flow rate measured/calculated/estimated (specify the value and the method)"]
[null,null,"Constant","Presence of Natura 2000 site or nationally/internationally protected areas in the water body",null,null,"Considerable (specify why in relation to the negatively affected natural resource)"]
[null,null,"Increase","Water body included in a Natura 2000 site or nationally/internationally protected area",null,null,"Not considerable (specify why in relation to the negatively affected natural resource)"]
[null,null,"Decrease","Affected by contaminated areas, identified as requiring remediation",null,null,"Data/information not available"]
[null,null,"Data/Information not available","Presence of areas used or intended for drinking water use",null,null,"Data/information not relevant to the adverse effects identified"]
[null,null,"Not relevant","Mountainous reliefs ",null,null,"Unique event (specify hours/days/months/years)"]
[null,null,"Stable ","Terraces ",null,null,"Continuous event (specify hours/days/months/years)"]
[null,null,"Lower (indicative of considerable freshwater inputs) ","Coastal plain ",null,null,"Sporadic event (specify hours/days/months/years. specify frequency)"]
[null,null,"Superior (indicative of considerable contributions of hypersalted waters) ","River plain ",null,null,"Considerable (specify why in relation to the adversely affected natural resource)"]
[null,null,"Data/Information not available","Flood plain ",null,null,"Not considerable (specify why in relation to the adversely affected natural resource)"]
[null,null,"Not relevant","Plain of dunes",null,null,"Data/information not available"]
[null,null,"No variations ","Lagoon",null,null,"Data/information not relevant to the adverse effects identified"]
[null,null,"Worsening of the parameter - or index - monitored with respect to the average values of the water body (if the waters are monitored pursuant WFD, in other case compare with the average of the water bodies present in the same catchment area)","High",null,null,"Adequate to stop/contain the damage factors and/or mitigate impacts"]
[null,null,"Data/Information not available","Average",null,null,"Not adequate (specify why)"]
[null,null,"Not relevant","Low",null,null,"Data/information not available"]
[null,null,"No variations ","Sparsely characterised by urbanisation",null,null,"Data/information not relevant to the adverse effects identified"]
[null,null,"Worsening - modification of the substrate (shape and / or composition) such as not allowing the restoration of conditions prior to the damaging occurrence, with particular reference to the restoration of site-specific biocenosis ","Strongly characterised by urbanisation",null,null,"Effective to stop/contain the damage factors and/or mitigate impacts"]
[null,null,"Data/Information not available","Absent",null,null,"Not effective (specify why)"]
[null,null,"Not relevant","Present (indicate number)",null,null,"Data/information not available"]
[null,null,"No variations","Data/information not available",null,null,"Geognostic/soil gas investigations, Soilscape mapping"]
[null,null,"Reduction from the extent measured before the damaging occurrence","Data not relevant for the type of baseline identified",null,null,"From environmental inspections and judicial police checks, sampling carried out during or after the damaging occurrence, etc."]
[null,null,"Data/Information not available","<0.9 / km/miles",null,null,"Data information/not available"]
[null,null,"Not relevant","> 0.9 / km/miles",null,null,"Data include substances linked to the damaging occurrence"]
[null,null,"No considerable changes in the state of the places ","Presence of relevant and historical contaminated sediments in the water body",null,null,"Data does not include substances linked to the damaging occurrence"]
[null,null,"Considerable changes in the state of the places ","Absence of relevant and historical contaminated sediments in the water body",null,null,"Data refer to parameters / substances relavant to the definition of the land contamination"]
[null,null,"Data/Information not available","Data/information not available",null,null,"Data do not refer to parameters / substances relevant to the definition of the land contamination"]
[null,null,"Not relevant","Known (specify)",null,null,"Data refer to Genetically Modified Organisms or/and  Genetically Modified Micro-Organisms"]
[null,null,"No outliers","Data/information not available",null,null,"Data information/not available"]
[null,null,"Differences found in several samplings carried out over time (indicate parameters and number of samplings)","Water table (specify all relevant characteristics)",null,null,"The acquired data can be temporally associated with the damaging occurrence"]
[null,null,"Differences found with respect to areas of analytical blank (indicate parameters and number of stations)","Artesian water table (specify all relevant characteristics)",null,null,"The acquired data are temporally adequate to identify a negative impact"]
[null,null,"Data/Information not available","Multilayer (specify all relevant characteristics)",null,null,"Not adequate"]
[null,null,"Not relevant","Data/information not available",null,null,"Data information/not available"]
[null,null,"No anomaly found","Data not relevant for the type of baseline identified",null,null,"Data collected at the source of damage"]
[null,null,"Anomalies found (e.g. fish deaths, anomalous colorations of the waters, anomalous odour / taste / colour coming from the abstracted groundwater, etc.) ","Predominantly intergranular flow (deep)",null,null,"Data representative of an area (data collected at the source of damage + data collected at distance)"]
[null,null,"Data/Information not available","Predominantly intergranular flow (shallow)",null,null,"Background data (temporal and/or spatial) to allow comparison"]
[null,null,"Not relevant","Combined intergraular/fracture flow",null,null,"Adequate"]
[null,null,"Present (specify)","Considerable surface flow/spring",null,null,"Not adequate"]
[null,null,"Absent","Predominantly fracture flow",null,null,"Data information/not available"]
[null,null,"Data/Information not available","Flow exclusively for karst",null,null,"Inside installation boundaries (specify it)"]
[null,null,"Not relevant","Data/information not available",null,null,"Outside installation boundaries (specify it)"]
[null,null,"Negative change in parameters associated with an increased risk of saline intrusion","Data not relevant for the type of baseline identified",null,null,"Other locations (specify it)"]
[null,null,"Increase of saline intrusion","High-moderate hydraulic conductivity (specify the value)",null,null,"Points useful for identifying the extent of the area of negative impact"]
[null,null,"Absence of abnormal variations","Low hydraulic conductivity (specify the value)",null,null,"Points not useful for identifying the extent of the area of negative impact"]
[null,null,"Data/Information not available","Data/information not available",null,null,"Points useful for identifying the depth of the area of negative impact"]
[null,null,"Not relevant","Data not relevant for the type of baseline identified",null,null,"Points not useful for identifying the depth of the area of negative impact"]
[null,null,"Adverse effects risk to lead to a deterioration of the ecological or chemical quality of the connected surface water bodies","High-moderate transmissivity (specify the value)",null,null,"Points not useful for identifying a negative impact"]
[null,null,"Adverse effects risk to lead to a failure in achieving the environmental objectives referred to art. 4 of the WFD of the connected surface water bodies","Low transmissivity (specify the value)",null,null,"Data information/not available"]
[null,null,"Adverse effects risk to lead to a deterioration of groundwater dependent terrestrial ecosystems","Data/information not available",null,null,"Large (m2, km2, km3, hectares)"]
[null,null,"No variation/relevant variation in the connected surface water bodies/ terrestrial ecosystems is expected/detected","Data not relevant for the type of baseline identified",null,null,"Medium (m2, km2, km3, hectares)"]
[null,null,"Data/Information not available","High-moderate hydraulic gradients (specify the value)",null,null,"Small (m2, km2, km3, hectares)"]
[null,null,"Not relevant","Low hydraulic gradients (specify the value)",null,null,"Data information/not available"]
[null,null,"Yes (specify)","Data/information not available",null,null,"Adequate (the sampling plan is sufficient to test the pollutant linkages in the model including scoping the source area)"]
[null,null,"No variation","Data not relevant for the type of baseline identified",null,null,"Not adequate (the sampling plan is not sufficient to test the pollutant linkages in the model including scoping the source area)"]
[null,null,"Data/Information not available","Groundwater recharging area (specify)",null,null,"Data/information not available"]
[null,null,"Not relevant","Data/information not available",null,null,"Concentration/values exceeding TV and/or IV"]
[null,null,"Exceedance of concentration limits for drinking or human use (only for parameters considered for groundwater chemical status)","Data not relevant for the type of baseline identified",null,null,"Concentrations/values of substances/parameters representative of a considerable adverse effect"]
[null,null,"Variation of concentration of parameters associated with an increased/unacceptable risk for human health","Known (specify)",null,null,"Increase in concentration/values for substances/parameters previously not complying with the TV and/or IV"]
[null,null,"No variation","Data/information not available",null,null,"Absence of outliers"]
[null,null,null,"Data not relevant for the type of baseline identified",null,null,"Data/Information not available"]
[null,null,null,"It is known and excludes that the impact detected is of natural origin",null,null,"Data/information not relevant to the adverse effects identified"]
[null,null,null,"It is known and does not excludes that the impact detected is of natural origin",null,null,"No anomalies"]
[null,null,null,"Sulphate-calcium facies",null,null,"Anomalies found (e.g. anomalous odour/colour of land, presence of visible unknown material, waste deposits etc.) "]
[null,null,null,"Chloride-alkaline facies"]
[null,null,null,"Bicarbonate-alkaline facies"]
[null,null,null,"Bicarbonate-calcium facies"]
[null,null,null,"Facies bicarbonate-calcium-magnesium"]
[null,null,null,"Waters devoid of geochemical dominance"]
[null,null,null,"Data/information not available"]
[null,null,null,"Data not relevant for the type of baseline identified"]
[null,null,null,"Very high / high vulnerability to substances / parameters related to the damaging occurrence"]
[null,null,null,"Average vulnerability to substances / parameters of interest related to the damaging occurrence"]
[null,null,null,"Low GWB depth (m from ground level) in the negatively impacted area / where the damage factors are present"]
[null,null,null,"Thickness of overlying deposits, specify"]
[null,null,null,"Medium / high GWB depth (m from ground level) in the negatively impacted area / where the damage factors are present"]
[null,null,null,"Medium / low overlying land permeability in the negatively impacted area / where the damage factors are present"]
[null,null,null,"High permeability of overlying land in the negatively impacted area / where the damage factors are present"]
[null,null,null,"Medium / low aquifer permeability in the negatively impacted area / where the damage factors are present"]
[null,null,null,"High aquifer permeability in the negatively impacted area / where the damage factors are present"]
[null,null,null,"Presence of elements of vulnerability (presence of preferential routes)"]
[null,null,null,"Limited extent / volume of the groundwater body "]
[null,null,null,"Slow recharge of the groundwater body waters"]
[null,null,null,"Data/information not available"]
[null,null,null,"Data not relevant for the type of baseline identified"]
[null,null,null,"Extended (km2 - km3)"]
[null,null,null,"Medium (km2 - km3)"]
[null,null,null,"Small (km2 - km3)"]
[null,null,null,"Data/information not available"]
[null,null,null,"Data not relevant for the type of baseline identified"]
[null,null,null,"Chemical status (good, not good)"]
[null,null,null,"Ecological status (high, good, moderate, poor, bad, unknown)"]
[null,null,null,"Data/information not available"]
[null,null,null,"Data not relevant for the type of baseline identified"]
[null,null,null,"Favourable / unfavourable / bad"]
[null,null,null,"Data/information not available"]
[null,null,null,"Data not relevant for the type of baseline identified"]
[null,null,null,"Yes (specify characteristics)"]
[null,null,null,"Data/information not available"]
[null,null,null,"Data not relevant for the type of baseline identified"]
[null,null,null,"Substances useful to define the baseline for the negatively impacted area are known / monitored by points of the drinking water quality network"]