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Percentage of EU inland bathing waters complying with mandatory standards and meeting guide levels of the bathing waters directive for the year 2003 by country: Located in Data and maps › Maps and graphs
Saltwater intrusion: Located in Data and maps › Indicators
Atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations (CSI 013) - Assessment published Oct 2005: The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), the main greenhouse gas, has increased by 34 % compared with pre-industrial levels as a result of human activities, with an accelerated rise since 1950. Other greenhouse gas concentrations have also risen as a result of human activities. The present concentrations of CO 2 and CH 4 have not been exceeded during the past 420 000 years and the present N 2 O concentration during at least the past 1 000 years. IPCC (2001) baseline projections show that greenhouse gas concentrations are likely to exceed the level of 550 ppm CO 2 -equivalent in the next few decades (before 2050).
Located in Data and maps › Indicators › Atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations
Bathing water quality (CSI 022) - Assessment published Nov 2005: The quality of water at designated bathing beaches in Europe (coastal and inland) has improved throughout the 1990s and early 2000s. In 2003, 97% of coastal bathing waters and 92% of inland bathing waters complied with the mandatory standards.
Located in Data and maps › Indicators › Bathing water quality
Chlorophyll in transitional, coastal and marine waters (CSI 023) - Assessment published Nov 2005: There has been no general reduction in eutrophication (as measured by chlorophyll-a concentrations) in the Baltic Sea, the Greater North Sea or the coastal waters of Italy and Greece. Chlorophyll-a concentrations have increased in a few coastal areas and decreased in others.
Located in Data and maps › Indicators › Chlorophyll in transitional, coastal and marine waters
Emissions of primary particles and secondary particulate matter precursors (CSI 003) - Assessment published Oct 2005: Total EU-15 emissions of fine particles were reduced by 39% between 1990 and 2002. This was due mainly to reduction in emissions of the secondary particulate precursors, but also to reductions in primary PM 10 emissions from energy industries.
Located in Data and maps › Indicators › Emissions of primary particles and secondary particulate matter precursors
Fishing fleet capacity (CSI 034) - Assessment published Nov 2005: The size of the EU fishing fleet is following a downward trend, with reductions of 19% in power and 11% in tonnage in the period 1989-2003, and 15% in numbers in the period 1989-2002. Similarly, the combined fleet of Estonia, Cyprus, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Poland and Slovenia decreased its tonnage by 50% over the period 1992-1995. However, the EFTA fleet increased in terms of power (by 12%; 1997-2002) and tonnage (by 34%; 1989-2003) despite a drop in numbers by 40% (1989-2002).
Located in Data and maps › Indicators › Fishing fleet capacity
Generation and recycling of packaging waste (CSI 017/waste 002) - Assessment published Nov 2005: There is a general increase in per capita quantities of packaging being put on the market. This is not in line with the primary objective of the Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste, which aims at preventing the production of packaging waste. However, the EU target to recycle 25% of packaging waste in 2001 has been significantly exceeded. In 2002 the recycling rate in EU15 was 54 percent.
Located in Data and maps › Indicators › Generation and recycling of packaging waste
Gross nutrient balance (CSI 025) - Assessment published Nov 2005: At EU-15 level the gross nitrogen balance in 2000 was calculated to be 55 kg/ha, which is 16% lower than the balance estimate in 1990, which was 66 kg/ha. In 2000 the gross nitrogen balance ranged from 37 kg/ha (Italy) to 226 kg/ha (the Netherlands). All national gross nitrogen balances show a decline in estimates of the gross nitrogen balance (kg/ha) between 1990 and 2000, apart from Ireland (22% increase) and Spain (47% increase). The following Member States showed organic fertiliser application rates greater than the threshold of 170 kg/ha specified by the Nitrates Directive in 2000: the Netherlands (206 kg/ha) and Belgium (204 kg/ha). The general decline in nitrogen balance surpluses is due to a small decrease in nitrogen input rates (-1.0%) and a significant increase in nitrogen output rates (10%).
Located in Data and maps › Indicators › Gross nutrient balance
Municipal waste generation (CSI 016/waste 001) - Assessment published Nov 2005: The generation of municipal waste per capita in western European countries continues to grow while remaining stable in central and eastern European countries. The EU target to reduce municipal waste generation to 300 kg/capita by the year 2000 was not achieved. No new targets have been set.
Located in Data and maps › Indicators › Municipal waste generation