Maritime Spatial Plan(s)
Status: Adopted
France adopted 4 Maritime Spatial Plans, the Documents Stratégiques de Façade (DSF) in April/May 2022 for the following sea basins:
View DSF for East Channel-North Sea
View DSF for North Atlantic-West Channel
View the DSF for the Mediterranean
They are the legal mechanism chosen by France to address the requirements of both MSFD and MSP Directive and specify the conditions to implement the National Strategy for the Sea and the Coast (SNML) in accordance with local specificities. The DSF all contain two parts:
- Initial assessment and strategic objectives and MSP - vocational map and fact sheets (finalised in September/October 2019)
- Monitoring mechanism and action plan (finalised in April/May 2022)
MSP legislation
The EU MSP Directive was transposed into national legislation through article 123 of law n°2016-1087 for the “reconquest of biodiversity, nature and landscapes” adopted on 8 August 2016. This article modifies the French Environmental code through the introduction of the concept of maritime spatial planning. The approaches for implementing article 123 are further elaborated through the political decree n°2017-724 adopted on 3rd May 2017.
National MSP authority
France's competent authority for MSP is the Ministry for the Sea (Ministère de la Mer)
Contact:
Secrétaire général de la mer
sgmerpm.gouv.fr
20 avenue de Ségur
75007 Paris
Secrétariat d’Etat en charge de la Mer
Direction des affaires maritimes - Direction générale des affaires maritimes, de la pêche et de l'aquaculture (DGAMPA)
Tour Séquoia – 92 055 La Défense Cedex