2019 Belgian MSP - Sand and gravel extraction zones

The Royal Decree of 22 May 2019 establishing a marine spatial plan defines 12 sand and gravel extraction zones: Sand and gravel exploitation sector 1a (Thorntonbank) (Art. 15§1), Sand and gravel exploitation sector 2br (Buiten Ratel) (Art. 15§1), Sand and gravel exploitation sector 2kb (Kwintebank) (Art. 15§1), Sand and gravel exploitation sector 2od (Oostdyck) (Art. 15§1), Sand and gravel exploitation sector 3a (Sierra Ventana) (Art. 15§1), Sand and gravel exploitation sector 3b (Sierra Ventana) (Art. 15§1), Sand and gravel exploitation sector 4a (Noordhinder) (Art. 15§1), Sand and gravel exploitation sector 4b (Oosthinder-noord) (Art. 15§1), Sand and gravel exploitation sector 4c (Oosthinder-zuid) (Art. 15§1), Sand and gravel exploitation sector 4d (Westhinder) (Art. 15§1), Sand and gravel exploitation sector 5 (Blighbank) (Art. 15§1), Zone for research of the potential of the exploration and exploitation of sand and gravel (Art. 15§4). It replaces the 2014 Marine Spatial Plan, which is included for completeness.. The Royal Decree of 20 March 2014 establishing a marine spatial plan defines in its Art. 11., eleven Management zones with regards to sand and gravel extraction: ten sand and gravel exploitation zones (Thorntonbank, Art. 11 § 1 Sector 1a, Kwintebank, Art. 11 § 1 Sector 2kb, Buiten Ratel, Art. 11 § 1 Sector 2br, Oostdyck, Art. 11 § 1 Sector 2od, Sierra Ventana, Art. 11 § 1 Sector 3a, Sierra Ventana, Art. 11 § 1 Sector 3b, Noord Hinder, Art. 11 § 1 Sector 4a, Oosthinder-noord, Art. 11 § 1 Sector 4b, Oosthinder-zuid, Art. 11 § 1 Sector 4c, Westhinder, Art. 11 § 1 Sector 4d) and one reference zone for monitoring impact of windmills and sand exploitation (Art. 11 § 3). These zones are made available digitally in the resource described by this metadata document. Please refer to the Belgian official gazette (\"Moniteur belge/Belgisch Staatsblad\") for official reference information.

Date (Creation): 2021-11-18

Date (Revision): 2026-06-18

Date (Publication): 2026-10-15

Title: Digital Object Identifier

Date (Creation): 2016-05-19

Code: https://doi.org/10.24417/f432b696-ac1a-4971-acc8-184bc79e9b7f

Citation identifier: http://metadata.naturalsciences.be / f432b696-ac1a-4971-acc8-184bc79e9b7f
Belgian Marine Data Centre

Other citation details: This dataset is composed of the following sources: (1) MSP 2014-2020 Sand and gravel extraction zones. (2) MSP 2020-2026 Sand and gravel extraction zones. (3) SWAP (n.d.). MarineAtlas website.MarineAtlas website. (4) Sand and gravel extraction zones in the Belgian Part of the North Sea.

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)	bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Custodian
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), GeoCell	geocell@naturalsciences.be	Originator
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)	info@naturalsciences.be	Owner
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS)	info@naturalsciences.be	Publisher
Royal Belgian Institute for Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature)	odnature@naturalsciences.be	Author

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Marine Spatial Plan
Federal government
Land use
Reporting INSPIRE

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Land use

European Legislation Identifier

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/138 of 21 December 2022 laying down a list of specific high-value datasets and the arrangements for their publication and re-use (Text with EEA relevance)

Marine Regions

GEMET - Concepts, version 4.2.1

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Land and natural area cover and use

Themes for open data catalogi in Belgium

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Language: English

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Title: Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ)

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Code: North Sea

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Reference system identifier: http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/4258

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)		bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Custodian

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)		bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Custodian

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)		bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Custodian

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OGC:WMS	https://spatial.naturalsciences.be/geoserver/imsp19/ows?version=1.3.0&service=WMS&request=GetCapabilities	imsp19:bmsp_extraction_zone

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)		bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Custodian

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OGC:WFS	https://spatial.naturalsciences.be/geoserver/imsp19/ows?version=2.0.0&service=WFS&request=GetCapabilities	imsp19:bmsp_extraction_zone

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Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)		bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Custodian

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WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link	https://www.marineatlas.be	MarineAtlas website. SWAP

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.24417/f432b696-ac1a-4971-acc8-184bc79e9b7f	Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

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Title: COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication): 2010-12-08

Explanation: See the referenced specification

Pass: Yes

Statement: Dataset is quality assured. Dataset corresponds to a digitized version of the information published in the Belgian official gazette ("Belgisch staatsblad/Moniteur belge"). Only the information published in the official gazette has legal validity.

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File identifier: f432b696-ac1a-4971-acc8-184bc79e9b7f XML

Metadata language: English

Character set: UTF8

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Date stamp: 2026-10-15T15:36:16.522Z

Metadata standard name: Geographic information -- Metadata

Metadata standard version: ISO 19115:2003/19139

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Organisation name	Individual name	Electronic mail address	Role
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Directorate Natural Environment (OD Nature), Belgian Marine Data Centre (BMDC)		bmdc@naturalsciences.be	Point of contact

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