CHAPTER III

IMPLEMENTATION

Competent authorities
Article 13
1
Each Member State shall designate the authority or authorities competent for the implementation of this Directive.
2
Each Member State shall provide the Commission with a list of those competent authorities, together with the items of information listed in the Annex to this Directive.
3
Each Member State shall inform the Commission of any change to the information provided pursuant to paragraph 1 within six months of such a change coming into effect.

Monitoring and reporting
Article 14
1
Member States shall send copies of the maritime spatial plans, including relevant existing explanatory material on the implementation of this Directive, and all subsequent updates, to the Commission and to any other Member States concerned within three months of their publication.
2
The Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to the Council, at the latest one year after the deadline for establishment of the maritime spatial plans, and every four years thereafter, a report outlining the progress made in implementing this Directive.