Table 2 Scope of existing national legislation to control the use of lead shot in European Member States
Member State | Ban on use of lead shot | Details | Total number of hunters |
|---|---|---|---|
HR | Prohibited in designed areas (scope unknown) | 50,000 | |
DK | Complete | Applies throughout MS, irrespective of habitat or species hunted | 165,000 |
NL | Complete | Applies throughout MS, irrespective of habitat or species hunted | 28,170 |
BE | Complete | Applies throughout MS, irrespective of habitat or species hunted | 34,000 |
BG | Prohibited in designed areas (wide scope) | Not permitted in wetlands based on Ramsar convention definition and buffer zone of 200 m | 110,000 |
FR | Prohibited in designed areas (wide scope) | (1) Foreshore; (2) marshes not dried; (3) rivers, canals, reservoirs, lakes and ponds; Hunting and hunting of these game animals are permitted only at a maximum distance of 30 meters from the body of water provided that they have the right to hunt on it | 1331,000 |
HU | Prohibited in designed areas (narrow scope) | Not permitted within designated sites. Regulation lists 33 wetland areas, including Ramsar sites | 55,000 |
IT | Prohibited in designed areas (narrow scope) | Ban on wetlands in SPAs and SACs (with 150 m buffer). Wetland defined as lakes, ponds, marshes, oxbows and lagoons (freshwater, saltwater, brackish) | 750,000 |
CY | Prohibited in designed areas (wide scope) | Not permitted in waterbodies, whether artificial (salt lakes) or not (dams/reservoirs/sewage treatment ponds)—buffer zone of 300 meters | 45,000 |
AT | Prohibited for hunting designated species | Not permitted for hunting waterfowl; wherever they occur. | 118,000 |
CZ | Prohibited for hunting designated species | Not permitted for hunting waterfowl; wherever they occur | 226,585 |
DE | Prohibited in designed areas (narrow scope) | Not permitted in waterbodies (all shorelines, lakes and rivers) | 351 000 |
ES | Prohibited in designed areas (narrow scope) | Not permitted within designated Ramsar sites, Natura 2000 sites, nature protected sites | 980,000 |
FI | Prohibited for hunting designated species | Not permitted for hunting waterfowl; wherever they occur | 308,000 |
LV | Prohibited in designed areas (narrow scope) | Not permitted for waterfowl hunting protected areas (Ramsar sites, SPAs and nature reserves) | 25,000 |
PT | Prohibited in designed areas (narrow scope) | Designated Ramsar sites, Natura 2000 sites and nature protected sites | 230,000 |
SE | Prohibited in designed areas (wide scope) | Wetlands are defined in the regulation as a vegetation covered area where the water surface is closely under, at the same level or closely over the land surface and where the water level is allowed to vary according to the natural seasonal variations | 290,000 |
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EN | Prohibited in designed areas (narrow scope) and for hunting certain species | Not permitted to be used on foreshore, selected sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs); not permitted for hunting ducks, geese, swans, coot, moorhen; wherever they occur | 800,000 |
WA | Prohibited in designed areas (narrow scope) and for hunting certain species | Not permitted to be used on foreshore, selected sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs); not permitted for hunting ducks, geese, swans, coot, moorhen wherever they occur | |
SCO | Prohibited in designed areas (wide scope) | Not permitted in wetlands based on Ramsar convention definition, but peatlands interpreted to mean ‘peatlands with visible water’) | |
NI | Prohibited in designed areas (wide scope) | Not permitted in wetlands based on Ramsar convention definition, but peatlands interpreted to mean ‘peatlands with visible water’) | |
IE | No ban in place | – | 350,000 |
EE | Prohibited for hunting designated species | Use of lead gunshot to hunt waterfowl is prohibited | 16,600 |
LU | Prohibited in designed areas (wide scope) | marshes, lakes, ponds, reservoirs, rivers and canals and a buffer zone of 30 m | 2000 |
LT | Prohibited in designed areas (narrow scope) | Hunting forbidden in most important wetlands | 32,000 |
MT | Prohibited in designed areas (scope unknown) | No wetlands on Malta where hunting is permitted | 15,000 |
SI | Prohibited in designed areas (scope unknown) | – | 22,000 |
SK | Prohibited in designed areas (wide scope) and for hunting certain species | Wetlands: territory with swamps, low bogs or peat bogs, wet meadows, natural flowing water and natural stagnant water including a water-stream and water area with ponds and water reservoirs; waterbird game species: mallard, greylag goose, bean goose, white-fronted goose and coot | 55,000 |
GR | No ban on place | – | 235,000 |
PL | No ban in place | – | 106,000 |
RO | No ban in place | – | 60,000 |