Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1141
of 13 July 2016
adopting a list of invasive alien species of Union concern pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2014 on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species, and in particular of Article 4(1) thereof,
OJ L 317, 4.11.2014, p. 35.
Whereas:
(1) Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 provides that a list of invasive alien species of Union concern (‘the Union list’) is to be adopted on the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 4(3) thereof and meeting the conditions laid down in Article 4(6), which stipulates that the implementation costs, the cost of inaction, the cost-effectiveness and the socioeconomic aspects must be given due consideration.
(2) The Commission has concluded on the basis of the available scientific evidence and the risk assessments carried out pursuant to Article 5(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 that all criteria set out in Article 4(3) of that Regulation are met for the following invasive alien species: Baccharis halimifolia L, Cabomba caroliniana Gray, Callosciurus erythraeus Pallas, 1779, Corvus splendens Viellot, 1817, Eichhornia crassipes (Martius) Solms, Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1854, Heracleum persicum Fischer, Heracleum sosnowskyi Mandenova, Herpestes javanicus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818, Hydrocotyle ranunculoides L. f., Lagarosiphon major (Ridley) Moss, Lithobates (Rana) catesbeianus Shaw, 1802, Ludwigia grandiflora (Michx.) Greuter & Burdet, Ludwigia peploides (Kunth) P.H. Raven, Lysichiton americanus Hultén and St. John, Muntiacus reevesi Ogilby, 1839, Myocastor coypus Molina, 1782, Myriophyllum aquaticum (Vell.) Verdc., Nasua nasua Linnaeus, 1766, Orconectes limosus Rafinesque, 1817, Orconectes virilis Hagen, 1870, Oxyura jamaicensis Gmelin, 1789, Pacifastacus leniusculus Dana, 1852, Parthenium hysterophorus L., Perccottus glenii Dybowski, 1877, Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H. Gross (Polygonum perfoliatum L.), Procambarus clarkii Girard, 1852, Procambarus fallax (Hagen, 1870) f. virginalis, Procyon lotor Linnaeus, 1758, Pseudorasbora parva Temminck & Schlegel, 1846, Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lobata (Willd.) (Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi), Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788, Sciurus niger Linnaeus, 1758, Tamias sibiricus Laxmann, 1769, Threskiornis aethiopicus Latham, 1790, Trachemys scripta Schoepff, 1792, Vespa velutina nigrithorax de Buysson, 1905.
(3) The Commission has also concluded that those invasive alien species meet all of the conditions set out in Article 4(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014. In particular, some of those species are already established in the territory of the Union or even widely spread in certain Member States and there may be cases where it is not possible to eradicate such species in a cost-effective manner. However, it is appropriate to include those species in the Union list, as there are other cost-effective measures that can be implemented: to prevent new introductions or further spread in the territory of the Union; to promote early detection and rapid eradication of species where they are not yet present or not yet widely spread; and to manage them, as appropriate to the specific circumstances of the Member States concerned, including by fishing, hunting or trapping, or any other type of harvesting for consumption or export, provided that these activities are carried out within a national management programme.
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on Invasive Alien Species,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1 The list set out in the Annex to this Regulation shall constitute the initial list of invasive alien species of special concern pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014.
Word in Art. 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/223), regs. 1(1)(b), 11(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1); and word substituted (S.) by The Invasive Non-native Species (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/473), regs. 1(1), 9(a)
Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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Words in Art. 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/223), regs. 1(1)(b), 11(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1); and words omitted (S.) by virtue of The Invasive Non-native Species (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/473), regs. 1(1), 9(b)

ANNEX LIST OF INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES OF UNION CONCERN
Species	CN codes for live specimens	CN codes for parts that can reproduce	Categories of associated goods
(i)	(ii)	(iii)	(iv)
Acacia saligna (Labill.) H.L.Wendl. (Acacia cyanophylla Lindl.)	ex 0602 90 47	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	
Acridotheres tristis Linnaeus, 1766	ex 0106 39 80	ex 0407 19 90 (fertilised eggs for incubation)	
Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle	ex 0602 90 48	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	
Alopochen aegyptiacus Linnaeus, 1766	ex 0106 39 80	ex 0407 19 90 (fertilised eggs for incubation)	
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	(12)
Andropogon virginicus L.	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	(13)
Arthurdendyus triangulatus (Dendy, 1894) Jones & Gerard (1999)	ex 0106 90 00	—	(5)
Asclepias syriaca L.	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	(7)
Baccharis halimifolia L.	ex0602 90 46 or 0602 90 48	ex 0602 90 45 (rooted cuttings and young plants) ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	
Cabomba caroliniana Gray	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	
Callosciurus erythraeus Pallas, 1779	ex 0106 19 00	—	
Cardiospermum grandiflorum Sw.	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	
Cortaderia jubata (Lemoine ex Carrière) Stapf	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	
Corvus splendens Viellot, 1817	ex 0106 39 80	ex 0407 19 90 (fertilised eggs for incubation)	
Ehrharta calycina Sm.	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	(13)
Eichhornia crassipes (Martius) Solms	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	
Elodea nuttallii (Planch.) St. John	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	
Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1854	ex0306 33 90	—	
Gunnera tinctoria (Molina) Mirbel	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	
Gymnocoronis spilanthoides (D.Don ex Hook. & Arn.) DC.	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	
Heracleum mantegazzianum Sommier & Levier	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	
Heracleum persicum Fischer	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	(6)
Heracleum sosnowskyi Mandenova	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	
Herpestes javanicus É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1818	ex 0106 19 00	—	
Humulus scandens (Lour.) Merr.	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides L. f.	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	
Impatiens glandulifera Royle	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	
Lagarosiphon major (Ridley) Moss	ex 0602 90 50	—	
Lepomis gibbosus Linnaeus, 1758	ex 0301 99 17	ex 0511 91 90 (fertile fish eggs for hatching)	(1), (2), (3), (4)
Lespedeza cuneata (Dum.Cours.) G.Don (Lespedeza juncea var. sericea (Thunb.) Lace & Hauech)	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	(13)
Lithobates (Rana) catesbeianus Shaw, 1802	ex 0106 90 00	—	
Ludwigia grandiflora (Michx.) Greuter & Burdet	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	
Ludwigia peploides (Kunth) P.H. Raven	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	
Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw.	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	(5)
Lysichiton americanus Hultén and St. John	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	
Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	(7), (12)
Muntiacus reevesi Ogilby, 1839	ex 0106 19 00	—	
Myocastor coypus Molina, 1782	ex 0106 19 00	—	
Myriophyllum aquaticum (Vell.) Verdc.	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	
Myriophyllum heterophyllum Michaux	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	
Nasua nasua Linnaeus, 1766	ex 0106 19 00	—	
Nyctereutes procyonoides Gray, 1834	ex 0106 19 00	—	
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus, 1766	ex 0106 19 00	—	
Orconectes limosus Rafinesque, 1817 (Faxonius limosus Rafinesque, 1817)	ex0306 39 10	—	
Orconectes virilis Hagen, 1870 (Faxonius virilis Hagen, 1870)	ex0306 39 10	—	
Oxyura jamaicensis Gmelin, 1789	ex 0106 39 80	ex 0407 19 90 (fertilised eggs for incubation)	
Pacifastacus leniusculus Dana, 1852	ex0306 39 10	—	
Parthenium hysterophorus L.	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	(5), (7)
Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	
Perccottus glenii Dybowski, 1877	ex0301 99 17	ex 0511 91 90 (fertile fish eggs for hatching)	(1), (2), (3), (4)
Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H. Gross (Polygonum perfoliatum L.)	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	(5), (11)
Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787)	ex 0301 19 00; ex 0301 99 85	ex 0511 91 90 (fertile fish eggs for hatching)	
Procambarus clarkii Girard, 1852	ex0306 39 10	—	
Procambarus fallax (Hagen, 1870) f. virginalis (Procambarus virginalis Lyko, 2017)	ex0306 39 10	—	
Procyon lotor Linnaeus, 1758	ex 0106 19 00	—	
Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC.	ex 0602 90 47	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	
Pseudorasbora parva Temminck & Schlegel, 1846	ex0301 99 17	ex 0511 91 90 (fertile fish eggs for hatching)	(1), (2), (3), (4)
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lobata (Willd.) (Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi)	ex 0602 90 50	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	
Salvinia molesta D.S. Mitch. (Salvinia adnata Desv.)	ex 0602 90 50	—	
Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin, 1788	ex 0106 19 00	—	
Sciurus niger Linnaeus, 1758	ex 0106 19 00	—	
Tamias sibiricus Laxmann, 1769	ex 0106 19 00	—	
Threskiornis aethiopicus Latham, 1790	ex 0106 39 80	ex 0407 19 90 (fertilised eggs for incubation)	
Trachemys scripta Schoepff, 1792	ex 0106 20 00	—	
Triadica sebifera (L.) Small (Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb.)	ex 0602 90 48	ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)	
Vespa velutina nigrithorax de Buysson, 1905	ex 0106 49 00	—	(8), (9), (10)
The inclusion of Nyctereutes procyonoides Gray, 1834 shall apply as of 2 February 2019.			

Notes to the table:

Column (i): Species
This column indicates the scientific name of the species. Synonyms are included in parenthesis.

Column (ii): CN codes for live specimens.
This column indicates the Combined Nomenclature (CN) codes for the live specimens. The goods classified under the CN codes in this column shall be subject to official controls under Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014.
The CN, established by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, is based on the international Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS) drawn up by the Customs Cooperation Council, now the World Customs Organization (WCO), adopted by the International Convention, concluded in Brussels on 14 June 1983 and approved on behalf of the European Economic Community by Council Decision 87/369/EEC (‘the HS Convention’). The CN reproduces the headings and subheadings of the HS to six digits, with only the seventh and eighth figures creating further subheadings which are specific to it.
Where only certain specified products under any four, six or eight digit code are required to be submitted to checks and no specific subdivision under this code exists in the CN, the code is marked ex (for example, ex 0106 49 00, as CN code 0106 49 00 comprises all other insects and not only the insect species that figure in the table).
OJ L 198, 20.7.1987, p. 1.

Column (iii): CN code for parts that can reproduce
This column indicates, where relevant, the Combined Nomenclature (CN) codes for the parts of the species that can reproduce. See also the note for column (ii). The goods classified under the CN codes in this column shall be subject to official controls under Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014.

Column (iv): Categories of associated goods
This column indicates, where relevant, the CN codes of goods with which the invasive alien species are generally associated. The goods classified under the CN codes in this column are not subject to official controls under Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014. See also the note for column (ii). In particular, the numbers mentioned in column (iv) refer to the CN codes below:
(1) 0301 11 00: Ornamental freshwater fish
(2) 0301 93 00: Carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.)
(3) 0301 99 11: Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho)
(4) 0301 99 17: Other freshwater fish
(5) ex 0602: Plants for planting with growing media
(6) ex 1211 90 86: fresh seeds, not cut, crushed or powdered
(7) ex 2530 90 00: Soil and growing media
(8) 4401: Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or in similar forms; wood in chips or particles; sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms
(9) 4403: Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapwood, or roughly squared
(10) ex 6914 90 00: Ceramic pots for gardening
(11) ex Chapter 10: Cereal seeds for sowing
(12) ex 2309 90: Feeding preparations for birds
(13) ex 1213: Hay
Inserted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1262 of 25 July 2019 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1141 to update the list of invasive alien species of Union concern.
Inserted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1263 of 12 July 2017 updating the list of invasive alien species of Union concern established by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1141 pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/1263 of 12 July 2017 updating the list of invasive alien species of Union concern established by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1141 pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1262 of 25 July 2019 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1141 to update the list of invasive alien species of Union concern.