Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/145 of 4 February 2016 adopting the format of the document serving as evidence for the permit issued by the competent authorities of Member States allowing establishments to carry out certain activities concerning 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 (1), and in particular of Articles 8(6) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 provides that the Commission is to adopt the format of the documents serving as evidence for permits issued by the competent authorities of Member States to carry out research on, or ex-situ conservation of, invasive alien species of Union concern, as set out in Article 8. Permits may also be issued for scientific production and subsequent medicinal use of these species.

(2) Permits may also be issued by Member States, in exceptional cases and for reasons of compelling public interest, to carry out activities other than those listed in Article 8(1), as set out in Article 9(1), provided an authorisation has been issued by the Commission. According to Article 9(6), such permits must be issued in accordance with Article 8(4) to (8). Hence the same format of the document serving as evidence for the permits must be used for the purposes of both Articles 8 and 9.

(3) 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 format of the document serving as evidence for the permit issued by the competent authorities of Member States pursuant to Articles 8(2) and 9(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 is set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

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.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 4 February 2016.

For the Commission The President Jean-Claude JUNCKER

(1) OJ L 317, 4.11.2014, p. 35.