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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

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Article 1

The list set out in the Annex to this Regulation shall constitute the initial list of invasive alien species of Union concern pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014.

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.

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)
Acacia mearnsii [as ‘mearnsi’] De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 3: 61 (1925) ex 0602 90 48 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)
Acridotheres cristatellus (Linnaeus, 1758) ex 0106 39 80 ex 0407 19 90 (fertilised eggs for incubation)
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)
Ameiurus melas (Rafinesque, 1820) ex 0301 99 17 ex 0511 91 90 (fertile fish eggs for hatching)
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)
Asterias amurensis Lutken, 1871 ex 0308 90 10 (14), (15)
Axis axis (Erxleben, 1777) ex 0106 19 00
Baccharis halimifolia L. ex 0602 90 46 or 0602 90 48 ex 0602 90 45 (rooted cuttings and young plants) ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)
Bipalium kewense Moseley, 1868 ex 0106 90 00 (5)
Brachyponera chinensis (Emery, 1895) ex 0106 49 00 (5), (7)
Broussonetia papyrifera (L.) L'Hér ex Vent. ex 0602 90 48 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
Callosciurus finlaysonii (Horsfield, 1823) ex 0106 19 00
Cardiospermum grandiflorum Sw. ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)
Cervus nippon Temminck, 1838 ex 0106 19 00
Channa argus (Cantor, 1842) ex 0301 11 00 ex 0301 99 17 ex 0511 91 90 (fertile fish eggs for hatching)
Cherax destructor Clark, 1936 ex 0306 39 10
Cipangopaludina chinensis (Gray 1834) ex 0307 60 00
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)
Crassula helmsii (Kirk) Cockayne ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)
Delairea odorata Lem. ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)
Ehrharta calycina Sm. ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds) (13)
Pontederia crassipes Mart 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 ex 0306 33 90
Faxonius immunis (Hagen, 1870) ex 0306 39 10
Faxonius rusticus (Girard, 1852) ex 0306 39 10
Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 1766) ex 0301 11 00 ex 0301 19 00 ex 0301 99 17 ex 0301 99 85 ex 0511 91 90 (fertile fish eggs for hatching) (4)
Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853) ex 0301 11 00 ex 0301 99 17 ex 0511 91 90 (fertile fish eggs for hatching) (4)
Gambusia holbrooki Girard, 1859 ex 0301 11 00 ex 0301 99 17 ex 0511 91 90 (fertile fish eggs for hatching) (4)
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)
Hakea sericea Schrad. & J.C.Wendl. s.l. 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)
Koenigia polystachya (Wall. ex Meisn.) T.M.Schust. & Reveal ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds) (7)
Lagarosiphon major (Ridley) Moss ex 0602 90 50
Lampropeltis getula (Linnaeus, 1766) ex 0106 20 00 (5),  (16)
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)
Limnoperna fortunei (Dunker, 1857) ex 0307 91 00
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)
Marisa cornuarietis (Linnaeus 1758) ex 0307 60 00
Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) A. Camus ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds) (7), (12)
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (Cantor, 1842) ex 0301 99 17 ex 0511 91 90 (fertile fish eggs for hatching)
Misgurnus bipartitus (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874) ex 0301 99 17 ex 0511 91 90 (fertile fish eggs for hatching)
Morone americana (Gmelin, 1789) ex 0301 99 17 ex 0301 99 85 ex 0511 91 90 (fertile fish eggs for hatching) (4)
Mulinia lateralis (Say, 1822) ex 0307 91 00
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)
Nanozostera japonica (Ascherson & Graebner) Tomlinson & Posluszny, 2001 ex 1212 29 00 (14), (15)
Nasua nasua Linnaeus, 1766 ex 0106 19 00
Nyctereutes procyonoides Gray, 1834 (*1) ex 0106 19 00
Obama nungara Carbayo, Álvarez-Presas, Jones & Riutort, 2016 ex 0106 90 00 (5)
Ondatra zibethicus Linnaeus, 1766 ex 0106 19 00
Orconectes limosus Rafinesque, 1817 (Faxonius limosus Rafinesque, 1817) ex 0306 39 10
Orconectes virilis Hagen, 1870 (Faxonius virilis Hagen, 1870) ex 0306 39 10
Oxyura jamaicensis Gmelin, 1789 ex 0106 39 80 ex 0407 19 90 (fertilised eggs for incubation)
Pacifastacus leniusculus Dana, 1852 ex 0306 39 10
Parthenium hysterophorus L. ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds) (5), (7)
Cenchrus setaceus (Forssk.) Morrone (Pennisetum setaceum (Forssk.) Chiov.) ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)
Perccottus glenii Dybowski, 1877 ex 0301 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)
Pistia stratiotes L. ex 0602 90 50
Platydemus manokwari de Beauchamp, 1963 ex 0106 90 00 (5)
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 ex 0306 39 10
Procambarus fallax (Hagen, 1870) f. virginalis (Procambarus virginalis Lyko, 2017) ex 0306 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 ex 0301 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)
Pycnonotus cafer (Linnaeus, 1766) ex 0106 39 80 ex 0407 19 90 (fertilised eggs for incubation)
Pycnonotus jocosus (Linnaeus, 1758) ex 0106 39 80 ex 0407 19 90 (fertilised eggs for incubation)
Reynoutria japonica Houtt. ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)
Reynoutria sachalinensis (F. Schmidt) Nakai ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)
Reynoutria × bohemica Chrtek & Chrtková ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)
Rugulopteryx okamurae (E.Y.Dawson) I.K.Hwang, W.J.Lee & H.S.Kim, 2009 ex 1212 29 00 (14), (15)
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
Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804) ex 0106 49 00 (5), (7)
Solenopsis invicta Buren, 1972 ex 0106 49 00 (5), (7)
Solenopsis richteri Forel, 1909 ex 0106 49 00 (5), (7)
Tamias sibiricus Laxmann, 1769 (Eutamias 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 mandarinia Smith, 1852 ex 0106 49 00 (8), (9), (10)
Vespa velutina nigrithorax de Buysson, 1905 ex 0106 49 00 (8), (9), (10)
Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger, 1863) ex 0106 49 00 (5), (7)
Xenopus laevis (Daudin, 1802) ex 0106 90 00
(1) 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 (1) (‘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).

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

(14) ex 0307 11 : Live oysters

(15) ex 0307 31 : Live mussels

(16) Lampropeltis getula (Linnaeus, 1766) refers to the following species or subspecies: L. getula getula (‘the common kingsnake’); L. californiae (‘the California kingsnake’); L. nigra (‘the Eastern black kingsnake’); L. splendida (‘the desert kingsnake’); L. holbrooki (‘the speckled kingsnake’); L. floridana (‘the Florida kingsnake’); L. nigrita (‘the Black Desert kingsnake’); L. meansi (‘the Eastern Apalachicola Lowlands kingsnake’).