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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
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amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1141 to update the list of invasive alien 
species of Union concern  
  
 
 
 
 
 
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EN 1  EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
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amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1141 to update the list of invasive alien 
species of Union concern  
 
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 ma nagement of the introduction and spread 
of invasive alien species1, and in particular Article 4(1) and (2) thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/11412 establishes a list of invasive 
alien species of Union concern ('the Union list') , which is to be kept updated as 
appropriate, in accordance with Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014.  
(2) The Commission has concluded, on the basis of the available 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: Ameiurus melas  (Rafinesque, 1820) , Ameiurus nebulosus  
(Lesueur, 1819) , Axis axis  (Erxleben, 1777) , Boccardia proboscidea  Hartm an, 1940 , 
Callosciurus finlaysonii  (Horsfield, 1823) , Castor canadensis  Kuhl, 1820 , Celastrus 
orbiculatus  Thunb. , Channa argus  (Cantor, 1842) , Faxonius rusticus (Girard, 1852),  
Fundulus heteroclitus  (Linnaeus, 1766) , Gambusia affinis  (Baird & Girard, 1853) , 
Gambusia holbrooki  Girard, 1859 , Hakea sericea  Schrad. & J.C.Wendl. , Koenigia 
polystachya  (Wall. ex Meisn.) T.M.Schust. & Reveal , Lagocephalus sceleratus  
(Gmelin, 1789) , Lampropeltis getula  (Linnaeus, 1766) , Limnoperna fortunei  (Dunker, 
1857) , Morone americana  (Gmelin, 1789) , Perna viridis  (Linnaeus, 1758) , Phytolacca 
americana  L., Pistia stratiotes  L., Pterois miles  (Bennett, 1828) , Pycnonotus cafer  
(Linnaeus, 1766) , Rugulopteryx okamurae  (E.Y.Dawson ) I.K.Hwang, W.J.Lee & 
H.S.Kim, 2009 , Schizoporella japonica  Ortmann, 1890 , Solenopsis geminata  
(Fabricius, 1804), Solenopsis invicta  Buren, 1972 , Solenopsis richteri  Forel, 1909 , 
Wasmannia auropunctata  (Roger, 1863)  and Xenopus laevis  (Daudin, 1802) . 
(3) The Commission has concluded that fo r all those invasive alien species all elements 
set out in Article 4(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 have been duly considered.  
(4) The species Xenopus laevis (Daudin, 1802) and Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus, 
1766)  are used for scientific research  that sh ould not be disrupted . The inclusion of 
those specie s on the Union list should be deferred  in order  to give Member States  time 
to prepare  for issuing the permits referred to in Article 8(1) of Regulation (EU) No 
1143/2014 before the listing of these species takes effect . 
                                                 
1 OJ L 317, 4.11.2014, p. 35 . 
2 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 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  (OJ L 189, 14.7.2016, p.4).   
EN 2  EN (5) Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1141 should therefore be amended accordingly.  
(6) 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 Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1141 is amended in accordance with 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 . 
Point (2) of the Annex shall apply from [ Office of Publications please insert date 24 months 
after entry into force of this Regulation ]. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
 The President  
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