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[…](2019) XXX  draft  
 
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
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amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1141 to update the list of invasive 
alien species of Union concern  
  
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views expressed are the preliminary views of the Commission services and may not 
in any circumstances be regarded as stating an official position of the Commission.    
EN 2  EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
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amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 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 management of the introduction and spread 
of invasive alien species1, and in particular Article 4(1)  and (2)  thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 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 : Acacia saligna  (Labill.) H.L.Wendl.  (Acacia cyanophylla  
Lindl.) , Acridotheres tristis  Linnaeus , 1766 , Ailan thus altissima (Mill.) Swingle , 
Andropogon virginicus L., Arthurdendyus triangulatus  (Dendy, 1894) Jones and 
Gerard (1999) , Cardiospermum grandiflorum  Sw., Cortaderia jubata  (Lemoine ex 
Carrière) Stapf , Ehrharta calycina  Sm., Gymnocoronis  spilanthoides  (D.Don ex Hook. 
& Arn.) DC., Humulus scandens  (Lour.) Merr., Lepomis gibbosus  Linnaeus, 1758, 
Lespedeza cuneata  (Dum.Cours.) G.Don ( Lespedeza  juncea  var. sericea  (Thunb.) 
Lace & Hauech ), Lygodium japonicum  (Thunb.) Sw ., Pistia stratiotes  L., Plotosus 
lineatus  (Thunberg, 1787),  Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC., Salvinia molesta  D.S. Mitch . 
(Salvinia adnata  Desv.) , Triadica sebifera  (L.) Small ( Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb .). 
(3) The Commission has concluded that for all those invasive alien species all elements 
set out i n Article 4(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 have been duly considered.  
(4) Since the adoption of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1141, the scientific 
name s of some species on the Union list ha ve been revised .  Implementing Regulation 
(EU) No 2016/1141 should therefore be amended accordingly.  
(5) Since the adoption of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1141, the CN codes 
laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/873 have been updated . 
                                                 
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 ). 
3 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87  of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on 
the Common Customs Tariff  (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1 ).  
EN 3  EN Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1141  should therefore be amende d 
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) No 2016/1141  is amended in accordanc e 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 . 
 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly appli cable in all Member States.  
Done at Brussels,  
 For the Commission  
 The President  
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