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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
updating and amending the list of invasive alien species of Union concern established by 
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1141 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 
No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council  
    
EN 2   EN COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
of XXX  
updating and amending the list of invasive alien species of Union concern established by 
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1141 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 Function ing 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: Alopochen aegyptiacus  Linnaeus, 1766; Alternanthera 
philoxeroides  (Mart.) Giseb; Asclepias syriaca  L.; Elodea nuttallii  (Planch.) St. John; 
Gunnera tinctoria  (Molina) Mirbel; Heracleum mantegazzianum  Sommier & Levier;  
Impatiens glandulifera  Royle; Microstegium vimineum  (Trin.) A. Camus; 
Myriophyllum heterophyllum  Michaux; Nyctereutes procyonoides  Gray, 1834; 
Ondatra zibethicus  Linnaeus, 1766; Pennisetum setaceum  (Forssk.) Chiov.  
(3) The Commission has concluded that for al l those invasive alien species all elements 
set out in Article 4(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 have been duly considered.  
(4) Since the date of adoption of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1141, the CN 
codes laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2 658/873 have been updated, with 
the most recent amendments having been laid down in Commission Implementing 
Regulation (EU) 2016/ 18214. Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1141  should 
therefore be amended accordingly.  
(5) The measures provided for in this Reg ulation are in accordance with the opinion of the 
Committee  on Invasive Alien Species , 
                                                 
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 ). 
4 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1821  of 6 October 2016 amending Annex I to 
Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistica l nomenclature and on the Common 
Customs Tariff  (OJ L 294, 28.10.2016, p. 1 ).   
EN 3   EN HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:  
Article 1  
The list set out in Annex  I to this Regulation shall be added to the list of invasive alien species 
of Union concern established by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1141.  
Article  2 
The Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1141  shall be  amended in 
accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.  
Article  3 
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,  
 For the Commission  
 The President  
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