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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...  
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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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of XXX  
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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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 s pread 
of invasive alien species1, and in particular of Article 4(1)  thereof,  
Whereas:  
(1) Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014  provides that a list of invasive alien species of Union 
concern  ('the Union list' ) is to be adopted  on the basis of the criteria laid down in 
Article 4 (3) thereof  and meeting the conditions laid down in Article 4(6) , which 
stipulates  that the implementation cost s, the cost of inaction, the cost -effectiveness and 
the socio -economic aspects  must be given  due consideration .  
(2) The Commission has concluded on the basis of  the available scientific 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 : Baccharis halimifolia L, Cabomba caroliniana Gray,  
Callosciurus erythraeus Pallas, 1779, Corvus splendens Viellot, 1817,  Eichhornia crassipes 
(Martius) Solms,  Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1854,  Heracleum persicum Fischer,  
Heracleum sosnowskyi Mandenova,  Herpestes javanicus É. Geoffroy Saint -Hilaire, 1818,  
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides L. f.,  Laga rosiphon major  (Ridley) Moss,  Lithobates (Rana) 
catesbeianus Shaw, 1802,  Ludwigia grandiflora (Michx.) Greuter & Burdet,  Ludwigia 
peploides (Kunth) P.H. Raven,  Lysichiton americanus Hultén and St. John,  Muntiacus reevesii 
Ogilby, 1839,  Myocastor coypus Molina, 1782,  Myriophyllum aquaticum (Vell.) Verdc.,  
Nasua  nasua  Linnaeus, 1766,  Orconectes limosus Rafinesque, 1817,  Orconectes virilis Hagen, 
1870,  Oxyura jamaicensis Gmelin, 1789,  Pacifastacus leniusculus Dana, 1852,  Parthenium 
hysterophorus L., Perccottus  glenii Dybowski, 1877,  Persicaria perfoliata (L.) H. Gross 
(Polygonum perfoliatum L.), Procambarus clarkii Girard, 1852,  Procambarus sp. (marbled 
crayfish),  Procyon lotor  Linnaeus, 1758,  Pseudorasbora parva  Temminck & Schlegel, 1846,  
Pueraria montana (Lour.) Merr. var. lobata (Willd.) ( Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi),  Sciurus 
carolinensis Gmelin, 1788,  Sciurus niger Linnaeus, 1758,  Tamias sibiricus Laxmann, 1769,  
Threskiornis aethiopicus Latham, 1790,  Trachemys scripta Schoepff, 1792 , Vespa velutina 
nigrit horax  de Buysson, 1905 .  
(3) The Commission has also concluded that th ose invasive alien species meet all of the 
conditions set out in Article 4(6)  of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 . In particular, 
some of th ose species are already established in the territory of the Union or even 
widely spread in certain Member States and there may be cases where it is not possible 
                                                 
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EN 3   EN to eradicate such species in a cost -effective manner. However, it is appropriate to 
include those  species in the Union list, as there are other cost -effective measures  that 
can be implemented:  to prevent new introduction s or further spread in the territory of 
the Union ; to promote early detection and rapid eradication of species where they are 
not yet  present  or not yet wide ly spread ; and to manage them , as appropriate to the 
specific circumstances of the Member States concerned,  including by fishing , hunting 
or trapping, or any other type of harvesting for consumption or export , provided that 
these ac tivities are carried out within a national management programme . 
(4) 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 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 Regulatio n 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.  
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