COMMI SSION IMPLEMENTING REGUL ATION (EU) 2016/1141 
of 13 July 2016 
adopting a list of invasiv e alien species of Union concer n pursuant to Regulation (EU) 
No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
THE EUR OPEAN COMMISSION, 
Having regar d 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 Octobe r 2014 
on the prevention and management of the introduction and spread of invasive alien species (1), and in particular of 
Article 4(1) thereof, 
Whereas: 
(1)  Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 provides that a list of inva sive alien species of Union concer n (‘the Union list’) is 
to be adopt ed on the basis of the criteria laid down in Article 4(3) thereof and meeting the conditions laid down 
in Article 4(6), whic h stipulates that the implementation costs, the cost of inaction, the cost-effe ctiveness and the 
socioeconomic aspects must be given due consideration. 
(2)  The Commission has concluded on the basis of the available scientifi c 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 inva sive alien species: Bacchar is halimifolia L, Cabomba caroliniana Gray, 
Callosciur us erythraeus Pallas, 1779, Corvus splendens Viellot, 1817, Eichhor nia crassipes (Mar tius) Solms, Eriocheir 
sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1854, Heracleum persicum Fischer, Heracleum sosnowskyi Mandeno va, Herpestes javanicus É. 
Geoffro y Saint-Hilaire, 1818, Hydrocoty le ranunculoides L. f., Lagarosiphon major (Ridle y) Moss, Lithobates (Rana) 
catesbeianus Shaw, 1802, Ludwigia grandif lora (Michx.) Greuter & Burdet, Ludwigia peploides (Kunth) P.H. Raven, 
Lysichiton amer icanus Hultén and St. John, Muntiacus reevesi Ogilby , 1839, Myo castor coypus Molina, 1782, 
Myr iophyl lum aquaticum (Vell.) Verdc., Nasua nasua Linnaeus, 1766, Orconectes limosus Rafinesque, 1817, Orconectes 
virilis Hagen, 1870, Oxyur a jamaicensis Gmelin, 1789, Pacifastacus leniusculus Dana, 1852, Parthenium hystero ­
phor us L., Perccottu s glenii Dybo wski, 1877, Persicar ia perfoliata (L.) H. Gross (Polygonum perfoliatum L.), Procambar us 
clarkii Girard, 1852, Procambar us fallax (Hag en, 1870) f. virginalis, Procyon lotor Linnaeus, 1758, Pseudor asbor a parva 
Temminc k & Schleg el, 1846, Puer aria montana (Lour .) Mer r. var. lobata (Willd.) (Puer aria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi), 
Sciur us carolinensis Gmelin, 1788, Sciur us niger Linnaeus, 1758, Tamias sibir icus Laxmann, 1769, Threskiorn is 
aethiopicus Latham, 1790, Trachemys scripta Schoepff, 1792, Vespa velutina nigrithor ax de Buysson, 1905. 
(3)  The Commission has also concluded that those invasive alien species meet all of the conditions set out in 
Article 4(6) of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014. In particular , some of those 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 to eradicate such species in a cost-eff ective manner . However , it is appropr iate to include those species in 
the Union list, as there are other cost-eff ective measures that can be imp lemented: to prevent new introductions 
or further spread in the territory of the Union; to promot e early detection and rapid eradication of species where 
they are not yet present or not yet widely spread; and to manage them, as appropr iate to the specifi c circum ­
stances of the Member States concer ned, including by fishing, hunting or trapping, or any other type of 
harvesting for consump tion or expor t, provided that these activities are carried out within a national 
manag ement 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 REGUL ATION: 
Article 1 
The list set out in the Annex to this Regulation shall constitut e the initial list of invasive alien species of Union concer n 
pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014. 14.7.2016 L 189/4 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)OJ L 317, 4.11.2014, p. 35. 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 State s. 
Done at Brussels, 13 July 2016. 
For the Commission 
The Presid ent 
Jean-Claude JUNCKER  14.7.2016 L 189/5 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     ANNEX 
LIST OF INV ASIVE ALIEN SPECIES OF UNION CONCERN 
Species CN codes for live 
specimens CN codes for parts that can 
reproduce Categor ies of asso ­
ciated goods 
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) 
Bacchar is halimifolia L. ex 0602 90 49 ex 0602 90 45 (rooted 
cuttings and young plants) 
ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)  
Cabomba caroliniana Gray ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)  
Callosciur us erythraeus Pallas, 1779 ex 0106 19 00 —  
Corvus splendens Viellot, 1817 ex 0106 39 80 ex 0407 19 90 (fertilised 
eggs for incubation)  
Eichhor nia crassipes (Mar tius) Solms ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 30 00 (seeds)  
Eriocheir sinensis H. Milne Edwards, 1854 ex 0306 24 80 —  
Heracleum persicum Fischer ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds) (6) 
Heracleum sosno wskyi Mandeno va ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)  
Herpestes javanicus É. Geoffro y Saint-Hilaire, 1818 ex 0106 19 00 —  
Hydr ocotyle ranunculoides L. f. ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)  
Lagarosiphon major (Ridley) Moss ex 0602 90 50 —  
Lithobates (Rana) catesbeianus Shaw, 1802 ex 0106 90 00 —  
Ludwigia grandif lora (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)  
Lysichiton amer icanus Hultén and St. John ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)  
Muntiacus reevesi Ogilby , 1839 ex 0106 19 00 —  
Myo castor coypus Molina, 1782 ex 0106 19 00 —  
Myr iophyl lum aquaticum (Vell.) Verdc. ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)  
Nasua nasua Linnaeus, 1766 ex 0106 19 00 —  
Orconectes limosus Rafine sque, 1817 ex 0306 29 10 —  
Orconectes virilis Hagen, 1870 ex 0306 29 10 —  14.7.2016 L 189/6 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) 
Oxyur a jamaicensis Gmelin, 1789 ex 0106 39 80 ex 0407 19 90 (fertilised 
eggs for incubation)  
Pacifastacus leniusculus Dana, 1852 ex 0306 29 10 —  
Parthenium hysterophor us L. ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds) (5), (7) 
Perccottus glenii Dybo wski, 1877 ex 0301 99 18 ex 0511 91 90 (fertile fish 
eggs for hatch ing) (1), (2), (3), (4) 
Persicar ia perfoliata (L.) H. Gross 
(Polygonum perfoliatum L.) ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds) (5), (11) 
Procambar us clarkii Girard, 1852 ex 0306 29 10 —  
Procambar us fallax (Hag en, 1870) f. virginalis ex 0306 29 10 —  
Procyon lotor Linnaeus, 1758 ex 0106 19 00 —  
Pseudor asbor a parva Temminc k & Schleg el, 1846 ex 0301 99 18 ex 0511 91 90 (fertile fish 
eggs for hatch ing) (1), (2), (3), (4) 
Puer aria montana (Lour .) Mer r. var. lobata (Willd.) 
(Puer aria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi) ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)  
Sciur us carolinensis Gmelin, 1788 ex 0106 19 00 —  
Sciur us niger Linnaeus, 1758 ex 0106 19 00 —  
Tamias sibir icus Laxmann, 1769 ex 0106 19 00 —  
Threski ornis aethiopicus Latham, 1790 ex 0106 39 80 ex 0407 19 90 (fertilised 
eggs for incubation)  
Trachemys scripta Schoepff, 1792 ex 0106 20 00 —  
Vespa velutina nigrithor ax de Buysson, 1905 ex 0106 49 00 — (8), (9), (10)  
Notes to the table: 
Column (i): Species 
This column indicates the scientific name of the species. Synon yms 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. 14.7.2016 L 189/7 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     The CN, established by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, is based on the internati onal Harmonized Commodity 
Descr iption and Coding Syste m (HS) drawn up by the Cust oms Cooperation Council, now the World Cust oms 
Org anization (WCO), adopt ed by the Intern ational Conv ention, concluded in Brussels on 14 June 1983 and appro ved 
on behalf of the European Economic Community by Council Decision 87/369/EEC (1) (‘the HS Conv ention’). The CN 
reproduces the headings and subheadings of the HS to six digits, with only the seventh and eighth figures creating 
further subheadings whic h 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 specifi c subdivision under this code exists in the CN, the code is mark ed ex (for example, ex 0106 49 00, as 
CN code 0106 49 00 compris es 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 classif ied under the CN codes in this column shall be subject to 
official controls under Article 15 of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014. 
Column (iv): Categor ies of associated goods 
This column indicates, where relevant, the CN codes of goods with which the invasive alien species are generally 
associated . The goods classif ied 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 belo w:  
(1) 0301 11 00: Ornamental freshwater fish  
(2) 0301 93 00: Carp (Cypr inus carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenophar yngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus 
spp., Mylophar yngodon piceus)  
(3) 0301 99 11: Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus 
tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodur us), Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and 
Danube salmon (Hucho hucho)  
(4) 0301 99 18: Other freshwater fish  
(5) ex 0602: Plants for planting with growing media  
(6) 1211 90 86: Other plants and parts of plants (including seeds and fruits), of a kind used primar ily in perfumer y, 
in phar macy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh or dried, whether or 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; sawd ust 
and wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerat ed in logs, briquette s, pellets or similar forms  
(9) 4403: Wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of bark or sapw ood, or roughly squared  
(10) ex 6914 90 00: Ceramic pots for gardeni ng  
(11) ex Chapt er 10: Cereal seeds for sowing   14.7.2016 L 189/8 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
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