EN    EN 
 
 
 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION   
Brussels, XXX   
[…](2017) XXX  draft  
ANNEXES 1 to 2  
  
ANNEXES  
to the  
  
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 ANNEX  I 
Species added to the list of invasive alien species of Union concern established by 
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1141  
 
Species  
 
 
(i) CN codes for 
live specimens  
 
(ii) CN codes for parts that can 
reproduce  
 
(iii) Categories 
of 
associated 
goods  
(iv) 
Alopochen aegyptiacus Linnaeus, 1766  ex 0106 39 80  ex 0407 19 90 (fertilised eggs 
for incubation)   
Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Giseb  ex 0602 90 50  ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)  (1) 
Asclepias syriaca L. ex 0602 90 50  ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)  (2) 
Elodea nuttallii (Planch.) St. John  ex 0602 90 50  ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)   
Gunnera tinctoria  (Molina) Mirbel   ex 0602 90 50  ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)   
Heracleum mantegazzianum  Sommier & Levier  ex 0602 90 50  ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)   
Impatiens glandulifera  Royle  ex 0602 90 50  ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)   
Microstegium vimineum  (Trin.) A. Camus  ex 0602 90 50  ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)  (1), (2) 
Myriophyllum heterophyllum  Michaux  ex 0602 90 50  ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)   
Nyctereutes procyonoides  Gray, 1834  ex 0106 19 00  ---  
Ondatra zibethicus  Linnaeus, 17 66 ex 0106 19 00  ---  
Pennisetum setaceum  (Forssk.) Chiov.  ex 0602 90 50  ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)   
 
 
Notes to the table:  
Column ( i): Species  
 
This column indicates the s cientific name  of the species . Synonyms are included in 
parenthesis.   
 
Column ( ii): CN code s for live specimens .  
 
This column indicates the Combined Nomenclature (CN) code s 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.   
 
The CN, established by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, is based on the international 
Harmoni zed Commodity Description and Coding System (HS) drawn up by the 
Customs Cooperation Council, now the World Customs Organi zation (WCO), adopted 
by the International Convention, concluded in Brussels on 14 Ju ne 1983 and approved 
on behalf of the European Economic Community by Council Decis ion 
87/369/EEC1(“the HS Convention”). The CN reproduces the headings and 
                                                 
1 OJ L 198, 20.7.1987, p. 1.   
EN 3   EN subheadings of the HS to six digits, with only the seventh and eighth figures creating 
further subhea dings which 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 specific subdivision under this code exists in 
the CN, the code is marked ex(for example, ex 0106 49 00 , as CN code 0106 49 00 
comprises all other insects and not only th e 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) code s for 
the parts of the species that can reproduce.  See also the note for column ( ii). 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.   
 
Column ( iv): Categories of associat ed goods  
 
This column indicates, where relevant, the CN codes of goods with which the invasive 
alien spec ies are generally associated. The goods classified under the CN codes in this 
column  are not subject to official controls under  Article 15 of Regulatio n (EU) No 
1143/2014 . See also the note for column ( ii). In particular , the numbers mentioned in 
column (iv) refer to the CN codes below :  
 
(1) ex 2309 90 : Feeding preparations for birds  
(2) ex 2530 90 00: Soil and growing media  
   
EN 4   EN ANNEX  II 
In the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2016/1141, the following 
amendments are made : 
(1) References to CN code "0301 99 18" shall be replaced by "0301 99 17";  
(2) References to CN code " 0306 24 80 " shall be replaced by "030 6 33 90 "; 
(3) References to CN code "0 306 29 10 " shall be replaced by "030 6 39 10 "; 
(4) References to CN code "0 602 90 49" shall be replaced by " 0602 90  46 or 0602 
90 48 "