EN Official Journal of the European Union L 208/15

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2017/1454

of 10 August 2017

specifying the technical formats for reporting by the Member States 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 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 species (1), and in particular of Article 24(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 provides that the Commission is to specify the technical formats for reporting in order to simplify and streamline reporting obligations for the Member States in relation to the information pursuant to Article 24(1) thereof.

(2) For this purpose, this Implementing Regulation limits the reporting of free texts, facilitates the collection of data for the purpose of deriving key indicators and favours reference to information that is already publically available at national level while using the benefits of applying Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) for spatial data as well as ensuring coherence with related policies such as Directives 2000/60/EC (3), 2008/56/EC (4) and 2009/147/EC (5) of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 92/43/EEC (6).

(3) Directive 2007/2/EC requires that public authorities in the Member States make spatial data sets available in conformity with the implementing rules on metadata, network services and interoperability of spatial data sets and services set out in Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 (7), including the provisions in Section 18 of Annex IV (‘Species Distribution’) of that Regulation.

(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 technical formats to be used by the Member States for transmitting to the Commission the information pursuant to Article 24(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014 are set out in 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 applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 10 August 2017. For the Commission The President Jean-Claude JUNCKER

(1) OJ L 317, 4.11.2014, p. 35.

(2) Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2007 establishing an Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community (OJ L 108, 25.4.2007, p. 1).

(3) Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1).

(4) Directive 2008/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 June 2008 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of marine environmental policy (Marine Strategy Framework Directive) (OJ L 164, 25.6.2008, p. 19).

(5) Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7).

(6) Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7).

(7) Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services (OJ L 323, 8.12.2010, p. 11).