Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1262 of 25 July 2019 amending

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1141 to update the list of invasive alien

species of Union concern

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 Article 4(1) and
(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1141 ( 2) 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: Acacia saligna (Labill.) H.L.Wendl. (Acacia cyanophylla
Lindl.), Acridotheres tristis Linnaeus, 1766, Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle,
Andropogon virginicus L., Arthurdendyus triangulatus (Dendy, 1894) Jones & Gerard
(1999), Cardiospermum grandiflorum Sw., Cortaderia jubata (Lemoine ex Carrière)
Stapf, Ehrharta calycina Sm., Gymnocoronis spilanthoides (D.Don ex Hook. & Arn.)
DC., Humulus scandens (Lour.) Merr., Lepomis gibbosus Linnaeus, 1758, Lespedeza
cuneata (Dum.Cours.) G.Don (Lespedeza juncea var. sericea (Thunb.) Lace &
Hauech), Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw., Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, 1787),
Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC., Salvinia molesta D.S. Mitch. (Salvinia adnata Desv.),
Triadica sebifera (L.) Small (Sapium sebiferum (L.) Roxb.).

(3) The Commission has concluded that for all 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 adoption of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1141, the scientific
names of some species on the Union list have been revised. Implementing Regulation
(EU) 2016/1141 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(5) Since the adoption of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1141, the CN codes
laid down in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (3) have been updated.
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1141 should therefore be amended accordingly.
1
OJ L 317, 4.11.2014, p. 35.
2
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 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).
(6) 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 Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1141 is amended in accordance

with 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, 25 July 2019.

For the Commission

The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER
 ANNEX

The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1141 is amended as follows:

(1) In the table of the list of invasive alien species of Union concern, the following
species are inserted in alphabetical order:

Species CN codes for CN codes for parts Categories

live specimens that can reproduce of
(i) associated
(ii) (iii) goods

(iv)

‘Acacia saligna (Labill.) ex 0602 90 47 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)

H.L.Wendl. (Acacia
cyanophylla Lindl.)

Acridotheres tristis Linnaeus, ex 0106 39 80 ex 0407 19 90

1766 (fertilised eggs for
incubation)

Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) ex 0602 90 48 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)

Swingle

Andropogon virginicus L. ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds) (13)

Arthurdendyus triangulatus ex 0106 90 00 — (5)

(Dendy, 1894) Jones &
Gerard (1999)

Cardiospermum ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)

grandiflorum Sw.

Cortaderia jubata (Lemoine ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)

ex Carrière) Stapf

Ehrharta calycina Sm. ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds) (13)

Gymnocoronis spilanthoides ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)

(D.Don ex Hook. & Arn.)
DC.

Humulus scandens (Lour.) ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)

Merr.

Lepomis gibbosus Linnaeus, ex 0301 99 17 ex 0511 91 90 (fertile (1), (2),

1758
 fish eggs for hatching) (3), (4)

Lespedeza cuneata ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds) (13)

(Dum.Cours.) G.Don
(Lespedeza juncea var.
sericea (Thunb.) Lace &
Hauech)

Lygodium japonicum ex 0602 90 50 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds) (5)

(Thunb.) Sw.

Plotosus lineatus (Thunberg, ex 0301 19 ex 0511 91 90 (fertile

1787) 00 ; ex 0301 fish eggs for hatching)
99 85

Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC. ex 0602 90 47 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)

Salvinia molesta D.S. Mitch. ex 0602 90 50 —

(Salvinia adnata Desv.)

Triadica sebifera (L.) Small ex 0602 90 48 ex 1209 99 99 (seeds)’

(Sapium sebiferum (L.)
Roxb.)

(2) In the table of the list of invasive alien species of Union concern, ‘Orconectes
limosus Rafinesque, 1817’ is replaced by ‘Orconectes limosus Rafinesque, 1817
(Faxonius limosus Rafinesque, 1817)’.

(3) In the table of the list of invasive alien species of Union concern, ‘Orconectes
virilis Hagen, 1870’ is replaced by ‘Orconectes virilis Hagen, 1870 (Faxonius virilis
Hagen, 1870)’.

(4) In the table of the list of invasive alien species of Union concern, ‘Procambarus
fallax (Hagen, 1870) f. virginalis’ is replaced by ‘Procambarus fallax (Hagen, 1870)
f. virginalis (Procambarus virginalis Lyko, 2017)’.

(5) In the table of the list of invasive alien species of Union concern, the CN codes for
parts that can reproduce for Eichhornia crassipes (Martius) Solms is changed from
‘ex 1209 30 00’ to ‘ex 1209 99 99’.

(6) In the notes to the table for column (iv), point (2) ‘0301 93 00: Carp (Cyprinus
carpio, Carassius carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp.,
Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus)’ is replaced by ‘0301 93 00: Carp
(Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp.,
Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus
hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.)’.
(7) In the notes to the table for column (iv), point (6) ‘1211 90 86: Other plants and
parts of plants (including seeds and fruits), of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in
pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh or dried, whether or
not cut, crushed or powdered’ is replaced by ‘ex 1211 90 86: fresh seeds, not cut,
crushed or powdered’.

(8) In the notes to the table for column (iv), the following point is added:

‘(13) ex 1213: Hay’.