{"topic_id":"exotic_pet_regulation_eu_ias","category":"exotic-pet-regulations","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_pet_regulation_eu_ias\ncategory: exotic-pet-regulations\ntitle: \"EU invasive alien species regulation (Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014) and the Union list — restrictions on keeping, importing, selling, breeding\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"European Commission — Environment: Invasive Alien Species (official EU page, Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014)\"\nsource_file: pdf-raw/eu-ias-environment-ec-europa.txt\ndate_parsed: 2026-07-28\ntokens_estimated: 0\nverified: true\nverification: c1_substring\nsource_document: \"European Commission Environment — Invasive Alien Species\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"European Commission — Environment\"\n  title: \"EU invasive alien species regulation (Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014) and the Union list — restrictions on keeping, importing, selling, breeding\"\n  url: \"https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/nature-and-biodiversity/invasive-alien-species_en\"\n  retrieved: \"2026-07-28\"\n  ref: \"Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014\"\n  doc_type: \"EU official guidance page\"\n  needs_review: false\n---\n\n# EU invasive alien species regulation (Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014) and the Union list — restrictions on keeping, importing, selling, breeding\nVerbatim first-hand facts from European Commission — Environment: Invasive Alien Species (official EU page, Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014), fetched via relay (Europe PMC/EC egress). All bullets are exact substrings of the cited source and C1-substring verified. This is the EU-wide framework governing exotic/invasive species kept as pets; species on the Union list face restrictions on keeping, import, sale and breeding.\n## Regulatory facts\n- The core of the Regulation is the list of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern (Union List).\n- These include restrictions on keeping, importing, selling, breeding, growing and releasing into the environment.\n- The EU aims to prevent, minimise and mitigate the adverse impacts posed by these species on native biodiversity and ecosystem services.\n- In 2021, the Commission published the first report on the application of the Invasive Alien Species Regulation.\n","sources":["exotic-pet-regulations — EU invasive alien species regulation (Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014) and the Union list — restrictions on keeping, importing, selling, breeding (retrieved 2026-07-28)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-regulations","title":"EU invasive alien species regulation (Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014) and the Union list — restrictions on keeping, importing, selling, breeding","url":"https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/nature-and-biodiversity/invasive-alien-species_en","retrieved":"2026-07-28","ref":"Regulation (EU) No 1143","doc_type":"official PDF","source_document":"European Commission Environment — Invasive Alien Species","verification_file":"pdf-raw/eu-ias-environment-ec-europa.txt"},"source_document":"European Commission Environment — Invasive Alien Species","source_file":"pdf-raw/eu-ias-environment-ec-europa.txt","tokens_estimated":340,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}