EU invasive alien species regulation (Regulation (EU) No 1143/2014) and the Union list — restrictions on keeping, importing, selling, breeding
Verbatim 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.
Regulatory facts
- The core of the Regulation is the list of Invasive Alien Species of Union concern (Union List).
- These include restrictions on keeping, importing, selling, breeding, growing and releasing into the environment.
- The EU aims to prevent, minimise and mitigate the adverse impacts posed by these species on native biodiversity and ecosystem services.
- In 2021, the Commission published the first report on the application of the Invasive Alien Species Regulation.