Translation of "Gebietsfremden arten" in English

The EU also finances studies of these species within the 'programme for research and technological development'.The problem of invasive alien species is not going away.

It has also established a European Alien Species Expertise Registry to help build up best practice experience on the most eective means of eradicating dierent species.

Today they are held to be one of the 100 worst alien species.

Amongst other things, I would highlight the spread of invading alien species, pests and forest fires.

Problems relating to non-native species are dealt with, for example, through the management of protected areas.

There were four sacks type big-bag full of vegetal waste from invasive exotic species.

For this reason, national organisations are working to develop management strategies in response to these alien species.

In line with this definition and according to the conclusions of the project, 'the degree of risk associated with alien species could be reduced considerably, possibly to an acceptable level, if the potential for escape of target and non-target organisms is addressed during transportation and by well-defined protocols at the receiving facility'.

I voted in favour of this report in view of the fact that the results of the IMPASSE project have revealed that 'the degree of risk associated with alien species could be reduced considerably, possibly to an acceptable level, if the potential for escape of target and non-target organisms is addressed during transportation and by well-defined protocols at the receiving facility'.

This relates, in particular, to the invasion of foreign species that compete with the indigenous ones, and also to the impact of ongoing climate change.

I will now focus on the last report: the use of alien and locally absent species in aquaculture.

This project proposes an operational definition of a closed aquaculture facility, tightening up and expanding on the definition currently in use, according to which 'the degree of risk associated with alien species could be reduced considerably, possibly to an acceptable level, if the potential for escape of target and non-target organisms is addressed during transportation and by well-defined protocols at the receiving facility'.

This project has produced an operational definition of a closed aquaculture facility, which tightens up and enlarges upon the definition currently in use and embodies an approach whereby the degree of risk associated with alien species could be reduced considerably.

On the way here, I read an article in The Times, which again referred to the loss of habitat, the use of pesticides and the introduction of alien species that we have heard so much about.

Alongside this is the issue of alien species, and Mrs Doyle, if she were here, would refer to the grey squirrel and the damage it has done to the red squirrels native to our continent, particularly in Britain but now in Italy and spreading north through France and Spain.

On the point raised by the rapporteur with regard to alien species, let me say that work is ongoing, and if gaps are identified that warrant new legislation at Community level, then we will consider the need for proposals in due course.

The new dedicated legislative instrument should address the policy gap on invasive alien species and ensure that there is a comprehensive EU framework to effectively tackle the problem.

The Committee has doubts as to whether it is legitimate to limit the list of invasive alien species potentially harmful for the Union to a maximum of fifty species.

The Council added a provision according to which whenever there is evidence that non-parasitic plants (with the exclusion of invasive alien species) pose phytosanitary risks which have a severe economic, social and environmental impact for the Union territory, those non-parasitic plants may be considered as plants injurious to plants or plant products (pests).

However, a significant subset of alien species can become invasive and have serious adverse impact on biodiversity and related ecosystem services, as well as have other social and economic impact, which should be prevented.

The threat to biodiversity and related ecosystem services that invasive alien species pose takes different forms, including severe impacts on native species and the structure and functioning of ecosystems through the alteration of habitats, predation, competition, the transmission of diseases, the replacement of native species throughout a significant proportion of range and through genetic effects by hybridisation.

A list of such invasive alien species considered to be of Union concern ("the Union list") should therefore be established and regularly updated.

To ensure the effective use of resources, those criteria should ensure that among the potential invasive alien species currently known, those that have the most significant adverse impact will be listed.

In this context, in selecting the invasive alien species to be included on the Union list, special attention should be given to species that are widely used and provide significant social and economic benefits in a Member State, without compromising the objectives of this Regulation.

To ensure a coherent legal framework and uniform rules on invasive alien species at Union level, the listing of those invasive alien species as invasive alien species of Union concern should be considered as a matter of priority.