This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Point (2) of the Annex shall apply from 7 August 2027.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 July 2025.

For the Commission

The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN

( 1 ) OJ L 317, 4.11.2014, p. 35 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2014/1143/oj .

( 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 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2016/1141/oj ).

( 3 ) Castor fiber is included in Annex II of 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 , ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1992/43/oj ).

COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/1422 of 17 July 2025 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1141 to update the list of invasive alien species of Union concern ANNEX