{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1143/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1143/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2014/1143",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1143",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Restrictions",
  "text": "1. Invasive alien species of special concern shall not be intentionally:\n(a) brought into the territory of Great Britain, including transit under customs supervision;\n(b) kept, including in contained holding;\n(c) bred, including in contained holding;\n(d) transported to, from or within Great Britain, except for the transportation of species to facilities in the context of eradication;\n(e) placed on the market;\n(f) used or exchanged;\n(g) permitted to reproduce, grown or cultivated, including in contained holding; or\n(h) released into the environment.\n2. The appropriate authority shall take all necessary steps to prevent the unintentional introduction or spread, including, where applicable, by gross negligence, of invasive alien species of special concern.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Regulation substituted (31.12.2020) by The Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/223), regs. 1(1)(b), 4(2)(e) (with reg. 2(1)(a)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1590, regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 6(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1); and (S.) (31.12.2020) by The Invasive Non-native Species (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/473), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(e) (with reg. 1(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Regulation substituted (31.12.2020) by The Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/223), regs. 1(1)(b), 4(2)(a) (with reg. 2(1)(a)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1590, regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 6(2)(3)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1); and Regulation: By The Invasive Non-native Species (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/473), regs. 1(1), 2(2)(a) (with reg. 1(2)), it is provided that (S.) (31.12.2020) the word “Scotland” is substituted for the words “the Union”"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 7(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Invasive Non-native Species (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/223), regs. 1(1)(b), 6(2) (with reg. 2(1)(a)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1590, regs. 1(1)(b)(i), 6(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1); and Art 7(2): By The Invasive Non-native Species (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/473), regs. 1(1), 4(2) (with reg. 1(2)), it is provided that the words “The Scottish Ministers” are substituted for the words “Member States”"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/1143/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:47:11.774542+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}