Vector Materials
Vector Materials subject to restrictions under S.I. No. 374/2024 – European Union (Invasive Alien Species) Regulations 2024
Please note, the vector materials listed below may be subject to other restrictions set out in relevant legislation.
Regulation 16(2) Vectors
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Vector Material | Species referred to | Geographical application |
| Blue mussel ( Mytilus edulis)seed for aquaculture taken from places (including places outside the State) where there are established populations of the slipper limpet (Crepidula fornicata)or from places within 50 km. of such places | Mussel (Mytilus edulis)Slipper Limpet ( Crepidula fornicata) | Throughout the State |
| Soil or spoil taken from places infested with Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica ), giant knotweed (Reynoutria sachalinensis)or their hybrid Bohemian knotweed ( Reynoutria x bohemica) | Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica), Giant knotweed (Fallopia sachalinensis)
Bohemian knotweed ( Reynoutria x bohemica) |
Throughout the State |
Vector Materials subject to restrictions under Regulations 49 and 50 of S.I. No. 477/2011 – European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011.
Please note, the vector materials listed below may be subject to other restrictions set out in relevant legislation.
Part 3: VECTOR MATERIALS
| First column | Second column | Third Column |
| Vector material | Species referred to | Geographical application |
| Blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) seed for aquaculture taken from places (including places outside the State) where there are established populations of the slipper limpet (Crepidula fornicata) or from places within 50 km. of such places | Mussel (Mytilus edulis)
Slipper limpet (Crepidula fornicata) |
Throughout the State |
| Soil or spoil taken from places infested with Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica), giant knotweed (Fallopia sachalinensis) or their hybrid Bohemian knotweed (Fallopia x bohemica) | Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica)
Giant knotweed (Fallopia sachalinensis) Bohemian knotweed(Fallopia x bohemica) |
Throughout the Sta |