Keepers of a commercial stock of specimens of invasive alien species acquired before their inclusion on the Union list shall be allowed up to two years after inclusion of the species on that list to keep and transport live specimens or reproducible parts of those species in order to sell or transfer them to the research or ex-situ conservation establishments and for the purposes of medicinal activities referred to in Article 8, provided that the specimens are kept and transported in contained holding and all appropriate measures are put in place to ensure that reproduction or escape are not possible; or in order to slaughter or humanely cull those specimens to exhaust their stock.
Maidir le coimeádaithe stoic tráchtála d’eiseamail de speicis choimhthíocha ionracha a fuarthas sular cuireadh ar liosta an Aontais iad, ceadófar a fhad le dhá bhliain dóibh, tar éis na speicis a chur ar an liosta sin, eiseamail bheo nó codanna inatáirgthe de na speicis sin a choimeád agus a iompar d’fhonn iad a dhíol nó a aistriú chuig na bunaíochtaí taighde nó caomhnaithe ex-situ agus chun críocha na ngníomhaíochtaí íocshláinte dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 8, ar choinníoll go gcoinnítear agus go n-iompraítear na heiseamail faoi choimeád imshrianta agus go gcuirtear gach beart iomchuí i bhfeidhm chun a áirithiú nach bhfuil atáirgeadh ná éalú indéanta; nó chun na heiseamail a mharú nó iad a dhealú ar bhealach daonnachtúil chun a stoc a dhísciú.