COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 536/2008of 13 June 2008giving effect to Article 6(3) and Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 782/2003 of the EuropeanParliament and of the Council on the prohibition of organotin compounds on ships andamending that RegulationTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 782/2003 of the EuropeanParliament and of the Council of 14 April 2003 on the prohi-bition of organotin compounds on ships (1), and in particularArticle 6(3), Article 7, second paragraph, and Article 8 thereof,Whereas:(1) Regulation (EC) No 782/2003 requires the Commissionto adopt a number of measures in order to give effect tothat Regulation if the International Convention on thecontrol of harmful anti-fouling systems on ships (here-inafter referred to as the AFS-Convention), adopted on5 October 2001, has not entered into force by 1 January2007.(2) The AFS-Convention has not yet entered into force.(...