COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 535/2008of 13 June 2008laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 708/2007concerning use of alien and locally absent species in aquacultureTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the EuropeanCommunity,Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 of11 June 2007 concerning use of alien and locally absentspecies in aquaculture (1), and in particular the third paragraphof Article 23 and Article 24(3) thereof,Whereas:(1) Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 establishes a frameworkgoverning aquaculture practices in relation to alien andlocally absent species to assess and minimise the possibleimpact of these and any associated non-target species onaquatic habitats. It provides, inter alia, that detailed rulesimplementing the conditions necessary for adding speciesto Annex IV to that Regulation are to be adopted.(2) It is therefore appropriate to establish a transparentprocedure in or...