I(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory)REGULATIONSREGULATION (EC) No 762/2008 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCILof 9 July 2008on the submission by Member States of statistics on aquaculture and repealing Council Regulation(EC) No 788/96(Text with EEA relevance)THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THEEUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-nity, and in particular Article 285(1) thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251of the Treaty (1),Whereas:(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 788/96 of 22 April 1996 onthe submission by Member States of statistics onaquaculture production (2) requires the Member States tosubmit annual data on the volume of production.(2) The increased contribution by aquaculture to the Commu-nitys total fisheries production requires a wider range ofdata for a rational development and management of th...