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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-2/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2009/2",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 18 December 2008 amending Decision 2005/779/EC as regards the inclusion of Sicily in the list of Italian regions free of swine vesicular disease (notified under document number C(2008) 8344) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/2/EC)",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 18 December 2008\namending Decision 2005/779/EC as regards the inclusion of Sicily in the list of Italian regions free of swine vesicular disease\n(notified under document number C(2008) 8344)\n(Text with EEA relevance)\n(2009/2/EC)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products with a view to the completion of the internal market and in particular the third sentence of Article 10(4) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommission Decision 2005/779/EC of 8 November 2005 concerning animal health protection measures against swine vesicular disease in Italy was adopted in response to the presence of that disease in Italy. That Decision lays down animal health rules as regards swine vesicular disease for regions of that Member State that are recognised as free from swine vesicular disease and those not recognised as free from that disease. Those regions are listed in the Annexes to Decision 2005/779/EC.\n(2)\nA programme for the eradication and monitoring of swine vesicular disease has been implemented in Italy for several years, with a view to achieving disease-free status in all regions of Italy.\n(3)\nItaly has submitted information to the Commission as regards the swine vesicular disease-free status of Sicily, demonstrating that the disease has been eradicated from that region. Following the examination of that information and given the favourable results of the implementation of the yearly eradication and monitoring programmes in Italy, it is appropriate that Sicily be recognised as free from swine vesicular disease.\n(4)\nDecision 2005/779/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(5)\nThe measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29."
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 293, 9.11.2005, p. 28."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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