21.8.2009 Official Journal of the European Union L 217/3 II (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory) DECISIONS COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 20 August 2009 amending Decision 2005/779/EC as regards the inclusion of the region of Abruzzo in the list of Italian regions free of swine vesicular disease (notified under document C(2009) 6388) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/620/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (3)  Italy has submitted information to the Commission as regards the swine vesicular disease-free status of the region of Abruzzo, demonstrating that the disease has Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European been eradicated from that region. Community, (4)  Following the examination of that information and given Having regard to Council Directive 90/425/EEC of 26 June the favourable results of the implementation of the yearly 1990 concerning veterinary and zootechnical checks applicable erad1cat1‘0n and monitoring programmes  in Italy, 1t 1s in intra-Community trade in certain live animals and products appropriate that the region of Abruzzo be recognised with a view to the completion of the internal market (*), and in as free from swine vesicular disease. particular the third sentence of Article 10(4) thereof, (5)  Decision 2005/779/EC should therefore be amended Whereas: accordingly. 1) Commission Decision 2005/779/EC of 8 November (6) The measures provided for in this Decision are in 2005 concerning animal health protection measures accordance with the opinion of the Standing against swine vesicular disease in Italy (?) was adopted Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, 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 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 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. Article 1 Decision 2005/779/EC is amended as follows: (20 A 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. 1. in Annex I, the following entry is inserted before the entry for Basilicata: () O] L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 29. () O] L 293, 9.11.2005, p. 28. ‘— Abruzzo’;