16 Amendments of Eric ANDRIEU related to 2017/2254(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Stresses that antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a critical global health issue that requires commitment and willingness of the Member States to cooperate within the EU and at the international level and a proactive, coordinated action; underlines the importance of taking a holistic approach to tackling AMR through the one-health approach, by ensuring coherence and coordination between human health, animal health and the environment;
Amendment 9 #
Stresses, therefore, the importance of having harmonised data on the use of antimicrobials in the livestock sector;
Amendment 11 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 1 a (new)
Paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Calls upon the Commission to support Member States in the development, assessment and implementation of national action plans against AMR, namely in what regards monitoring and surveillance systems and adequate support and incentive, taking into account the differences in reality among Member States;
Amendment 16 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take an ambitious approach, taking into account the significant differences in antimicrobial resistance between regions, to ensuring that the targets set out in their respective Action Plans are fully and effectively achieved, and to strictly monitor the results that have been achieved;
Amendment 17 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to take an ambitious approach to ensuring that the targets set out in their respective Action Plans are fully and effectively achieved, and to strictly monitorAction Plans, containing measurable (clearly defined quantitative or qualitative) goals, benchmarks and effective measures to achieve these goals, are effectively implemented, and theat results thatstrictly monitored have been achieved;
Amendment 33 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Calls for legislative solutions that will assist farmers in reducing the need for the use of antibiotics in livestock farming, with the aim of prudent and responsible use of antimicrobialand consequently to reduce their use in livestock farming, reinforcing the obligation for a prudent and responsible use of these veterinary medicinal products; insists that such legislative solutions must address the prophylactic and metaphylactic use and the use in animals of antimicrobials that are of critical importance to human health;
Amendment 51 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for further research and development into new antimicrobials and encourages alternatives to be investigatedor new alternative products to strengthen natural defences at an early stage and during critical farming phases; Encourages also research into and the development of the use of bio-control solutions and products derived from natural substances (in particular algae), including the development of more sustainable farming systems based on less intensive farming models;
Amendment 53 #
4. Calls for further research and development into new antimicrobials and encourages alternatives to be investigated, including the development of more sustainable farming systems based on less intensive farming models, underlying the need for incentives for EU and global coordination and cooperation on research programmes in order to stimulate the development of new antimicrobials, alternative therapies and (rapid) diagnostics;
Amendment 65 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses, therefore, that the current innovation framework does not effectively encourage R&D into AMR and calls for the adjustment and harmonisation of the intellectual property regime at European level, in particular in order to better match protection with the period requested for the innovative medicine in question;
Amendment 76 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Stresses that the prevention and control of infections in animals are key to tackling AMR in agriculture and therefore disease prevention must be the first step for legislation tackling AMR in agriculture, both to, via ensureing a high standard of animal welfare and, among others, and thus reduceing the need to resort to antibiotics; emphasises that the prescription-only status for antibiotics and the accountability of professionals in the various sectors, as well as the cooperation between the veterinarian and the livestock farmers, are key factors for success; believes that antibiotics should never be used as compensation for poor hygiene or inadequate animal husbandry;
Amendment 95 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises the crucial role of education and, training programmes in raisand public awareness campaigns ing awareness aboutlerting farmers and those involved in livestock farming to the dangers of antimicrobial resistance and thencouraging them to make more prudent use of antimicrobials in veterinary medicine for farmers and those involved in livestock farmingso that they are able to use antimicrobials only where necessary and not systematically in a preventive manner;
Amendment 97 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Emphasises the crucial role of education and training programmes in raising awareness about antimicrobial resistance and the prudent use of antimicrobials in veterinary medicine for farmers and, veterinarians, professionals, and all those involved in livestock farming;
Amendment 111 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
Amendment 121 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Stresses that more cooperation between Member States, the Commission and the pharmaceutical industry is crucial in order to keep existing effective antimicrobials used in human and veterinary medicine on the market, explore alternative solutions to ensure availability of these antimicrobials on the market and promote its responsible use as well as preventive measures;
Amendment 127 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Notes that the use of antibiotics as growth promoters in food-producing animals has been banned in the EU since 2006; calls on the Commission for public health reasons strictly to enforce this ban as a conditionality to all food imports from third countries through Free Trade Agreements; calls also for this prohibition to be extended and transposed to the whole body of international law that may concern the use of antibiotics in animals (within the Codex Alimentarius, the WHO, the OIE, the FAO ...);
Amendment 141 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Stresses that awareness of the issue should be raised at the highest political level, involving all Heads of State and all relevant UN and international organizations and aim for compromises and ambitious outcomes; emphasises that international cooperation involving sharing information, knowledge and best practices in tackling AMR is crucial in the context of the one- health approach for the benefit of human and animal health globally.;