17 Amendments of Maria NOICHL 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 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 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 44 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Reminds that food is one of the possible vehicles for transmission of resistant bacteria from animals to human beings and furthermore that drug- resistant bacteria can circulate in populations of human beings and animals, through water and the environment such as the risks for infection with resistant organisms by contaminated crops treated with antimicrobial agents or by manure, and farmyard run-offs into groundwater. Points out that in this context the spread is influenced by trade, travel and both human and animal migration;
Amendment 49 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Reminds that poor quality of medical and veterinary products with low concentrations of active ingredients and/or in conjunction with long-term use, encourage emergence of resistant microbes; calls therefore on the Commission and MS to improve/design laws that ensure that medicines are of assured quality, safe and effective and that their use will follow strict principles;
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 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 82 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Highlights the value of vaccines in combating AMR; recommends integration of targets for life-long vaccination as element of veterinary national action plans on AMR;
Amendment 84 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)
Paragraph 5 b (new)
5b. Welcomes the initiative of several MS to ban of the use of “last resort” antibiotics, normally used for human treatments, in farm animals;
Amendment 93 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 6 a (new)
Paragraph 6 a (new)
6a. Highlights that effective sanitation, hygiene and infection prevention measures help to reduce the incidence of infection;
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 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 138 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Notes that the livestock raised for food in the US are dosed with five times as much antibiotic medicine as farm animals in the UK, underlines therefore the importance of controls of meat imports to the EU;
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.;
Amendment 147 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Refers to the Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance, endorsed by the World Health Assembly at the sixty- eight World Health Assembly in May 2015, to tackle antimicrobial resistance, including antibiotic resistance (WHA68/2015/REC/1, Annex 3.)
Amendment 152 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 b (new)
Paragraph 10 b (new)
10b. Underlines that referring to the EFSA-EMA report “RONAFA” (http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/efsajournal /pub/4666),safe and nutritionally balanced feed are effective preventive measures to help animals to cope with pathogens by enhancing the overall animal health and welfare status through specific feeding strategies, feed composition, feed formulations or feed processing.
Amendment 154 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 10 c (new)
Paragraph 10 c (new)
10c. Underlines that without harmonised and immediate action on a global scale the world is heading towards a post-antibiotic era in which common infections could once again kill;