14 Amendments of Peter LIESE related to 2012/2041(INI)
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Underlines that the key objective of any AMR strategy is to maintain the efficiency of existing antimicrobials by using them responsibly at the correct therapeutic level only when strictly prescribed over a limited time at the appropriate dosage, and reducing the use of antimicrobials in general and especially of Critically- Important Antimicrobials (CIAs) in human and veterinary medicine; we need to enhance surveillance of the use of antimicrobials in babies and young children, as well as in clinical treatment, where there is a need to control and measure antimicrobial use;
Amendment 40 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that more efforts are needed to control the use of antimicrobials in the human health and in the veterinary sector; strongly disapproves of the uncontrolled prophylactic use of antimicrobials in animal husbandry;
Amendment 41 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Stresses that more efforts are needed to control the use of antimicrobials in the veterinary sector; strongly disapproves of the uncontrolled prophylactic use of antimicrobials in animal husbandry; controls on, and the criteria for, imports of food from non-Member States should be enhanced, particularly owing to the potential that such imports may contain traces of antimicrobials;
Amendment 49 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 a (new)
Paragraph 3 a (new)
3a. Stresses the need to review provisions relating to farm animal welfare with a view to improving animal health. Farm animal health protection helps reduce the use of veterinary pharmaceuticals; furthermore, in treating individual animals priority should be given to minimising the use of veterinary pharmaceuticals over maintaining herd sizes; by modern standards, units or herds on livestock farms are often too large to provide treatment for individual animals or smaller groups of animals;
Amendment 51 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3 b (new)
Paragraph 3 b (new)
3b. Considers that greater attention should be given to animal health in the field of livestock breeding; strains which are resistant to disease could help ensure that fewer veterinary pharmaceuticals will be needed for rearing or fattening purposes;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Calls on the Commission to assess and monitor Member States' implementation of the relevant European legislation on antimicrobials, especially with regard to the prescription-only use of antibiotics in human health and veterinary sector and the ban on antimicrobials as growth promoters in animal feed;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. With a view to limiting the use and easy availability of antimicrobial agents, welcomes Member States’ initiatives to review the legal status of all oral, inhaled and parenteral antibiotics (namely antimalarial, antiviral and antifungal drugs) that remain available to patients without a prescription; antibiotics should not be available in EU Member States without a prescription, i.e. sold freely, as this encourages people to self-treat, often on the basis of inaccurate assumptions;
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Notes the important role of vaccines in limiting the development of AMR by reducing the amounts of antimicrobial agents required to treat infections; since vaccinated, healthy individuals do not need antibiotics for the treatment of diseases which can be fended off by the immune system following vaccination;
Amendment 82 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9 a (new)
Paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls on the Commission with regard to the forthcoming review of European veterinary pharmaceuticals legislation to classify medicated feeding stuffs as ‘pharmaceuticals’ and not as ‘feeding stuffs’, in order to ensure that, in future, the sensitive area of medicated foodstuffs will be monitored under pharmaceuticals legislation and official inspections carried out accordingly, and ensuring that medicated foodstuffs fall into the ‘prescription only’ category;
Amendment 99 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
13. Calls on the Commission and Member States to seek greater cooperation and coordination on the early detection of pathogenic antimicrobial resistant bacteria in humans, animals, fish and foodstuffs in order to continuously monitor the extent and growth of AMR; urges the Member States in addition to set up national databanks in accordance with uniform standards in which dealers, veterinary surgeons and farmers are required to document the administration and use of antibiotics;
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses the importance of establishing an effective European network of national surveillance systems in the human health and veterinary sectors, based on uniform standards for all Member States, in order to facilitate the compilation of clear, comparable, transparent and timely reference data on antimicrobial drug usage; believes this should be based on the existing monitoring networks operated by EFSA, the ECDC European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption Network (ESAC-net), the ECDC European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance Network (EARS-net), and the EMA European Surveillance of Veterinary Antimicrobial Consumption (ESVAC);
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Notes that the encouragement of appropriate antimicrobial use depends on a change of attitude and, practice and education among patients, farmers and practitioners in the spheres of veterinary and human medicine; considers that more effective and continuous educational and training measures should be taken at both national and European level;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17 a (new)
Paragraph 17 a (new)
17a. Calls on the Commission to examine in the study on the improvement of the package leaflet and the drug fact box the idea of better communication to the patient on antibiotics, for example: "Please take this antibiotic medicine only if it is prescribed by a doctor to you and take it as prescribed. Improper use of antibiotics can create resistance which harms yourself and other people.";
Amendment 123 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 – point 1
Paragraph 20 – point 1
· comparable data collection and data sharing for human and veterinary antimicrobials;