Activities of Emma WIESNER related to 2021/0055(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/625 as regards official controls on animals and products of animal origin exported from third countries to the Union to ensure compliance with the prohibition of certain uses of antimicrobials
Amendments (2)
Amendment 7 #
(4) Article 118 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 builds on the One Health Action Plan against antimicrobial resistance (‘AMR’)9 , by enhancing the prevention and control of AMR and promoting a more prudent and responsible use of antimicrobials in animals. This is also reflected in the Commission’s Farm to Fork Strategy10 , in which the Commission has set the ambitious target of reducing by 50% overall EU sales of antimicrobials used for farmed animals and in aquaculture by 2030. Even as the use of antimicrobials in Europe has decreased, the work should continue and the fight against misuse and overuse of antimicrobials should be upheld across the whole world. There is therefore a need for a consistent global approach against AMR that, when possible, sets up reduction targets for countries, taking countries' starting positions and specific prerequisites into account. _________________ 9 European Commission, A European One Health Action Plan against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), June 2017, https://ec.europa.eu/health/sites/health/files /antimicrobial_resistance/docs/amr_2017_a ction-plan.pdf. 10 Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions of 20 May 2020, A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly food system, COM (2020) 381 final .
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) In order to ensure an effective implementation of the prohibition of the use of antimicrobials for growth promotion and yield increase and of the use of antimicrobials reserved for treatment of certain infections in humans, official controls for the verification of compliance of animals and products of animal origin exported to the Union with Article 118(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 should be included in the scope of Regulation (EU) 2017/625. The 2017 RONAFA report calls for more preventative measures in the combat against AMR. Higher animal welfare standards and better implementation of animal welfare legislation, together with the use of preventative tools such as vaccines and the use of innovative animal health technologies such as diagnostics, can reduce the need for antimicrobials.