9 Amendments of James NICHOLSON related to 2012/2041(INI)
Amendment 1 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 1
Section 1 – paragraph 1
1. Notes that, although the Commission's action plan goes in the right direction, it does not go far enoughthe measures recommended in the action plan need to be implemented as soon as possible to contain the rising threat from antimicrobial resistance and its progress assessed;
Amendment 5 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Section 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Notes the benefit of antimicrobials in protecting the health and welfare of animals
Amendment 7 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 2
Section 1 – paragraph 2
2. Agrees that a holistic approach is needed, based on prudent, appropriate use of antimicrobials and improving animal husbandry systems to avoid high densities which encourage disease transmissioncontinuous improvement of animal husbandry practices aimed at minimising disease occurrence;
Amendment 12 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 3
Section 1 – paragraph 3
3. Proposes to promote sustainable livestock systems which reduce dependency on costly and unsustainable high-risk inputbased on good management practices maximising the efficient use of resources;
Amendment 15 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 5
Section 1 – paragraph 5
5. Proposes pthasing out systematict prophylaxis, and metaphylaxis and theshould only be allowed under prescription where their use in this manner can be justified and that sub- therapeutic use of antimicrobials; should not occur;
Amendment 25 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 7
Section 1 – paragraph 7
7. Notes the importance of vaccines in limiting antimicrobial resistance, but believes this should not be a substitute fordisease and reducing antimicrobial use within the context of good husbandry practices;
Amendment 35 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 9
Section 1 – paragraph 9
Amendment 40 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 9 a (new)
Section 1 – paragraph 9 a (new)
9a. Calls for continued efforts to ensure that antimicrobials are only used in both veterinary and human medicine where such use can be justified;
Amendment 46 #
Draft opinion
Section 1 – paragraph 10
Section 1 – paragraph 10
10. Proposes that the action point on monitoring should be strengthened by establishing a database on antimicrobial use, to be run by the appropriate competent authorities; notes that farmers are already obliged, under phytosanitary rulesanimal health legislation, to record antimicrobial applications in on- farm registers; that data can be entered electronically by farmers or by veterinarians; the raw data would be used by the competent authorities and would not be available to third parties, and collated data would be available at Member State and EU levels for monitoring purposes.