Regulation (EU) 2021/1756

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to include in existing legislation official controls to verify the compliance of exports of animals and animal products to the EU to ensure compliance with the prohibition of certain uses of antimicrobials. PROPOSED ACT: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council lays down the rules for the performance of official controls to verify compliance with, inter alia , rules on food and feed safety. The European Parliament adopted by 687 votes to 2, with 2 abstentions, amendments to 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. The matter has been referred back to the committee responsible for inter-institutional negotiations. The proposal under discussion is to amend the Regulation on official controls to cover verification of compliance with the rules on the prudent use of antimicrobials, which is the only effective way of ensuring that imports of animals and animal products from third countries comply with these rules. The main amendments adopted in plenary concern the following points: Cross-border dimension of the problem of antimicrobial resistance Members propose to underline in a recital that in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/6 , a more prudent and responsible use of antimicrobials in animals is ensured, inter alia, by way of the prohibitions on the use of antimicrobials for growth promotion and yield increase and on the use of antimicrobials reserved for treatment of certain infections in humans. An amendment suggests that the proposal should refer to recital 49 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 which stresses the importance of considering the international dimension of the development of antimicrobial resistance by taking non-discriminatory and proportionate measures, while respecting Union obligations under international agreements. Given that no epidemiological information has been provided that could establish a link between public health risks and echinoderms that are not filter-feeders, Members consider that the possibility laid down in Article 18(7)(g), of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 to derogate from the requirement to classify the production and relaying areas should be extended to all echinoderms which are not filter feeders, for example to those belonging to the class Echinoidea, and not be limited to Holothuroidea. For this reason, Members also propose to clarify that the conditions for the classification and monitoring of classified production and relaying areas to be laid down by the Commission apply to live bivalve molluscs, echinoderms, tunicates and marine gastropods, except those marine gastropods and echinoderms that are not filter feeders. An amendment adds that Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 should not apply to the…

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