Mrs Doyle, I do not believe that there is a one-to-one correspondence in the areas which we are discussing between human medicine and veterinary medicine.

Action n° 10: Strengthen surveillance systems on AMR and antimicrobial consumption in animal medicine Inclusion of a legal basis for the monitoring of AMR in animal pathogens in its forthcoming proposal for a new Animal Health Law. Promotion and extension of the European Surveillance of Veterinary Antimicrobial Consumption (ESVAC) with the collaboration of EMA to obtain harmonised data on the usage per animal species and production categories as well as for different indications from all Member States. Review of the monitoring of AMR in zoonotic bacteria ...[+++]and/or indicators. With the support of the relevant EU agencies, establish harmonisation between human and veterinary surveillance to allow comparison of data.

A first fully integrated Community project has recently been launched to ensure leadership at the genomes-medicine interface where biotechnology is yielding innovative approaches to treatments of human and animal diseases.

2. A Member State may introduce or retain on its territory specific rules for the safety tests and pre-clinical and clinical trials of homeopathic veterinary medicinal products intended for pet species and non-food-producing exotic species other than those referred to in Article 17(1), in accordance with the principles and characteristics of homeopathy as practised in that Member State.

Such action cannot be taken in isolation from measures to combat resistance to antibiotics in veterinary medicine, animal feedingstuffs and crop growing (including GM crops).

The Resolution highlights the fact that antimicrobial resistance increases morbidity and mortality due to communicable diseases leading not only to a diminution of quality of life but also to additional health and medical care costs, and that action needs to be taken at Community level to reduce the use of antimicrobial agents in veterinary as well as human medicine, in animal feedingstuffs and in plant health protection, and to prohibit the use of resistance marker genes in GMOs;