Transcript Proposal on Animal Health

Proposal for new EU
Animal Health Regulation
European Parliament,
Intergroup on the welfare & conservation of species
Strasbourg, 27 November, 2014
Unit G2 – Animal health
Directorate-General for Health and Consumers
European Commission, Brussels
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Contents
• About the Regulation on Animal Health
• New elements and opportunities
• Specific "animal welfare related" issues :
• Animal Welfare within the context of AH
regulation
• Antimicrobial resistance
• Pet animals
• Conclusion
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EU Regulation on Animal Health
• The main instrument to implement the Animal Health
Strategy (2007-2013) "Prevention is better than cure"
• A single and robust legal framework for animal health
• Simplify existing rules:
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Numerically (from ca. 40 Directives and Regulations)
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In substance
• Align with Lisbon Treaty
• More risk based, proactive, preventive behaviour
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Categorization/prioritisation of diseases for EU intervention
• Clear responsibilities of keepers, operators, veterinarians,
competent authorities, etc.
• Improved response to emerging diseases
• No revolution, but evolution
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What is in the Animal Health
Proposal
• Horizontal principles and rules for transmissible animal
diseases in:
• Kept and wild animals and their products
• Terrestrial, aquatic and other categories of animals
• Animal health rules for:
• Disease prevention
Disease awareness, biosecurity, surveillance, traceability, etc…
• Disease control and eradication
• Intra-EU movements and entry into the EU of animals and
animal products
• Emergency measures
• Supplementing rules needed to ensure complete implementation
and flexible approach
• Detailed provisions of the current Directives and Regulations
included in delegated and implementing acts
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What is not in the new AH Proposal
• Not in scope:
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Welfare of animals
Pathologies of individual animals
Veterinary checks, official controls
EU veterinary expenditure
Feed, medicated feed
Veterinary medicines
Veterinary education
• Specific rules remain in place for:
Animal by-products, TSE rules, Certain zoonoses
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New elements
• More prevention:
• Biosecurity at farms, in transport, assembly, at borders
• Enhanced surveillance, disease notification and reporting
• Clearer policy for the use of vaccines and in relation to disease
control & diagnosis also some other veterinary medicines
• AMR pathogens considered as "diseases"
• Different disease preventive and control measures may be applied
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More tools to control emerging diseases
• Easier and safer trade:
• Enhanced convergence with international standards on
animal health (OIE)
• Compartmentalisation
• Requirements for export
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General responsibility for animal health
• Operators
• Responsibility for animal health and biosecurity
• Basic knowledge of animal health
• Proactive involvement in surveillance
• Veterinarians/aquatic animal health professionals
• Early detection of diseases, rapid response
• Member States
• Responsibility for animal health
• Adequate resources, laboratory capacity, animal
health services, training
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Opportunities
• "One Health" approach
• Horizontal principles and rules contributing to
better overall husbandry
• Better response to new threats
• Flexibility for disease prevention and control
measures proportionate to the risks
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Relevance of Animal Welfare
requirements within the AH reg. (1)
• Animal Health proposal brings several animal welfare
aspects systematically into animal health for the first
time
• Animal welfare in Article 1(2):
 any measure taken by the AH regulation should take
account the relationship between animal health and
animal welfare
• Impact of a disease & control measures on animal
welfare is one of the criteria for deciding for listing
diseases
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Relevance of Animal Welfare
requirements within the AH reg.(2)
• Operators and animal professionals to acquire
knowledge of the relationship between animal health
and animal welfare
• A number of detailed requirements refer to a link
between animal health and welfare (registration of
operators, movement requirements, etc.)
• Legislation on animal welfare applies (eg. Reg 1/2005,
Dir 1099/2009, etc.)
• AH regulation is not contradicting or overruling that
legislation
• No need to mention, refer specifically to that legislation
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Union intervention: Antimicrobial
resistant pathogens
• COM communication "Action plan against the
rising threats from Antimicrobial Resistance"
(COM(2011) 278)
• Actions No. 5 and 10
• Reduction of the need of antimicrobials
• AMR pathogens considered as "disease agents" and
thus "diseases"
• Following the outcome of disease categorisation /
prioritisation:
• Different disease preventive and control measures may be applied to
them (notification, surveillance, eradication, disease control measures,
movement control, etc.)
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AH proposal and different situations
in respect of potential "Pet animal"
With the
"breeder"
Dog: "kept
terrestrial
animal"
In pet shop
Dog: "kept
terrestrial
animal"
With pet
keeper
Pet animal
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Abandoned
"Stray
animal"
Dog: "wild
terrestrial
animal"
In shelter
Dog: "kept
terrestrial
animal"
In conclusion
• Animal Health Proposal builds upon the good
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experiences of the existing legal framework
Provides:
• Solid ground for healthier animals and humans
• Clearer and better understood framework for
operators, citizens and non-EU countries
• Provides new elements for more:
• Competitive and sustainable livestock and
aquaculture sectors
• Confident consumers
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To learn more about the Animal
Health proposal:
http://ec.europa.eu/food/animal/animal-healthproposal-2013_en.htm
Thank you for your attention
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