26 April 2023: the European Commission adopted a proposal for a Council Recommendation on stepping up EU actions to combat antimicrobial resistance in a One Health approach, accompanied by a Commission Staff Working Document, as part of the pharmaceutical package.
Input for the proposal for a Council Recommendation was gathered from the following consultation, studies and reports:
- call for evidence on a “Recommendation for greater action on antimicrobial resistance” (24 February - 24 March 2022) with 161 qualitative feedbacks and 28 relevant documents
- study on a future proofing analysis of the EU AMR Action Plan
- to identify current and future challenges and opportunities for the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and identify areas for EU action and
- to perform a preliminary outcome assessment of some of the activities of the 2017 AMR Action Plan
- two studies to support the Commission services
- opinion on “Managing antimicrobial resistance across the health system” from the independent expert panel on effective ways of investing in health
- overview report on Member States’ One Health National Action Plans against AMR
- results of the 2022 Eurobarometer on AMR
- report from the subgroup under the EU AMR One Health Network.
