Application for EU financing of the monitoring of AMR in zoonotic and commensal bacteria in food and farmed animals in 2022 (implementation of Decision (EU) 2020/1729): AMR 2022-ES

Programme(s): Single Market Programme (SMP)-undefined

Topic: SMP-FOOD-2022-AMR

Type of action: SMP Project Grants

Project ID: 101112574

Objective: 

Application for EU financing the monitoring of AMR in zoonotic and commensal bacteria in food and farmed animals (implementation of Decision
(EU) 2020/1729). The application covers the costs for the activities of AMR monitoring started on 1 January 2022 (as is explicitly authorised in the
call document SMP-FOOD-2022-AMR-AG-IBA). Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a growing health problem in the Union and worldwide. The
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1729 lays down harmonised rules for the period 2021-2027 for the monitoring and reporting of AMR
in zoonotic and commensal bacteria to be carried out by Member States in accordance with Articles 7(3) and 9(1) of Directive 2003/99/EC4 and
Annex II (B) and Annex IV thereto. The aim of the action is to contribute to an adequate implementation of that Decision and thus to the
harmonised monitoring and reporting of antimicrobial resistance in 2022 in the EU. The financing of this action would consist of reimbursing certain
costs regarding staff, sampling and laboratory testing (test kits, reagents and consumables) incurred by Spain for sampling and testing for AMR in
food and food-producing animals, as per the requirements laid down in Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1729 for 2022. The
following limits shall not exceed, for: 1. Sampling costs Costs for sampling shall be limited to: • Staff costs of work for sampling of caecal samples
within the slaughterhouse and for sampling at border control post and retail for the actual attributable labour (wages, social charges and retirement
costs) accrued in implementation of the Commission Implementing Decision 2020/1729. To this end timesheets have to be maintained. Timesheets
shall be used to record time spent by employees on the implementation of the action. Recording and certification shall be done on a daily basis at
least once a month by employee and line manager. • Consumables based on actual costs incurred by Spain to perform the sampling and only if
used specifically in the performance of the sampling at slaughterhouse, border control post and retail. 2. Laboratory costs • Staff costs shall be
limited to actual attributable labour costs (wages, social charges and retirement costs) accrued in implementation of the Commission Implementing
Decision 2020/1729. To this end timesheets have to be maintained. Timesheets shall be used to record time spent by employees on the
implementation of the action. Recording and certification shall be done on a daily basis at least once a month by employee and line manager. • Test
kits, reagents and consumables shall be based on actual costs incurred by Spain to perform the tests at the laboratory designated by the
competent authority and shall only be reimbursed if used specifically in the performance of the following tests (maximum EU contribution per test
and per sample, overheads not included): . EUR 20 per caecal sample . EUR 20 per sample of meat at retail . EUR 30 per sample of meat at
border control post . EUR 22 per Salmonella isolation and detection . EUR 44 per Salmonella isolate serotyping . EUR 43 per Campylobacter
isolate isolation and identification . EUR 22 per commensal E. coli isolation and detection . EUR 19 per isolation of enzyme [Extended Spectrum ßLactamases (ESBL)/ AmpC ß-Lactamases (AmpC)] producing E. coli from meat and caecal samples according to steps 1.4-1.6 of the protocol for standardisation of the EU Reference Laboratory for Antimicrobial Resistance (EURL for AMR) . EUR 37 per verification of resistance, identification
and storage of isolates of enzyme (ESBL/AmpC) producing E. coli from meat and caecal samples according to steps 1.7-1.8 of the protocol for
standardisation of the EURL for AMR . EUR 17 per isolation of carbapenamase-producing E.coli from caecal and meat samples according to step
3.1-3.2 of the protocol for standardisation of the EURL for AMR . EUR 37 per verification of resistance, identification and storage of isolates of
carbapenamase-producing E. coli from meat and caecal samples according to steps 3.3-3.4 of the protocol for standardisation of the EURL for
AMR . EUR 30 per antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST according to table 2 of Commission Implementing Decision 2020/1729), of each E. coli
and Salmonella isolate . EUR 35 per characterisation and classification (AST according to table 5 of Commission Implementing Decision
2020/1729) of each E. coli and Salmonella isolate showing resistance to third-generation cephalosporins and meropenem . EUR 30 per AST of
each Campylobacter (C. coli/C. jejuni) isolate according to table 3 of Commission Implementing Decision 2020/1729 . EUR 120 per Whole Genome
Sequencing (WGS) on presumptive ESBL/AmpC/CP E.coli . EUR 120 per WGS on resistant Salmonella spp and E.coli . EUR 40 per storage of
resistant Isolates for five years The monitoring of AMR in food and farmed animals conducted by Spain allows informing on the development and
spread of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria and supports future decision-making on AMR to reduce the AMR burden in humans and animals.