L 153/26 Official Journal of the European Union 14.6.2007 II (Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory) DECISIONS COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 12 June 2007 on a harmonised monitoring of antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella in poultry and pigs (notified under document number C(2007) 2421) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/407EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Directive 2003/99/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 November 2003 on the monitoring of zoonoses and zoonotic agents, amending Council Decision 90/424[/EEC and repealing Council Directive 92/117[EEC (}), and in particular Article 7(3) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Pursuant to Directive 2003/99/EC, Member States shall ensure that monitoring provides comparable data on the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic agents and, in so far as they present a threat to public health, other agents. () O] L 325, 12.12.2003, p. 31. Directive amended by Council Directive 2006/104/EC (O] L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 352). (2) A FAOJOIE/WHO workshop on scientific assessment on non-human usage of antimicrobials and antimicrobial resistance in 2003 concluded that there is clear evidence of adverse human health consequences due to resistant organisms resulting from non-human usage of antimicrobials:  increased frequency of infections, increased frequency of treatment failures (in some cases death) and increased severity of infections, as docu- mented for instance by fluoroquinolone-resistant human Salmonella infections. Evidence shows that the amount and pattern of non-human usage of antimi- crobials affect the occurrence of resistant bacteria in animals and food and thereby human exposure to these resistant bacteria (Joint FAO/OIE[WHO Expert Workshop, 2003). However, it should be noted that most of the resistance problems in human medicine are caused by human usage and over usage of antimi- crobial agents for therapy and prophylaxis (European Parliament, October 2006). (3)  The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) indicates in its ‘Community Summary Report on Trends and Sources of Zoonoses, Zoonotic agents, Antimicrobial Resistance and Foodborne Outbreaks in the European Union in 2005 (3) that a relatively high proportion of Campylo- bacter and Salmonella isolates from animals and food were resistant to antimicrobials commonly used in treatment of human diseases. Food-borne infections caused by these resistant bacteria pose a particular risk to humans due to possible treatment failure. (%) The EFSA Journal (2006), 94.