The rules contained in this draft Decree aim to assign responsibility to veterinarians for the administration, provision and prescription of critically important antibiotics and thereby impose limits on the use of specific classes of molecules in animals. These rules are in line with the broader objective of limiting the veterinary use of antibiotics which are important for humans (resistance issues).

The draft Royal Decree contains specific rules for the prescription, provision and administration of critically important antibiotics, as listed in the Annex to the Decree, by veterinarians for metaphylactic and curative treatment in food-producing animals: