Public Consultations

Public consultation is part of the EUCAST decision process. The consultation period is 4 - 12 weeks, and the dates of the beginning and end of the period is clearly stated.

Current public consultations

Subject	Deadline	Description
The preliminary VetCAST breakpoint table v.1.0	28 August 2026	This public consultation is to garner opinion on the first VetCAST breakpoints for use in veterinary laboratories. The breakpoints have been developed with consideration of consensus dosing regimens throughout Europe for common clinical scenarios and bacterial pathogens. Work is ongoing setting breakpoints for more bacterial species and antimicrobial agents.

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Please send the form to Scientific Secretary Mandy Wootton at mandy.wootton(at)wales.nhs.uk

Upcoming public consultations

A version of the EUCAST dosing table relevant for children, is in preparation.

Previous public consultations with comments and EUCAST responses

Guidance for Antimicrobial Agent Developers Considering a Modification of The Standard Reference Method for Susceptibility Testing (8th June) Public consultation on Guidance for Antimicrobial Agent Developers Considering a Modification of The Standard Reference Method for Susceptibility Testing.
Public Consultation on Breakpoints Anaerobic Bacteria (8th June) Proposed breakpoints for antimicrobial agents against further species of anaerobic bacteria
Appendix Consultation Breakpoints for Anaerobic Bacteria (8th June)
Proposed revision of breakpoints for meropenem against Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter species (1st June) A further consultation on meropenem breakpoints in Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter species
EUCAST Protocol for MIC determination on NTM (17th April) Public consultation on a working protocol on MIC determination for Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM).
Annexe document for MIC determination on NTM
Carbapenems Breakpoint Consultation (15th March) A consultation on revised carbapenem (with and without inhibitor) breakpoints plus ceftazidime-avibactam in Gram-negative bacteria.
Appendix (15 March). Comments and EUCAST responses (19 May).
The role of whole genome sequencing in antimicrobial susceptibility prediction of bacteria (9th January) This consultation summarises the findings from the subcommittee on the role of whole genome sequencing (WGS) in antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST).
Comments and EUCAST responses (09 April)

The preliminary breakpoint table v.16.0 (14 December 2025) This public consultation is to help with proof reading and error detection in the new breakpoint tables and to alert laboratories to the imminent publication of the new version 16.0 of the breakpoint tables in January 2026. The consultation is not for consultation on individual breakpoints - this will have been dealt with in "Public consultations" over the last 12 months.
Comments and EUCAST responses (12 January 2026)
Minor changes to the v.16.0 breakpoint table (14 December 2025) EUCAST public consultation on two minor changes to v.16.0 of the breakpoint table.
Comments and EUCAST responses (12 January 2026)
Carbapenem susceptibility testing and reporting - Public consultation 01 August 2025 - 30 September 2025:
Proposed addition of a comment for carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales
Appendix
Comments and EUCAST responses (30 September 2025)
Susceptibility testing of fastidious organisms - is there an alternative to MH-F? Public consultation 19 June 2025 - 29 August 2025. In short, the EUCAST MH-F was developed for AST of fastidious organisms. Colleagues in some areas of the world have difficulties obtaining the MH-F plate based on horse blood. The document now published for consultation describes an alternative (MH-S), which with the exception of H. influenzae, can be used for those fastidious organisms otherwise requiring MH-F. When in doubt, the methods section and the breakpoint tables will inform users as to which organisms should be tested using MH-F/MH-S. Note, neither MH-F or MH-S are recommended for Neisseria spp or anaerobic bacteria. Comments and EUCAST responses (1 September 2025)
Proposed revision of breakpoints for trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim. Public consultation 7 May - 18 June 2025. Comments and EUCAST responses (3 July 2025)
Proposed new breakpoints for amphotericin B, three echinocandins and flucytosine against Candida auris. Public consultation 6 March - 17 April 2025. Comments and EUCAST AFST responses (17 June 2025)

Proposed breakpoints for infective endocarditis (14 September - 25 October, 2024). Comments and EUCAST responses (20 November, 2024)
Proposed change of breakpoints for aminopenicillins in enterococci (7 May - 14 June, 2024). There were no comments to the public consultation.
Streptococcus pneumoniae and viridans group streptococci versus benzylpenicillin (3 May - 14 June, 2024). In collaboration with French colleagues, MIC- and zone diameter distributions and correlations have been published.
Comments and responses (24 October, 2024)
Consultation from the subcommittee on Antimycobacterial susceptibility testing on "Reference protocol for MIC determination of anti-tuberculous agents against isolates of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in Middlebrook 7H9 broth". Consultation period 11 March - 19 April 2024. EUCAST response to questions posed during consultation period.
The (preliminary) breakpoint table for 2025 (v.15.0) is available for consultation (5 - 16 December 2024). Breakpoint table v 15.0 (for screen). The consultation is primarily to:
- help with proof reading and error detection,
- to give everyone a heads-up in time for the formal publiction of the new table 1 Jan, 2025.
  The consultation is not for consultation on individual breakpoints - this will have been dealt with in "Public consultations" over the last 12 months. For new ideas, conflicting opinions etc, contact EUCAST via your NAC or directly the chair or the webmaster. Thank you for proof reading and commenting on the preliminary table. The finalised table will be published on the 1st of January, 2025.

Consultations from VetCast: 15 November 2023 - 8 Januar 2024. Comments and responses will be published eventually.
EUCAST public consultation on proposed breakpoints for Brucella melitensis (1 Septembr- 20 October 2023). Comments and response.
EUCAST public consultation on proposed breakpoints for Bacillus anthracis ( Septembr- 20 October 2023). Comments and response.
EUCAST public consultation on proposed changes to the 2024 (v. 14.0) breapoint table (30 September - 1 November 2023). Comments and EUCAST response (13 November 2023).
The EUCAST public consultation on Revised breakpoints for intravenous use of fosfomycin (12 July - 12 September 2023). Comments and responses (originally published 5 December 2023; revised 6 Februar 2024, because of an error).
See also the Guidance document on IV use of fosfomycin.
Breakpoints for anaerobic bacteria for additional agents aminopenicillins (with and without inhibitors), on MIC distributions for imipenem, ertapenem, and ceftriaxone and linezolid where relevant. Consultation 10 Februar - 3 March 2023.
The consultation is closed. Comments and EUCAST responses will be published eventually.

Changes proposed in breakpoints for bacterial meningitis. General consultation 26 September - 7 November 2022. Comments and EUCAST response, 2 Januar 2023.
Staphylococcus spp. vs. cephalosporins. General consultation 26 September - 7 November 2022. Comments and EUCAST response, 2 Januar 2023.
Consultation on the availability of piperacillin and/or ticarcillin without inhibitor - if either or both of these agents are registered and available in your country, please inform the scientific secretary of EUCAST. The consultation has shown that some countries still have piperacillin without the inhibitor. EUCAST will therefore retain piperacillin in the tables. There has been no interest in keeping recommendations for ticarcillin.
EUCAST General Consultation (closed 11 September 2022) on Proposed revision of chloramphenicol breakpoints. Comments and EUCAST response, 31 December 2022.
EUCAST General Consultation (closed 11 September 2022) on Breakpoints for Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Corynebacterium ulcerans. Comments and EUCAST response, 2 December 2022.
EUCAST General Consultation on Fosfomycin IV breakpoints (14 May - 15 July 2022). Comments and EUCAST response, 8 Februar 2023).

Aminopenicillin breakpoints for Enterobacterales (30 November 2021 - 14 Januar 2022). Comments and EUCAST response (December 2022).
Breakpoints for anaerobic bacteria and supplementary MIC distributions (4 October - 15 November 2021).
Comments and EUCAST response (2 January 2022)
Colistin breakpoints (6 October - 15 November 2021). All responders agreed to the proposed change.
Breakpoint table v 12.0. Consultation closed and finalized table published.
Vibrio species - general consultation on EUCAST clinical breakpoints for five species pathogenic to man (1 October - 15 November 2021). Comments and EUCAST responses (2 January 2022).

Breakpoint table v. 11.0 (the 2021 table, valid from the 1 January, 2021). Consultation closed 18 December 2020. Comments and EUCAST responses (19 December 2020)
Fosfomycin breakpoints revision. Consultation closed 30 November 2020. Comments and EUCAST response (15 December 2020).
Fluoroquinolone breakpoint adjustments (Campylobacter, Corynebacteria, Bacillus). Consultation closed 31 October, 2020. There were no comments.
Achromobacter xylosoxidans - proposed method and breakpoints. Consultation closed 31 October, 2020. Comments and EUCAST response (15 December, 2020).
Meningitis breakpoints - proposed EUCAST revisions. Consultation closed 16 October, 2020. Comments and EUCAST response (15 December, 2020).
Bacillus spp (except B. anthracis) - proposed breakpoints and AST method. Consultation closed 25 September, 2020. Comments and EUCAST response (15 December, 2020).
Piperacillin-tazobactam breakpoints for Enterobacterales - proposed change. Consultation closed 15 September, 2020. Comments and EUCAST response (15 December, 2020).
Consultation on "Procedure for optimizing disk contents (potencies) for disk diffusion testing". Comments and responses published 10 January, 2020.
Revised aminoglycoside breakpoints. Consultation closed 30 June, 2019. Comments and responses published 2 March, 2020.
Revised aminoglycoside breakpoints. Consultation closed 30 June, 2019. Comments and responses published 2 March, 2020.
Cefazolin breakpoints for Enterobacterales in UTI. Consultation closed 8 November 2019. No comments received.
The subcommittee on antifungal susceptibility testing (the EUCAST AFST) revised breakpoints and rationale documents as a consequece of the EUCAST change in the definition of the I-category and the introduction of ATU (Consultations of antifungal revised breakpoints and RDs 25 Sept- 15 Nov, 2019):
1. Amphotericin B
2. Anidulafungin
3. Fluconazole
4. Isavuconazole
5. Itraconazole
6. Micafungin
7. Posaconazole
8. Voriconazole
9. AFST Breakpoint table v. 10
Comments and EUCAST AFST response to consultation.
Revision of ceftolozane-tazobactam breakpoints following updated indications for the agent. Comments and EUCAST response (13 December, 2019)
Temocillin clinical breakpoints - EUCAST consultation.
Comments and EUCAST response (a file released on 9 Dec has been replaced - a section was lacking by mistake), 12 December, 2019.
EUCAST proposed breakpoints for Burkholderia pseudomallei. Consultation 23 May - 30 June, 2019. Comments and EUCAST response 23 July, 2019.
EUCAST proposes that agents and species currently categorised as Susceptible^HE(S^HE) are re-categorised as “Susceptible, increased exposure” (I).
Comments and EUCAST response 22 Juli, 2019
EUCAST Reference method for the determination of MICs in Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex.
Consultation 15 May - 26 June, 2019. Rationale for the proposed broth microdilution MIC method in M. tuberculosis complex.
Technical protocol for broth microdilution in M. tuberculosis complex. Microtiter plate outline.
Summary of development test results.
Comments and response. 19 July, 2019
General consultation on revised Expert Rules guidelines (closed 1 April, 2019). Comments and response (17 June, 2019).
Consultation on H. influenzae and breakpoints for piperacillin-tazobactam - (closed 30 November, 2018). Comments were all in agreement with the proposal.
Consultation on oral amoxicillin breakpoints for Streptococcus pneumoniae (closed 30 November, 2018). Comments and EUCAST response.
Consultation on Tigecycline breakpoint amendments 2018 (closed 30 November, 2018). Comments were all in agreement with proposal.
Consultation on Dosages and modes of administration (open until 15 Sept 2018). There were suggested alternative doses from approximately 10 countries. Some suggestions resulted in modifications. The current table (v 9.0) now lists the minimum exposure for EUCAST categories susceptible at standard exposure and susceptible atincreased exposure.
EUCAST General Consultation on Revision of carbapenem breakpoints (closed15 Sept, 2018). Comments and EUCAST responses.
Consultation on breakpoint changes necessary with new definitions of S, I and R categories (closed 4 November, 2018). There were no comments.
MIC distributions and the determination of ECOFFs - general consultation (following a finalised consultation with the subcommittee). General consultation, May 1st - May 31st, 2018. No comments received. The document will now be integrated in EUCAST SOP 10.
3rd consultation on modifying the definitions of S, I and R and introducing the Area of Technical Uncertainty. General consultation, 23 February - 10 April, 2018. EUCAST Responses to comments on "Modifying definitions of S, I and R", 17 May, 2018.
Oral dosing of amoxicillin and amoxicillinclavulanic acid in S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae - General consultation, 7 February - 23 March 2018.
Breakpoint tables v8.0 2018 (18 December, 2017). All comments were related to typographical errors and these have been corrected. and the updated table published on the EUCAST website 1 January, 2018.
The proposed revision of voriconazole breakpoints (15 December, 2017). There were no comments and the changes were implemented following the end of the consultation period.
The proposed removal of macrolide breakpoints for Haemophilus influenzae. Proposal accepted without comments. Breakpoints were removed in breakpoint tables v 8.0 2018.
The proposed breakpoints for Aeromonas and Plesiomonas. Deadline for comments 17 November, 2017. Proposal accepted without significant comments. Breakpoints were included in breakpoint tables v 8.0 2018.
Proposal to change Moraxella catharrhalis fluroquinolone breakpoints. Proposal accepted without comments. Breakpoints were included in breakpoint tables v 8.0 2018.
Proposed SOP for "MIC distributions and the determination of epidemiological cut-off values (ECOFFs)" (Consultation 2017) from the EUCAST Subcommittee on MIC distributions and ECOFFs. The SOP accepted and published on the website 2017.
Revision of EUCAST guidelines for detection of resistance mechanisms and specific resistance of Clinical and/or epidemiological importance. Consultation 2017. Comments and Responses.
Breakpoints for Aerococcus spp and Kingella kingae. Comments and responses.' (Consultation 2016, proposal accepted and included in breakpoint tables 2017)
Revision of fluoroquinolone breakpoints. Comments and responses.
Revision of the colistin breakpoint for Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Comments and responses.
Report from the EUCAST Subcommittee on the role of whole genome sequencing (WGS) in antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Comments and responses.
2nd consultation on the EUCAST proposed changes in the definition of the intermediate category (closed on 15 Sept 2017). Comments and responses to the proposed modification of "intermediate" (2017-10-09).
1st consultation on the EUCAST proposed changes in the definition of the intermediate category (2015-12-03). Comments and responses.
Nitroxoline breakpoints. Comments and responses.
Revision of Expert rules (v 3.0). Wide consultation 2016: External comments and Steering Committee and Subcommittee

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