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.

Previous public consultations with comments and EUCAST responses

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.

Reference method for M. tuberculosis susceptibility testing for drugs that require DMSO. Consultation from the subcommittee on Antimycobacterial susceptibility testing closed 19 April, 2024. Comments and EUCAST responses (7 October 2024).

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).

Breakpoint table v 12.0. Consultation closed and finalized table published.
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)
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
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.

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