Lecture 3 + 4 important, PQ

Question 1

The aim of the GATT?

Answer 1

• to reduce to a minimum the negative effects of health barriers on
international trade
• international animal health measures, guidelines and recommendation will be deemed necessary for the protection of human and animal life and health

Question 2

Regulations of the EU definition

Answer 2

directly applied without the need for national measures to implement them;

Question 3

Directives of the EU

Answer 3

bind Member States as to the objectives to be achieved while leaving the national authorities the power to choose the form and the means to be used;

Question 4

Decisions of the EU

Answer 4

are binding in all their aspects upon those to whom they are addressed. A decision may be addressed to any or all Member States, to undertakings or to individuals

Question 5

Recommendations and opinions of the EU?

Answer 5

are not binding

Question 6

Powers of the European Parliament

Answer 6

• Legislative power
• Power over the budget
• Supervision of the executive

Question 7

Council of ministers – voice of the member states

Answer 7

• One minister from each EU country
• Presidency: rotates every 6 months
• Decides EU laws & budget together with parliament
• Manages the common foreign & security policy

Question 8

European commission tasks?

Answer 8

• 28 commissioners: one from each EU country
• 1) Propose new legislation
• 2) Executive organ
• 3) Treaty guardian
• 4) Represents EU on international stage

Question 9

veterinary legislation of the EU - basic

Answer 9

• Removal of all official check-points at the national borders between Member States
• Veterinary checks of live animals and animal products must be performed at the
place of origin before departure
• Competent veterinary authority in the producer country (place of origin!) is responsible
for trade guarantees and must ensure that all required health declarations are valid and
in accordance with EU criteria
• The veterinary service in the importing country may examine imported goods in case of
suspicion or on a random sampling basis.

Question 10

cooperation of third countries of the EU

Answer 10

• All products imported from Third Countries must be in conformity with the EU criteria to ensure a high animal health level.
• Veterinary checks of live animals must be carried out at EU official control stations situated at the outer borders of the EU.

Question 11

tasks of veterinary services of the EU

Answer 11

• Food and Veterinary Office (FVO): uniform application of vet legislation
• Promote effective control systems in the food safety and quality, veterinary and plant health
• sectors;
• Check on compliance with the requirements of EU food safety and quality, veterinary and plant health legislation within the European Union and in third countries exporting to the EU;
• Contribute to the development of EU policy in the food safety and quality, veterinary and plant health sectors

Question 12

definition of animal cruelty

Answer 12

Any person who is engaged in the unjustified abuse or unjustified mistreatment of vertebrate animals resulting in permanent damage to the animal’s health or in the animal’s destruction
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or who abandons , dispossess or expels a domesticated vertebrate animal or a dangerous animal is guilty of a misdemeanor .
The penalty for a felony shall be higher , if the criminal offense is carried out in a manner to cause undue suffering to the animal , or results in permanent damage to several animals or in the destruction of more than one animal