MT 1 Flashcards
World Trade Organisation is the international body dealing with the rules of trade between nations
True
World Organisation for Animal Health gives priority to the welfare of animals used in agriculture and aquaculture
True
Standing Veterinary Committee of the EU has been chosen by GATT/ WTO as the reference international organisation for problems of animal health encountered in international trade in animals and animal products
False => OIE
The GATT/WTO Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement prohibits any health barrier in international trade of animals
False => Aim is to reduce to a minimum the negative effects of health barriers on international trade
Organisation for Economic co-operation and Development is the international organization of 182 industrialized, market-economy countries
False=> 36 countries
Food and Agricultural organisation cooperated with the European Communities in the eradication of foot and mouth disease
True
Regulation is directly applied in the EU without the need for national measures to implement them
True
Directive is an obligatory legislation binding the 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
True
Decisions are binding EU norms in all their aspects upon those to whom they are addressed.
True
The members of the Council of the European Union are ministers of the Member States
True
The members of the council of Europe are the heads of government or state
False => heads of government/ state represent at the summit (European council)
Directives, regulations and decisions are obligatory directly applied EU legislations without the need for national measures to implement them
False=> Only Regulations are directly applied without the need for national measures to implement them
The duties (“powers”) of European Commission are legislative power, power over the budget and supervision of the executive
False=> Statement refers to European parliament. Commission proposes new legislation, executive body, guardians of the treaties, represent EU on the international stage
The European Parliament initiates proposals for legislation is the guardian of the Treaties and the manager and executor of Union policies and of international trade relationships
False=> Statement refers to European commission
The vet service in the importing country shall examine systematically all imported goods of animal origin at the border inspection post
False => Can’t check every consignment, only suspicious ones
The first veterinary legislations in EU regulated common criteria for trade between the countries
True
The competent veterinary authority in the producer country must ensure that all required health declarations are valid and in accordance with EU criteria
True
Veterinary lab of a holding may make diagnostic examinations concerning a notifiable animal disease only as regards to their own livestock
False
The official measures applied in the protection zone shall be kept in force for at least the maximum incubation period of disease in question
True
The decision to introduce emergency vaccination in the EU member states in stamping out shall be taken by the Commission, in cooperation with the member state concerned
True
Stamping out policy means that on the infected farm all susceptible animals shall be killed
True
Stamping out policy means that on the infected farm all symptomless susceptible animals are observed during the maximum incubation period
False=> All susceptible animals, vaccinated or unvaccinated on an infected premises should be killed
Sentinel animals may be used for monitoring zoonotic infections in a certain area
True
In case of suspicion of a notifiable or zoonotic disease the public laboratories accept only sample material sent to the laboratory by a veterinarian
False=> The public laboratories must accept the material for examination without conditions in case of suspicion of a notifiable disease or a disease presenting risk to the human health. In this case, the institute must immediately inform the competent official vet
For laboratory examinations presenting the basis of an official decision, samples shall be taken only from domestic farm animals which are marked individually and permanently and/or identified by the veterinarian
True
Should a suspicion of a notifiable animal disease arise in the examination of a public laboratory not belonging to the veterinary service, the laboratory is obliged to inform immediately the competent veterinary authority
True
Fulfilment of conditions of animal health requirements of fairs, markets and exhibitions is the responsibility of the person authorized to organize them.
True
