MT 1

Question 1

World Trade Organisation is the international body dealing with the rules of trade between nations

Answer 1

True

Question 2

World Organisation for Animal Health gives priority to the welfare of animals used in agriculture and aquaculture

Answer 2

True

Question 3

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

Answer 3

False => OIE

Question 4

The GATT/WTO Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement prohibits any health barrier in international trade of animals

Answer 4

False => Aim is to reduce to a minimum the negative effects of health barriers on international trade

Question 5

Organisation for Economic co-operation and Development is the international organization of 182 industrialized, market-economy countries

Answer 5

False=> 36 countries

Question 6

Food and Agricultural organisation cooperated with the European Communities in the eradication of foot and mouth disease

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Regulation is directly applied in the EU without the need for national measures to implement them

Answer 7

True

Question 8

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

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Decisions are binding EU norms in all their aspects upon those to whom they are addressed.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

The members of the Council of the European Union are ministers of the Member States

Answer 10

True

Question 11

The members of the council of Europe are the heads of government or state

Answer 11

False => heads of government/ state represent at the summit (European council)

Question 12

Directives, regulations and decisions are obligatory directly applied EU legislations without the need for national measures to implement them

Answer 12

False=> Only Regulations are directly applied without the need for national measures to implement them

Question 13

The duties (“powers”) of European Commission are legislative power, power over the budget and supervision of the executive

Answer 13

False=> Statement refers to European parliament. Commission proposes new legislation, executive body, guardians of the treaties, represent EU on the international stage

Question 14

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

Answer 14

False=> Statement refers to European commission

Question 15

The vet service in the importing country shall examine systematically all imported goods of animal origin at the border inspection post

Answer 15

False => Can’t check every consignment, only suspicious ones

Question 16

The first veterinary legislations in EU regulated common criteria for trade between the countries

Answer 16

True

Question 17

The competent veterinary authority in the producer country must ensure that all required health declarations are valid and in accordance with EU criteria

Answer 17

True

Question 18

Veterinary lab of a holding may make diagnostic examinations concerning a notifiable animal disease only as regards to their own livestock

Answer 18

False

Question 19

The official measures applied in the protection zone shall be kept in force for at least the maximum incubation period of disease in question

Answer 19

True

Question 20

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

Answer 20

True

Question 21

Stamping out policy means that on the infected farm all susceptible animals shall be killed

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Stamping out policy means that on the infected farm all symptomless susceptible animals are observed during the maximum incubation period

Answer 22

False=> All susceptible animals, vaccinated or unvaccinated on an infected premises should be killed

Question 23

Sentinel animals may be used for monitoring zoonotic infections in a certain area

Answer 23

True

Question 24

In case of suspicion of a notifiable or zoonotic disease the public laboratories accept only sample material sent to the laboratory by a veterinarian

Answer 24

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

Question 25

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

Answer 25

True

Question 26

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

Answer 26

True

Question 27

Fulfilment of conditions of animal health requirements of fairs, markets and exhibitions is the responsibility of the person authorized to organize them.

Answer 27

True