STATE MT1 Flashcards
1
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- World Trade Organisation is the international body dealing with the rules of trade between nations
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TRUE
2
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- World Organisation for Animal Health gives priority to the welfare of animals used in agriculture and aquaculture
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TRUE
3
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- 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
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FALSE
4
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- The GATT/WTO Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement prohibits any health barrier in international trade of animals
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FALSE
5
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- Organisation for Economic co-operation and Development is the international organization of 182 industrialized, market-economy countries.
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FALSE–> 36 countries
6
Q
- Food and Agricultural organisation cooperated with the European Communities in the eradication of foot and mouth disease
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TRUE
7
Q
- Regulation is directly applied in the EU without the need for national measures to implement them
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TRUE
8
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- 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
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TRUE
9
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- Decisions are binding EU norms in all their aspects upon those to whom they are addressed.
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TRUE
10
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- The members of the Council of the European Union are ministers of the Member States
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TRUE
11
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- The members of the council of Europe are the heads of government or state
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FALSE–> Head of government/ state: European council
12
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- Directives, regulations and decisions are obligatory directly applied EU legislations without the need for national measures to implement them
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FALSE–> Only regulations
13
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- The duties (“powers”) of European Commission are legislative power, power over the budget and supervision of the executive
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FALSE–> Statement refers to the european parliament. Commission proposes new legislation, executive body, guardians of the treaties, represent EU on the international stage
14
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- 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
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False=> Statement refers to European commission
15
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- The vet service in the importing country shall examine systematically all imported goods of animal origin at the border inspection post
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False => Can’t check every consignment, only suspicious ones
16
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- The first veterinary legislations in EU regulated common criteria for trade between the countries
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TRUE
17
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- The competent veterinary authority in the producer country must ensure that all required health declarations are valid and in accordance with EU criteria
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TRUE
18
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- Veterinary lab of a holding may make diagnostic examinations concerning a notifiable animal disease only as regards to their own livestock
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FALSE