State vet 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