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Water policy: Commission takes legal action against 13 Member States
The European Commission is taking legal action against 13 Member States for breaching two
laws on water. These laws seek to improve the quality of all water. Nine Member States have
received final written warnings calling on them urgently to put in place all the necessary
national measures to comply with the EU Water Framework Directive. This milestone law is
aimed at ensuring the quality of all water resources throughout the EU through a new,
integrated cross-border approach to water management. The Commission has also sent first
written warnings to seven Member States for failing to meet their obligation to install proper
treatment facilities for waste water from cities and towns. Inadequate treatment of waste water
is a major cause of water pollution and represents a serious risk to human health and the
environment.
26. Which of the following statements is not correct?
a) Water pollution is due in part to inadequate waste-water treatment.

b) The EU Water Framework Directive requires the Member States to adopt a common
approach to water management.
c) The EU’s water resources are inadequate and call for an integrated approach.
d) The quality of water in the EU is the subject of a specific framework directive.
27. What does EU legislation require the Member States to do as regards water?
a) Establish a minimum number of waste-water treatment plants per square kilometre.

b) Protect the environment by ensuring urban waste water is treated.
c) Ensure the Member States share their water resources.
d) Exchange good practice and knowledge concerning the conservation of water
resources.
28. What is the criticism levelled by the Commission at the 13 Member States against which
action is being taken?
a) They do not comply with certain laws relating to water quality.

b) They have not adopted national legislation implementing EU legislation on the quality
of water.
c) They do not comply with EU legislation on urban waste water.
d) They do not comply with the EU Water Framework Directive.
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EU research on the reconstruction of the human cornea
EU-funded research to reconstruct the human cornea could revolutionise eye surgery. This
research will allow many to see again and will limit animal testing. Corrective eye surgery,
which renders corneas unsuitable for grafting, has contributed to the international shortage of
cornea donors. The development of artificial corneas will make up for the shortage as well as
reduce the risk of passing on transmissible diseases through surgery. This research will also
enable animal testing of cosmetics and pharmacological products to be reduced. EU
legislation banning the marketing of cosmetics that are tested on animals will soon come into
force and will further reduce this practice.
29. Which of the following statements is correct?
a) The development of corrective eye surgery has adverse effects for cornea grafts.
b) The shortage of cornea donors contributes to the transmission of infectious diseases.
c) Legislation on animal testing has induced the European Union to support research on
corneas.
d) New legislation on cosmetics will bring a reduction in the transmission of infectious
diseases.
30. Which of the following statements regarding research on reconstruction of the human
cornea is correct?
a) It basically aims to solve the shortage of cornea donors.

b) It precedes new legislation banning animal testing of cosmetics.
c) It will do away with the need for people to undergo corrective eye surgery.
d) It will be based on pharmacological research using animals.
31. ...
FIFA rules on players’ agents
The European Commission has decided to close an investigation into the rules governing access to
the profession of players’ agent. This has become possible after FIFA (Fédération International de
Football Association) decided to review the rules concerned. There had been complaints that the ban
on players and clubs using the services of agents not licensed by FIFA was anticompetitive. The
Commission recognises the organisation’s right to regulate the profession in an attempt to promote
good practice as long as access remains open and non-discriminatory. The new FIFA rules state that
anyone wishing to become a players’ agent must pass an examination. To obtain a licence, the
candidate must then take out professional liability insurance to cover any claims for compensation
from a player or club arising from activities that contravene the principles of these rules. The agent
must also sign a code of professional conduct.
32. What is FIFA’s situation regarding the profession of players’ agent?
a) It can apply its own rules if they do not result in discrimination.

b) It can impose bans provided these do not generate competition.
c) It can veto the licensing of players’ agents if the latter sit an examination.
d) It now encourages competition by recruiting more non-approved agents.
33. Which of the following conditions does not have to be met by players’ agents?
a) Be insured against the risk of a problem arising and of a demand for compensation
from a club.
b) Pass an entry examination to demonstrate competence in the profession.
c) Undertake to apply rules setting out guidelines on professional conduct.
d) Take out insurance covering damage suffered if a player proves unsatisfactory.
34. What is the Commission’s opinion regarding access to the profession of players’ agent?
a) The current rules can stand provided they are applied uniformly.
b) The rules must be made more flexible with a view to opening up the market and
ensuring equal treatment for players’ agents.
c) Access must be managed by FIFA in collaboration with an independent selection
body.
d) The rules must go hand in hand with clear rules on compensation.
VIRGIL (Vigilance against Viral Resistance) network project
Because viruses are growing increasingly resistant to drugs, the EU is contributing €9 million
to the VIRGIL project. It will start by addressing drug resistance in viral hepatitis and
influenza, but its scope will later be broadened to other viruses. The network will be based on
research and technological platforms to monitor drug resistance. One platform will monitor,
test and improve the management of antiviral drug resistance in patients while another will
seek to show how resistance develops and to help understand patient-related factors causing
viral resistance. Other innovation and technology platforms will look at ways of overcoming
drug resistance. Lastly, a societal impact platform will assess the network’s benefit for
medicine and patients’ quality of life.
35. Which of the following statements is correct?
a) VIRGIL will focus on certain types of viruses, such as those causing influenza and
hepatitis.
b) Influenza and hepatitis viruses are those most resistant to drugs.
c) Like other drugs, medicines for treating influenza and hepatitis have lost some of their
efficacy.
d) Some viruses are more resistant in certain geographical areas than in others.
36. What is VIRGIL?
a) A network of doctors and researchers who are fighting resistant viruses in

less-favoured areas.
b) A network of medical platforms that will be set up throughout the EU.
c) A project based on a network of platforms involved in research on viruses that are
hard to overcome.
d) A project to set up networks of patients suffering from viruses that are difficult to fight
on one’s own.
Commission proposes review of Working Time Directive
Today the Commission adopted a proposal for a balanced set of interrelated measures that
safeguard the main objective of the Directive – worker health and safety – while responding
to the needs of a modern EU economy. Under the proposal, the Member States can introduce
measures at national level for an opt-out from the 48-hour week in individual cases. The
individual opt-out concerning maximum weekly working hours will involve a collective
agreement or an agreement between the two sides of industry for a particular sector or
workplace. Member States will also be able to extend the standard reference period for
calculating the average 48-hour working week from four months to up to one year. This will
allow companies greater flexibility and adaptability for the demands of their business.
37. Which statement is correct as regards the Commission’s proposal?
a) It allows firms to waive the weekly 48-hour limit under certain conditions.
b) It allows the Member States to decide independently on the maximum working time.
c) It enables national authorities to comply with EU legislation.
d) It allows companies to lay down measures on working time independently.
38. Why is the Commission proposing to review the Directive?
a) To adapt working conditions to the current needs of enterprises.

b) So workers are better protected by collective agreements.
c) So people can work less than 48 hours a week.
d) To improve worker health and safety.
Commission gives green light to restructuring of British Energy
Today the Commission approved an ambitious plan to restructure British Energy that will
ensure the nuclear energy producing group survives. The Commission is satisfied that the new
structure of British Energy will ensure that State aid granted to cover the cost of
decommissioning nuclear power plants in the future is not used for other purposes. Under the
restructuring plan just approved, British Energy will ring-fence its nuclear generation
capacities, which are the only branch of its activities that is entitled to benefit from State aid.
Here ring-fencing means that British Energy will set up three separate businesses that will
each have their own accounts. Apart from the strict rules on ring-fencing, the Commission has
made approval of the restructuring plan subject to other important safeguard measures that
seek to preserve competition on the UK energy markets.
39. Which of the following statements is correct as regards the new structure of British
Energy?
a) It will guarantee that aid is used solely for decommissioning nuclear power plants.
b) The ring-fencing of activities will safeguard competition on the UK market.
c) Nuclear energy generating capacities will have to be separated from the other three
businesses.
d) It forces the competition to keep separate accounts.
40. What is the obligation on British Energy as a result of restructuring?
a) It is required to set up bodies producing different types of energy.

b) It is required not to exceed a given rate of production to comply with the competition
rules.
c) It must use the State aid for decommissioning its nuclear energy production capacities.
d) It must break up its structure in order to take part in the decommissioning of nuclear
power plants.
The Commission acts to combat illegal logging
The European Commission has adopted a set of measures to combat the very worrying
problem of illegal logging and the related trade in illegally harvested timber that robs
governments of billions of euro every year in lost revenue in the developing countries
concerned. The main measures involved: (i) establishing voluntary partnerships with
wood-producing countries affected by illegal logging with a view to supporting and
promoting governance reform in this sector; (ii) drawing up a regulation introducing a legally
binding licensing scheme with partner countries to ensure that only legal timber from these
countries is allowed into the EU. The measures are based on an approach that links the
promotion of good governance in developing countries with legal instruments.
41. Which of the following statements is not correct?
a) Wood-producing countries are not required to work in partnership with the

Commission.
b) Countries working in partnership will be subject to strict legal rules.
c) Countries not working in partnership will no longer be able to export wood to the
European Union.
d) Wood-producing countries can draw significant benefit from working in partnership.
42. Which of the following statements on illegal logging is correct?
a) It is worrying given the loss of earnings it entails for wood-importing countries.

b) If it is to be effective, the fight against this practice must combine management and
legal aspects.
c) It may ultimately deprive the developing countries of their forestry resources.
d) Poor management of licensing arrangements allows it to happen.
43. Which of the following measures is among those quoted?
a) Stepping up border controls in the partner countries and making them stricter.
b) Reforming international legal provisions on trade in wood to prevent abuses.
c) Setting quotas on the quantities of wood that can be imported from the countries most
affected.
d) Establishing collaboration between the Commission and the countries affected by this
problem.
Ministers agree on coordinated approach to influenza
The Ministers agreed on several measures for a coordinated approach to influenza

preparedness cooperation. These involved informing each other in advance of taking any
measures through the EU’s communicable disease network and its Early Warning and
Response System, organising concertation with those in the profession to look at capacity
issues arising for basic treatment (vaccines and antivirals), developing a more integrated
approach between animal and public-health experts, acting in coordination in various areas
such as research and communication and keeping up close cooperation with WHO and other
international bodies. The Commission is currently able to obtain valuable data on influenza
outbreaks in 22 European countries.
44. What is the general principle behind the measures mentioned?
a) To be better prepared for any outbreak through better international cooperation.

b) To stop cooperating in order to deal with the influenza outbreak.
c) To react better to the influenza outbreak through better cooperation.
d) To conduct research on transmissible diseases through a coordinated approach.
45. Which of the following corresponds to one of the measures put forward?
a) Informing members of the network before taking any action.

b) Alerting people and then taking practical steps.
c) Providing for basic treatment before putting measures in place.
d) Considering the disease’s transmissibility before taking any measure.
Volume and turnover of the French fishing industry
Turnover
Volume (thousand tonnes) (million
euros)
1990 2000 2003 2003
Fresh seafood 540 480 440 1 000
Fish 440 360 350 700
Crustaceans and shellfish 90 100 80 280
Seaweed 10 20 10 20
Frozen or processed fish 140 220 280 180
Aquaculture 210 270 250 600
Total 890 970 970 1 780
46. …
47. What was the percentage increase in the volume of frozen or processed fish sold between
1990 and 2005, given that the increase between 2003 and 2005 was 10%?
a) 120%
b) 45%
c) 220%
d) 55%
48. During 2003 a fishmonger sold 50 tonnes of fish and 35 tonnes of crustaceans and
shellfish. What was his turnover in euros?
a) 193 721
b) 245 000
c) 222 500
d) 193 182
Average length of time the unemployed are out of work
Average length
Actual change Target
of time (2005)
Number of
(1995-2005) (1995-2015)
days
Finland 70 2% -3%
Belgium 180 16% -15%
Austria 80 5% -5%
France 170 15% -15%
United Kingdom 90 -8% -8%
Denmark 120 3% -12%
EU total 160 8% -11%
United States 80 4% -9%
49. By how many days must the unemployed in Austria reduce the length of time they are out
of work to achieve the target set?
a) 4
b) 10
c) 8
d) -4
50. The average length of unemployment for every person of working age in France is 170
days, but the figure is 220 days for unemployed people aged 45 and over. Of the 30
million working population in France in 2005, 18 million were aged 45 and over. What
was the average length of unemployment in France for the working population aged under
45 in 2005?
a) 170 days
b) 95 days
c) 137 days
d) 350 days
Rate of ceasing school in several European countries, broken down by reason and sex
(per 10 000 pupils) (2004)
France Italy Belgium Spain
Reason Boys Girls B G B G B G
Leaving education 42.9 27.1 45.1 24.2 39.6 30.8 39.6 23.1
Switch to other training 26.4 16.5 23.1 13.2 24.2 12.1 24.2 17.6
Family reasons 6.6 3.3 9.9 4.4 6.6 4.4 15.4 11
Reasons unknown 5.5 3.3 4.4 2.2 2.2 1.1 4.4 3.3
Health reasons 5.5 2.2 12.1 4.5 13.2 4.4 4.4 2.2
Of which: Accidental death 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 3.3 1.1 0.55
Suicide 2.2 1.1 3.3 1.1 1.1 0.55 1.1 0.55
51. In 2004 Italy's school age population was 10 000 000. How many Italians ceased
attending school for health reasons other than accidental death and suicide?
a) 12 000
b) 16 600
c) 7 700
d) 10 000
Illiteracy rate among the population by age group (2005)
Adolescents Adults Seniors

from 12 to 18 from 19 to 60 over 61
Spain 8% 5% 4%
Portugal 9% 7% 6%
Germany 7% 4% 3%
Italy 6% 4% 3%
United Kingdom 6% 3% 3%
Finland 5% 4% 3%
52. In 2003 Germany decided to devote 20 euros per illiterate person to the fight against
illiteracy. However, this budget shrank by 10% a year up to 2005. In 2005 Germany's
population structure was as follows: 26 000 000 adolescents, 35 000 000 adults and
15 000 000 seniors. What was the total amount (in euros) devoted to combating illiteracy
in Germany in 2005, given that the illiteracy rate per age group in Germany remained
constant between 2003 in 2005?
a) 73 400 000
b) 66 060 000
c) 59 454 000
d) 1 231 200 000
TV entertainment programmes broadcast in 4 European countries in 2004
Hours broadcast France Germany Italy Spain

Fiction 1 100 700 480 220
Documentaries 200 75 145 150
Sport 115 275 55 155
Talk-shows 35 50 100 20
Total 1 450 1 100 780 545
53. The total number of hours of fiction broadcast in the 4 countries shown in the table had
fallen by 50% compared with 1999. Germany broadcast 750 hours of fiction in 1999.
What was Germany's share of fiction programmes broadcast in 1999?
a) Germany's share of fiction programmes broadcast was 10 %.

b) Germany's share of fiction programmes broadcast was 15 %.
c) Germany's share of fiction programmes broadcast was 54 %.
d) Germany's share of fiction programmes broadcast was 30 %.
54. In Italy in 2004, 300 hours of fiction were broadcast in the form of series, and 180 hours
in the form of films. The films lasted for 1 hour 30 minutes on average. There were twice
as many series as films. On average, how long did each series broadcast last?
a) 112.5 minutes
b) 100 minutes
c) 75 minutes
d) 150 minutes
Average inflation rate (% per year) in the property and
consumer goods sectors (2002)
Consumer goods
Property sector
sector
France 18 3
Luxembourg 12 2
Belgium 16 2
Spain 21 4
United Kingdom 17 2
Slovenia 16 3
55. At the end of 2000 a property cost 135 000 euros on average in France and 120 000 euros
in Belgium. Given that inflation remained constant between 2001 and 2002, which of the
following statements is correct at the end of 2002?
a) On average a property was worth 26 502 euros more in France than in Belgium.
b) On average a property was worth 26 502 euros more in Belgium than in France.
c) On average a property was worth 15 000 euros more in France than in Belgium.
d) On average a property was worth 20 100 euros more in France than in Belgium.
Key:
Q26 C
Q27 B
Q28 A
Q29 A
Q30 B
Q31 ...
Q32 A
Q33 D
Q34 B
Q35 C
Q36 C
Q37 A
Q38 A
Q39 A
Q40 C
Q41 C
Q42 B
Q43 D
Q44 C
Q45 A
Q46 ...
Q47 A
Q48 C
Q49 C
Q50 B
Q51 D
Q52 C
Q53 B
Q54 C
Q55 A

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Water policy: Commission takes legal action against 13 Member States

26. Which of the following statements is not correct?

a) Water pollution is due in part to inadequate waste-water treatment.

a) Establish a minimum number of waste-water treatment plants per square kilometre.

a) They do not comply with certain laws relating to water quality.

29. Which of the following statements is correct?

a) It basically aims to solve the shortage of cornea donors.

32. What is FIFA’s situation regarding the profession of players’ agent?

a) It can apply its own rules if they do not result in discrimination.

35. Which of the following statements is correct?

36. What is VIRGIL?

a) A network of doctors and researchers who are fighting resistant viruses in

37. Which statement is correct as regards the Commission’s proposal?

38. Why is the Commission proposing to review the Directive?

a) To adapt working conditions to the current needs of enterprises.

40. What is the obligation on British Energy as a result of restructuring?

a) It is required to set up bodies producing different types of energy.

41. Which of the following statements is not correct?

a) Wood-producing countries are not required to work in partnership with the

42. Which of the following statements on illegal logging is correct?

a) It is worrying given the loss of earnings it entails for wood-importing countries.

43. Which of the following measures is among those quoted?

The Ministers agreed on several measures for a coordinated approach to influenza

44. What is the general principle behind the measures mentioned?

a) To be better prepared for any outbreak through better international cooperation.

a) Informing members of the network before taking any action.

Illiteracy rate among the population by age group (2005)

Adolescents Adults Seniors

Hours broadcast France Germany Italy Spain

a) Germany's share of fiction programmes broadcast was 10 %.

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