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1.Easy

Where is the Court of Justice of the European Union based?

  1. AThe Hague
  2. BStrasbourg
  3. CLuxembourg
  4. DBrussels
2.Easy

An EU directive must be:

  1. AApplied directly without any national measure
  2. BTransposed into national law by a deadline
  3. CIgnored if the state disagrees
  4. DApproved by a referendum in each state
3.Easy

Article 30 TFEU prohibits between member states:

  1. AQuotas on the number of foreign workers employed
  2. BCustoms duties on imports and exports and charges having equivalent effect
  3. CDiscriminatory internal taxation of products coming from other member states
  4. DAgreements between companies to share markets
4.Medium

Van Gend en Loos (1963) established that:

  1. ATreaty provisions can have direct effect and create rights for individuals in national courts
  2. BTreaty provisions bind only the member states and never create rights for individuals before national courts
  3. CMember states can leave the EU at will
  4. DDirectives have horizontal direct effect
5.Medium

Which article of the TFEU prohibits anti-competitive agreements between undertakings?

  1. AArticle 102
  2. BArticle 107
  3. CArticle 101
  4. DArticle 45
6.Medium

Environmental policy is an example of which type of EU competence?

  1. AExclusive competence
  2. BNo EU competence at all
  3. CShared competence
  4. DSupporting competence
7.Hard

In Egenberger (2018), the Court held that Article 21 of the Charter (non-discrimination):

  1. AApplies only to EU institutions and never to private employers
  2. BIs sufficient in itself to confer a right that individuals can rely on in disputes between private parties
  3. CIs a mere principle that cannot be relied on in court
  4. DRequires national implementing legislation or secondary EU law before it has any effect in private disputes
8.Hard

In Commission v Italy (trailers, 2009), an Italian ban on motorcycles towing trailers was held to be:

  1. AA selling arrangement outside Article 34
  2. BOutside Article 34 because it applied equally to domestic and imported motorcycles and trailers alike
  3. CA measure having equivalent effect, because it hindered access to the market for the product
  4. DA customs duty contrary to Article 30

Answer key

  1. 1. C · Luxembourg
  2. 2. B · Transposed into national law by a deadline
  3. 3. B · Customs duties on imports and exports and charges having equivalent effect
  4. 4. A · Treaty provisions can have direct effect and create rights for individuals in national courts
  5. 5. C · Article 101
  6. 6. C · Shared competence
  7. 7. B · Is sufficient in itself to confer a right that individuals can rely on in disputes between private parties
  8. 8. C · A measure having equivalent effect, because it hindered access to the market for the product

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