EU law worksheet with answers

Article 30 TFEU prohibits between member states:

1. ACustoms duties on imports and exports and charges having equivalent effect
2. BDiscriminatory internal taxation of products coming from other member states
3. CAgreements between companies to share markets
4. DQuotas on the number of foreign workers employed

Which EU institution proposes most new EU legislation?

1. AThe Court of Justice
2. BThe European Central Bank
3. CThe European Commission
4. DThe European Parliament

What is the role of an Advocate General at the Court of Justice?

1. ATo give an independent, reasoned opinion on cases before the Court decides
2. BTo defend individuals who cannot afford a lawyer
3. CTo prosecute member states that break EU law on behalf of the European Commission
4. DTo represent the EU institutions in court

The principle of subsidiarity means the EU should act in areas outside its exclusive competence only if:

1. AThe European Parliament and the Council agree that EU action would be quicker and cheaper than national action
2. BEvery member state requests it
3. CThe objectives cannot be sufficiently achieved by member states and can be better achieved at EU level
4. DThe Commission considers it popular

What is the correct order of the stages of infringement proceedings under Article 258 TFEU?

1. AReferral to the Court, reasoned opinion, letter of formal notice
2. BReasoned opinion, letter of formal notice, then referral to the General Court
3. CPreliminary reference, letter of formal notice, fine
4. DLetter of formal notice, reasoned opinion, referral to the Court of Justice

In Foto-Frost (1987), the Court held that national courts:

1. ACannot declare an EU act invalid themselves and must refer the question
2. BCannot refer validity questions to the Court of Justice
3. CMust apply EU acts even if the Court of Justice has already declared them invalid
4. DCan freely declare EU acts invalid

In Aranyosi and Căldăraru (2016), the Court held that a judicial authority executing a European Arrest Warrant:

1. AMay postpone surrender if there is a real risk of inhuman or degrading detention conditions for that person
2. BMust ask the European Court of Human Rights for permission
3. CMust always surrender the person, whatever the prison conditions
4. DCan refuse any warrant from a state it distrusts in general

In Plaumann (1963), a clementine importer challenged a Commission decision addressed to Germany. The Court held that a non-addressee is individually concerned only if:

1. AThey belong to the economic sector affected and carry on the commercial activity that the act regulates, like any other importer
2. BThey have written to the Commission before the act
3. CThey suffer a financial loss from the act
4. DThe act affects them because of attributes or circumstances that distinguish them from all other persons