EU law worksheet with answers

Which TFEU article prohibits the abuse of a dominant position?

1. AArticle 107
2. BArticle 101
3. CArticle 102
4. DArticle 56

Under Article 258 TFEU, infringement proceedings against a member state are normally started by:

1. AThe European Parliament
2. BThe European Commission
3. CA national court
4. DAn individual citizen

The European Council consists of:

1. AThe heads of state or government of the member states, its President and the Commission President
2. BThe Members of the European Parliament elected in each state
3. CThe ministers of the member states for each policy area, chaired by the rotating Council presidency
4. DThe judges of the Court of Justice and the General Court

The ordinary legislative procedure gives equal law-making roles to:

1. AThe Commission and the Court of Justice
2. BThe European Parliament and the Council
3. CNational parliaments and the Commission
4. DThe European Council and the Central Bank

Under the subsidiarity protocol, a "yellow card" is triggered when reasoned opinions represent at least:

1. AOne third of the votes allocated to national parliaments
2. BAll national parliaments
3. CA simple majority of the votes of the Members of the European Parliament
4. DTwo member state governments

Which of these can NOT be used to justify a restriction on imports under Article 36 TFEU?

1. APublic morality
2. BProtection of human health
3. CProtecting the national economy from competition
4. DProtection of industrial and commercial property

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

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

Keck and Mithouard (1993) held that national rules on "selling arrangements" fall outside Article 34 TFEU if they:

1. AConcern the composition, labelling or packaging of products, even if they apply equally to all traders in the national territory
2. BAre adopted by local authorities
3. CDiscriminate against imported products
4. DApply to all traders in the national territory and affect domestic and imported products equally in law and fact