EU law worksheet with answers

What is the time limit for bringing an action for annulment under Article 263 TFEU?

1. ATwo years
2. BTwo months
3. CTwo weeks
4. DSix months

Under Article 288 TFEU, an EU decision is:

1. ABinding only as to the result to be achieved by each state
2. BBinding in its entirety, and on those to whom it is addressed if it names addressees
3. CBinding only after approval by national parliaments
4. DA non-binding statement of the institution's opinion addressed to member states or individuals

What is the main task of the European Court of Auditors?

1. AHearing appeals against national court judgments
2. BExamining the EU's accounts and checking that its revenue and spending are lawful and sound
3. CSetting interest rates for the euro area
4. DDrafting the EU's annual budget proposal and presenting it to the European Parliament for approval

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

1. ACan freely declare EU acts invalid
2. BMust apply EU acts even if the Court of Justice has already declared them invalid
3. CCannot declare an EU act invalid themselves and must refer the question
4. DCannot refer validity questions to the Court of Justice

Under Article 51 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the Charter binds member states:

1. AOnly when their constitution allows it
2. BIn all their activities, including purely national matters
3. COnly when they are implementing EU law
4. DNever, as it binds only the EU institutions

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

1. AExclusive competence
2. BShared competence
3. CNo EU competence at all
4. DSupporting competence

In R v Henn and Darby (1979), a UK ban on importing pornographic material was held to be:

1. AOutside Article 34 because it concerned only books
2. BJustified on grounds of public morality under Article 36
3. CUnjustified because the UK allowed some domestic pornography
4. DA customs duty contrary to Article 30

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