EU law worksheet with answers

Where is the European Central Bank based?

1. ALuxembourg
2. BParis
3. CBrussels
4. DFrankfurt am Main

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

1. ATwo months
2. BSix months
3. CTwo weeks
4. DTwo years

How is the President of the European Commission chosen?

1. AChosen by the outgoing Commission
2. BAppointed by the Court of Justice
3. CElected directly by EU citizens in a separate vote
4. DProposed by the European Council by qualified majority, then elected by the European Parliament

Van Gend en Loos (1963) established that:

1. AMember states can leave the EU at will
2. BDirectives have horizontal direct effect
3. CTreaty provisions bind only the member states and never create rights for individuals before national courts
4. DTreaty provisions can have direct effect and create rights for individuals in national courts

The Bosman judgment (1995) held that football transfer rules for out-of-contract players and nationality quotas:

1. AWere justified by the need for national teams
2. BBreached the free movement of workers
3. CWere outside EU law because sport is not economic
4. DOnly breached competition law, not free movement

Costa v ENEL (1964) established:

1. AState liability for breaches of EU law
2. BThe supremacy (primacy) of EU law over national law
3. CThe principle of subsidiarity
4. DThe direct effect of regulations

The Weiss (PSPP) judgment of the German Federal Constitutional Court in 2020 was controversial because it:

1. AWithdrew Germany from the EU
2. BAbolished the euro in Germany
3. CAccepted unlimited supremacy of EU law
4. DDeclared a CJEU judgment ultra vires and not binding in Germany

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

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