EU law worksheet with answers

Which TFEU article prohibits restrictions on the freedom to provide services across borders?

1. AArticle 102
2. BArticle 56
3. CArticle 49
4. DArticle 30

Which pair of treaties forms the basis of the EU after the Lisbon Treaty?

1. AThe Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
2. BThe Schengen Agreement and the Maastricht Treaty
3. CThe Treaty of Rome and the Treaty of Paris
4. DThe Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU and the European Convention on Human Rights

Members of the European Parliament are:

1. ADirectly elected by citizens of the member states
2. BChosen by the Commission
3. CAppointed by national governments
4. DElected by national parliaments only

Costa v ENEL (1964) established:

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

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

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

1. ACan freely declare EU acts invalid
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. DCannot declare an EU act invalid themselves and must refer the question

In the Factortame litigation, the CJEU held that national courts must:

1. AWait for Parliament to amend the statute first
2. BBe able to grant interim relief setting aside a national rule that may breach EU law
3. CRefer the case to the European Court of Human Rights
4. DApply national statutes until the national parliament itself repeals any rule that conflicts with EU law

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