EU law worksheet with answers

The European Ombudsman investigates complaints about:

1. ACrimes committed by EU citizens
2. BHuman rights violations by member states
3. CMaladministration by EU institutions and bodies
4. DBreaches of EU law by private companies

Which treaty created the European Union and introduced EU citizenship?

1. AThe Single European Act
2. BThe Maastricht Treaty
3. CThe Treaty of Rome
4. DThe Treaty of Amsterdam

Which of these is an exclusive competence of the EU under Article 3 TFEU?

1. ATourism
2. BThe common commercial policy
3. CHealth care organisation
4. DEducation and culture

In Ratti (1979), the Court held that an individual could NOT rely on a directive against the state:

1. AAfter the transposition deadline had expired
2. BIf the directive was clear and unconditional
3. CBefore the transposition deadline had expired
4. DIf the member state had failed to transpose it

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

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

According to the Dassonville formula, a measure having equivalent effect to a quantitative restriction is:

1. AAny trading rule capable of hindering, directly or indirectly, actually or potentially, intra-EU trade
2. BOnly a rule that openly discriminates against imported goods in favour of domestic products of the same kind
3. COnly a rule that fixes a numerical limit on imports
4. DAny tax on goods coming from another member state

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

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

In Dano (2014), the Court held that an economically inactive EU national with no sufficient resources:

1. ACould be refused social assistance because she did not meet the residence conditions of Directive 2004/38
2. BHad to be granted permanent residence after one year
3. CHad an absolute right to social assistance on the same terms as nationals, by virtue of Union citizenship alone
4. DCould be expelled automatically without any assessment