EU law worksheet with answers

Article 107 TFEU generally prohibits:

1. ADiscrimination against workers and service providers from other member states
2. BAgreements between companies that fix prices
3. CCustoms duties on imports from other member states
4. DState aid that distorts competition and affects trade between member states

What is the role of an Advocate General at the Court of Justice?

1. ATo prosecute member states that break EU law on behalf of the European Commission
2. BTo represent the EU institutions in court
3. CTo defend individuals who cannot afford a lawyer
4. DTo give an independent, reasoned opinion on cases before the Court decides

The Schengen area mainly concerns:

1. AThe common rules on competition between companies
2. BThe abolition of checks on persons at internal borders
3. CThe election of the European Parliament
4. DThe use of the euro as a single currency

Internationale Handelsgesellschaft (1970) held that the validity of a Community measure:

1. ACannot be affected by claims that it breaches national constitutional rights
2. BCan be reviewed by any national court that doubts it
3. CRequires approval by a national referendum
4. DDepends on its compatibility with the fundamental rights in each national constitution

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

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

In Foster v British Gas (1990), the Court held that a directive can be relied on against a body that is:

1. AAny large company with more than 500 employees
2. BOwned by private shareholders but regulated by law
3. CAny private body that receives a public contract from the state, whatever its powers or functions
4. DMade responsible by the state for a public service under its control, with special powers

In Opinion 2/13 (2014), the Court of Justice held that the draft agreement on EU accession to the ECHR:

1. AWas compatible with the Treaties, provided the Council approved it unanimously after consulting Parliament
2. BWas unnecessary because the EU had already acceded
3. CWas incompatible with the Treaties, in part because it threatened the autonomy of EU law
4. DCould only be ratified by a referendum in each state

In Säger v Dennemeyer (1991), the Court held that Article 56 TFEU requires the abolition of:

1. AOnly rules that openly discriminate on grounds of nationality
2. BAll national licensing requirements, without exception, even where they protect service recipients and are applied proportionately
3. COnly rules adopted after the provider has arrived
4. DAny restriction, even if non-discriminatory, liable to prohibit or impede the services of a provider from another member state