EU law worksheet with answers

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

1. AEducation and culture
2. BHealth care organisation
3. CThe common commercial policy
4. DTourism

Members of the European Parliament are:

1. ADirectly elected by citizens of the member states
2. BAppointed by national governments
3. CElected by national parliaments only
4. DChosen by the Commission

The free movement of capital under Article 63 TFEU applies to movements:

1. ABetween member states and also between member states and third countries
2. BOnly between member states, and with third countries only by special agreement
3. COnly to transfers made by governments
4. DOnly between member states of the euro area

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

1. AShared competence
2. BExclusive competence
3. CNo EU competence at all
4. DSupporting competence

Francovich (1991) established that:

1. AThe Commission can annul national laws
2. BMember states can be liable to pay damages for failing to implement a directive
3. CDirectives have horizontal direct effect
4. DIndividuals can enforce unimplemented directives directly against private employers

The preliminary reference procedure under Article 267 TFEU allows:

1. AIndividuals to bring actions against member states directly before the Court of Justice in Luxembourg
2. BNational courts to ask the CJEU questions on the interpretation or validity of EU law
3. CThe Commission to fine member states
4. DThe Parliament to dismiss judges

Under Article 263 TFEU, a private applicant may challenge a regulatory act that does not need implementing measures if it is:

1. AOf direct concern to them
2. BPublished in a national newspaper
3. COf interest to them in any way
4. DAdopted unanimously

In Aranyosi and Căldăraru (2016), the Court held that a judicial authority executing a European Arrest Warrant:

1. AMust ask the European Court of Human Rights for permission
2. BMay postpone surrender if there is a real risk of inhuman or degrading detention conditions for that person
3. CMust always surrender the person, whatever the prison conditions
4. DCan refuse any warrant from a state it distrusts in general