EU law worksheet with answers

Which TFEU article provides for the free movement of workers?

1. AArticle 34
2. BArticle 101
3. CArticle 157
4. DArticle 45

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

1. AHealth care organisation
2. BThe common commercial policy
3. CTourism
4. DEducation and culture

Where is the European Central Bank based?

1. ABrussels
2. BParis
3. CFrankfurt am Main
4. DLuxembourg

The preliminary reference procedure under Article 267 TFEU allows:

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

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

1. ACannot declare an EU act invalid themselves and must refer the question
2. BCan freely declare EU acts invalid
3. CCannot refer validity questions to the Court of Justice
4. DMust apply EU acts even if the Court of Justice has already declared them invalid

Under the Lisbon voting rules, a blocking minority in the Council must include at least:

1. AHalf of the member states
2. BTwo member states
3. CFour member states
4. DTen member states

Altmark Trans (2003) set conditions under which compensation for public service obligations:

1. AMust be approved by the European Parliament
2. BIs always prohibited state aid
3. CIs not state aid because it confers no advantage
4. DCan only be paid to state-owned companies

In Höfner and Elser (1991), a German public employment agency was held to be an "undertaking" for competition law because:

1. AIt was registered as a private company and financed by the fees it charged employers
2. BIt was engaged in an economic activity, regardless of its legal status and financing
3. CIt made a large profit every year
4. DIt was owned by foreign investors