EU law worksheet with answers

Which EU court hears most direct actions brought by individuals and companies at first instance?

1. AThe Court of Auditors
2. BThe Court of Justice
3. CThe European Court of Human Rights
4. DThe General Court

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

1. AEducation and culture
2. BThe common commercial policy
3. CHealth care organisation
4. DTourism

Under the Lisbon rules, a qualified majority in the Council normally requires:

1. AAt least 55% of member states representing at least 65% of the EU population
2. BTwo-thirds of member states and half of the population
3. CA simple majority of member states, provided they represent at least half of the EU population
4. DAll member states except one

Under Article 51 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the Charter binds member states:

1. AOnly when they are implementing EU law
2. BNever, as it binds only the EU institutions
3. COnly when their constitution allows it
4. DIn all their activities, including purely national matters

Van Gend en Loos (1963) established that:

1. ADirectives have horizontal direct effect
2. BTreaty provisions bind only the member states and never create rights for individuals before national courts
3. CMember states can leave the EU at will
4. DTreaty provisions can have direct effect and create rights for individuals in national courts

The Cassis de Dijon judgment introduced:

1. AState liability
2. BThe rule that indistinctly applicable measures can be justified only on the grounds listed exhaustively in Article 36 TFEU
3. CEU citizenship
4. DMutual recognition and mandatory requirements as justifications for indistinctly applicable measures

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

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

The Weiss (PSPP) judgment of the German Federal Constitutional Court in 2020 was controversial because it:

1. ADeclared a CJEU judgment ultra vires and not binding in Germany
2. BAccepted unlimited supremacy of EU law
3. CWithdrew Germany from the EU
4. DAbolished the euro in Germany