EU law worksheet with answers

Which TFEU article prohibits the abuse of a dominant position?

1. AArticle 101
2. BArticle 102
3. CArticle 107
4. DArticle 56

Which EU institution proposes most new EU legislation?

1. AThe Court of Justice
2. BThe European Parliament
3. CThe European Central Bank
4. DThe European Commission

Which article of the TEU allows a member state to leave the EU?

1. AArticle 7
2. BArticle 50
3. CArticle 48
4. DArticle 267

Article 34 TFEU prohibits:

1. ACartels between undertakings
2. BState aid to companies
3. CDiscrimination based on nationality in employment and the provision of services between member states
4. DQuantitative restrictions on imports and measures having equivalent effect between member states

The "public service" exception in Article 45(4) TFEU covers:

1. AJobs in companies that have government contracts
2. BAny job paid for by public funds
3. CPosts involving the exercise of public power and safeguarding the general interests of the state
4. DAll jobs in the public sector, including those of nurses, teachers and railway workers employed by the state

Costa v ENEL (1964) established:

1. AThe direct effect of regulations
2. BThe principle of subsidiarity
3. CState liability for breaches of EU law
4. DThe supremacy (primacy) of EU law over national law

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

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

In Inter-Environnement Wallonie (1997), the Court held that during the transposition period of a directive, member states:

1. AAre free to adopt any measure until the deadline expires, even one directly contrary to the directive's aims
2. BMust refrain from adopting measures liable to seriously compromise the result the directive prescribes
3. CMay ask the Commission to extend the deadline indefinitely
4. DMust already apply the directive in full