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1.Easy

The principle of conferral (Article 5(2) TEU) means that:

  1. AMember states must obtain EU consent for all national laws
  2. BThe EU may act in any area where it considers action useful to achieve the Treaties' objectives
  3. CThe EU acts only within the competences the member states have given it in the Treaties
  4. DPowers not used by the EU pass to the Commission
2.Easy

Which body adopts the EU's annual budget together with the Council?

  1. AThe Court of Auditors
  2. BThe European Central Bank
  3. CThe European Council
  4. DThe European Parliament
3.Easy

Which EU institution proposes most new EU legislation?

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

In Dillenkofer (1996), the Court held that a complete failure to transpose a directive on time is:

  1. AExcused if the state was busy with elections
  2. BIn itself a sufficiently serious breach for state liability
  3. CNever a ground for state liability
  4. DSerious only if the Commission has first warned the state in a reasoned opinion
5.Medium

Article 352 TFEU (the flexibility clause) allows the EU to act where the Treaties have not provided the necessary powers, but requires:

  1. AA referendum in every member state
  2. BQualified majority in the Council and the consent of the European Parliament
  3. CUnanimity in the Council and the consent of the European Parliament
  4. DA simple majority in the Parliament only
6.Medium

Costa v ENEL (1964) established:

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

In Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami (2013), the Court interpreted "regulatory act" in Article 263(4) TFEU to mean:

  1. AAn act addressed to a specific individual
  2. BAny act adopted by the Commission or the Council
  3. CAn act of general application other than a legislative act
  4. DAny regulation, whether legislative or not
8.Hard

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

  1. AAbolished the euro in Germany
  2. BWithdrew Germany from the EU
  3. CAccepted unlimited supremacy of EU law
  4. DDeclared a CJEU judgment ultra vires and not binding in Germany

Answer key

  1. 1. C · The EU acts only within the competences the member states have given it in the Treaties
  2. 2. D · The European Parliament
  3. 3. B · The European Commission
  4. 4. B · In itself a sufficiently serious breach for state liability
  5. 5. C · Unanimity in the Council and the consent of the European Parliament
  6. 6. C · The supremacy (primacy) of EU law over national law
  7. 7. C · An act of general application other than a legislative act
  8. 8. D · Declared a CJEU judgment ultra vires and not binding in Germany

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