EU law worksheet with answers

How is the President of the European Commission chosen?

1. AChosen by the outgoing Commission
2. BProposed by the European Council by qualified majority, then elected by the European Parliament
3. CElected directly by EU citizens in a separate vote
4. DAppointed by the Court of Justice

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

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

What is the time limit for bringing an action for annulment under Article 263 TFEU?

1. ASix months
2. BTwo weeks
3. CTwo months
4. DTwo years

In Foster v British Gas (1990), the Court held that a directive can be relied on against a body that is:

1. AOwned by private shareholders but regulated by law
2. BMade responsible by the state for a public service under its control, with special powers
3. CAny private body that receives a public contract from the state, whatever its powers or functions
4. DAny large company with more than 500 employees

According to Gebhard (1995), what mainly distinguishes establishment from the provision of services?

1. AEstablishment involves activity on a stable and continuous basis in the host state
2. BServices can only be provided by employees
3. CEstablishment always requires forming a company
4. DServices are provided only through a permanent office or branch in the host member state

According to the Dassonville formula, a measure having equivalent effect to a quantitative restriction is:

1. AAny trading rule capable of hindering, directly or indirectly, actually or potentially, intra-EU trade
2. BOnly a rule that fixes a numerical limit on imports
3. CAny tax on goods coming from another member state
4. DOnly a rule that openly discriminates against imported goods in favour of domestic products of the same kind

In Unión de Pequeños Agricultores (UPA, 2002), the Court of Justice held that the Plaumann test:

1. AApplies only to regulations, not to decisions
2. BWas incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights
3. CShould be relaxed, as the Advocate General proposed, to a "substantial adverse effect" test wherever no national remedy exists
4. DCould not be relaxed by the Court, as effective remedies are the responsibility of national systems and treaty amendment

In Plaumann (1963), a clementine importer challenged a Commission decision addressed to Germany. The Court held that a non-addressee is individually concerned only if:

1. AThey suffer a financial loss from the act
2. BThey belong to the economic sector affected and carry on the commercial activity that the act regulates, like any other importer
3. CThe act affects them because of attributes or circumstances that distinguish them from all other persons
4. DThey have written to the Commission before the act