EU law worksheet with answers

Under Article 258 TFEU, infringement proceedings against a member state are normally started by:

1. AAn individual citizen
2. BA national court
3. CThe European Commission
4. DThe European Parliament

Which treaty created the European Union and introduced EU citizenship?

1. AThe Treaty of Amsterdam
2. BThe Treaty of Rome
3. CThe Single European Act
4. DThe Maastricht Treaty

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

1. AA simple majority of member states, provided they represent at least half of the EU population
2. BAll member states except one
3. CAt least 55% of member states representing at least 65% of the EU population
4. DTwo-thirds of member states and half of the population

A member state grants a subsidy to a company without notifying the Commission. Under the state aid rules, the state:

1. ABreached the standstill obligation and may be required to recover the aid
2. BMust pay a fine to every competitor
3. CMust obtain approval from the European Parliament afterwards to legalise the aid
4. DHas acted lawfully if the subsidy was small in its view

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

1. AFour member states
2. BTwo member states
3. CTen member states
4. DHalf of the member states

In Simmenthal (1978), the Court of Justice held that a national court faced with a national law conflicting with EU law must:

1. AAsk the national parliament to amend the law first
2. BWait for the national constitutional court to annul the law before it can disapply it
3. CApply the national law if it was adopted later
4. DSet the national law aside of its own motion, without waiting for it to be repealed

In Mangold (2005) and Kücükdeveci (2010), the Court allowed an individual to rely on EU law against a private employer because:

1. AThe employer was an emanation of the state
2. BThe prohibition of age discrimination is a general principle of EU law, given expression in a directive
3. CThe national law had been annulled by the Commission
4. DThe directive on equal treatment in employment had horizontal direct effect in itself after the transposition deadline

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 was owned by foreign investors
4. DIt made a large profit every year