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1.Easy

Which TFEU article guarantees the freedom of establishment?

  1. AArticle 110
  2. BArticle 45
  3. CArticle 63
  4. DArticle 49
2.Easy

Which EU institution proposes most new EU legislation?

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

Which TFEU article prohibits the abuse of a dominant position?

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

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

  1. APosts involving the exercise of public power and safeguarding the general interests of the state
  2. BJobs in companies that have government contracts
  3. CAll jobs in the public sector, including those of nurses, teachers and railway workers employed by the state
  4. DAny job paid for by public funds
5.Medium

In Commission v Ireland ("Buy Irish", 1982), a campaign promoting Irish products breached Article 34 because:

  1. AIt was a state-supported measure capable of influencing traders to prefer domestic goods
  2. BIt was run by private companies without state involvement
  3. CIt set quotas on goods from other member states
  4. DIt imposed a charge having equivalent effect to a customs duty on goods imported from other member states
6.Medium

Francovich (1991) established that:

  1. ADirectives have horizontal direct effect
  2. BMember states can be liable to pay damages for failing to implement a directive
  3. CIndividuals can enforce unimplemented directives directly against private employers
  4. DThe Commission can annul national laws
7.Hard

In AKZO (1991), the Court of Justice stated that a market share of 50% or more:

  1. AIs irrelevant to the assessment of dominance
  2. BCan in itself be evidence of a dominant position, in the absence of exceptional circumstances
  3. CIs automatically an abuse of a dominant position, without any further analysis being needed by the Commission
  4. DIs required before any investigation of dominance
8.Hard

In CIA Security (1996), Belgian technical rules not notified to the Commission as required by a directive were held to be:

  1. AVoid only in disputes against the Belgian state
  2. BInapplicable, even in a dispute between private competitors
  3. CValid until the Commission brings infringement proceedings
  4. DValid, because directives do not have horizontal direct effect

Answer key

  1. 1. D · Article 49
  2. 2. D · The European Commission
  3. 3. B · Article 102
  4. 4. A · Posts involving the exercise of public power and safeguarding the general interests of the state
  5. 5. A · It was a state-supported measure capable of influencing traders to prefer domestic goods
  6. 6. B · Member states can be liable to pay damages for failing to implement a directive
  7. 7. B · Can in itself be evidence of a dominant position, in the absence of exceptional circumstances
  8. 8. B · Inapplicable, even in a dispute between private competitors

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