EU law worksheet with answers

Which treaty created the European Union and introduced EU citizenship?

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

What is the main task of the European Court of Auditors?

1. ASetting interest rates for the euro area
2. BDrafting the EU's annual budget proposal and presenting it to the European Parliament for approval
3. CHearing appeals against national court judgments
4. DExamining the EU's accounts and checking that its revenue and spending are lawful and sound

Which treaty, signed in 1957, established the European Economic Community?

1. AThe Treaty of Nice
2. BThe Treaty of Maastricht
3. CThe Treaty of Paris
4. DThe Treaty of Rome

Under Directive 2004/38, an EU citizen may reside in another member state for up to three months:

1. AOnly if they prove sufficient resources and comprehensive sickness insurance
2. BOnly if they have a job offer in that state
3. COnly if they register with the police on arrival
4. DWith only a valid identity card or passport and no other conditions

Which of these can NOT be used to justify a restriction on imports under Article 36 TFEU?

1. AProtecting the national economy from competition
2. BPublic morality
3. CProtection of industrial and commercial property
4. DProtection of human health

In Van Binsbergen (1974), a Dutch rule requiring legal representatives to reside in the Netherlands was examined. The Court held that:

1. ALegal services are outside the scope of the Treaty
2. BMember states may always require residence for professionals involved in the administration of justice
3. CThe freedom to provide services is directly effective and residence requirements need justification
4. DOnly regulations can create rights for service providers

The "Melloni" judgment held that a member state may NOT:

1. ARefer questions to the Court of Justice
2. BEver protect fundamental rights more than the EU
3. CExecute any European Arrest Warrant
4. DApply a higher national standard of fundamental rights where it would undermine the primacy, unity and effectiveness of EU law in a fully harmonised area

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