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1.Easy

Who represents the member state governments in EU law-making?

  1. AThe European Parliament
  2. BThe Council of the EU
  3. CThe Court of Auditors
  4. DThe European Commission
2.Easy

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

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

How is the President of the European Commission chosen?

  1. AProposed by the European Council by qualified majority, then elected by the European Parliament
  2. BElected directly by EU citizens in a separate vote
  3. CAppointed by the Court of Justice
  4. DChosen by the outgoing Commission
4.Medium

In United Brands (1978), the Court defined a dominant position as:

  1. AAny market share above 25% in a member state
  2. BA position of economic strength enabling an undertaking to prevent effective competition and act independently
  3. CHolding a market share of more than 40% in a substantial part of the internal market, whatever the competitors' strength
  4. DBeing the oldest company in a market
5.Medium

Which article of the TFEU prohibits anti-competitive agreements between undertakings?

  1. AArticle 107
  2. BArticle 102
  3. CArticle 101
  4. DArticle 45
6.Medium

The preliminary reference procedure under Article 267 TFEU allows:

  1. ANational courts to ask the CJEU questions on the interpretation or validity of EU law
  2. BThe Parliament to dismiss judges
  3. CIndividuals to bring actions against member states directly before the Court of Justice in Luxembourg
  4. DThe Commission to fine member states
7.Hard

In Aranyosi and Căldăraru (2016), the Court held that a judicial authority executing a European Arrest Warrant:

  1. AMust ask the European Court of Human Rights for permission
  2. BMust always surrender the person, whatever the prison conditions
  3. CMay postpone surrender if there is a real risk of inhuman or degrading detention conditions for that person
  4. DCan refuse any warrant from a state it distrusts in general
8.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. BIs required before any investigation of dominance
  3. CCan in itself be evidence of a dominant position, in the absence of exceptional circumstances
  4. DIs automatically an abuse of a dominant position, without any further analysis being needed by the Commission

Answer key

  1. 1. B · The Council of the EU
  2. 2. A · The Treaty of Rome
  3. 3. A · Proposed by the European Council by qualified majority, then elected by the European Parliament
  4. 4. B · A position of economic strength enabling an undertaking to prevent effective competition and act independently
  5. 5. C · Article 101
  6. 6. A · National courts to ask the CJEU questions on the interpretation or validity of EU law
  7. 7. C · May postpone surrender if there is a real risk of inhuman or degrading detention conditions for that person
  8. 8. C · Can in itself be evidence of a dominant position, in the absence of exceptional circumstances

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