EU law worksheet with answers

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

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

Article 30 TFEU prohibits between member states:

1. ACustoms duties on imports and exports and charges having equivalent effect
2. BQuotas on the number of foreign workers employed
3. CDiscriminatory internal taxation of products coming from other member states
4. DAgreements between companies to share markets

What is the role of an Advocate General at the Court of Justice?

1. ATo prosecute member states that break EU law on behalf of the European Commission
2. BTo give an independent, reasoned opinion on cases before the Court decides
3. CTo defend individuals who cannot afford a lawyer
4. DTo represent the EU institutions in court

Under the subsidiarity protocol, a "yellow card" is triggered when reasoned opinions represent at least:

1. ATwo member state governments
2. BOne third of the votes allocated to national parliaments
3. CAll national parliaments
4. DA simple majority of the votes of the Members of the European Parliament

The principle of subsidiarity means the EU should act in areas outside its exclusive competence only if:

1. AThe Commission considers it popular
2. BEvery member state requests it
3. CThe European Parliament and the Council agree that EU action would be quicker and cheaper than national action
4. DThe objectives cannot be sufficiently achieved by member states and can be better achieved at EU level

Article 352 TFEU (the flexibility clause) allows the EU to act where the Treaties have not provided the necessary powers, but requires:

1. AA simple majority in the Parliament only
2. BQualified majority in the Council and the consent of the European Parliament
3. CA referendum in every member state
4. DUnanimity in the Council and the consent of the European Parliament

The CILFIT criteria describe when a court of last instance does NOT have to make a preliminary reference, for example when:

1. AThe case is urgent for the government
2. BThe question is politically sensitive and the government has formally asked the court not to refer it
3. CThe parties prefer not to refer
4. DThe correct interpretation is so obvious as to leave no scope for reasonable doubt (acte clair)

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

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