EU law worksheet with answers

How many Commissioners are there in the European Commission?

1. AOne from each member state, including the President and High Representative
2. BTwo from each of the larger member states and one from each of the smaller ones
3. COne for every ten million EU inhabitants
4. DA number set each year by the European Parliament

Under Article 288 TFEU, recommendations and opinions:

1. ABecome binding after five years
2. BBind only the Commission
3. CHave no binding force
4. DAre binding on all member states

Under Article 20 TFEU, who is a citizen of the European Union?

1. AEvery person born on EU territory
2. BEvery person who works in an EU member state
3. CEvery person living legally in the EU for five years
4. DEvery person holding the nationality of a member state

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

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 ASet the national law aside of its own motion, without waiting for it to be repealed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

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

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

According to the Dassonville formula, a measure having equivalent effect to a quantitative restriction is:

1. AOnly a rule that fixes a numerical limit on imports
2. BAny tax on goods coming from another member state
3. CAny trading rule capable of hindering, directly or indirectly, actually or potentially, intra-EU trade
4. DOnly a rule that openly discriminates against imported goods in favour of domestic products of the same kind

In Dorsch Consult (1997), the Court listed factors for deciding whether a body is a "court or tribunal" that may refer under Article 267, including whether it:

1. AHas judges who trained in EU law
2. BIs called a court in national law and hears appeals from the lower courts
3. CIs established by law, permanent, independent and applies rules of law
4. DIs a court of last instance

Under the indirect effect principle (Von Colson, Marleasing), national courts must:

1. AInterpret national law as far as possible in conformity with directives
2. BRefer every case to the Court of Justice
3. CApply directives only after the Commission approves
4. DIgnore national law that conflicts with any directive in private disputes