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1.Easy

Which TFEU article provides for the free movement of workers?

  1. AArticle 157
  2. BArticle 101
  3. CArticle 34
  4. DArticle 45
2.Easy

The European Council consists of:

  1. AThe Members of the European Parliament elected in each state
  2. BThe heads of state or government of the member states, its President and the Commission President
  3. CThe judges of the Court of Justice and the General Court
  4. DThe ministers of the member states for each policy area, chaired by the rotating Council presidency
3.Easy

Where is the European Central Bank based?

  1. ALuxembourg
  2. BFrankfurt am Main
  3. CBrussels
  4. DParis
4.Medium

Directives generally do NOT have:

  1. AHorizontal direct effect between private parties
  2. BBinding force after the transposition deadline
  3. CAny legal effect at all
  4. DVertical direct effect against the state
5.Medium

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

  1. AA referendum in every member state
  2. BUnanimity in the Council and the consent of the European Parliament
  3. CQualified majority in the Council and the consent of the European Parliament
  4. DA simple majority in the Parliament only
6.Medium

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

  1. AArticle 45
  2. BArticle 107
  3. CArticle 102
  4. DArticle 101
7.Hard

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

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

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

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

Answer key

  1. 1. D · Article 45
  2. 2. B · The heads of state or government of the member states, its President and the Commission President
  3. 3. B · Frankfurt am Main
  4. 4. A · Horizontal direct effect between private parties
  5. 5. B · Unanimity in the Council and the consent of the European Parliament
  6. 6. D · Article 101
  7. 7. D · Can in itself be evidence of a dominant position, in the absence of exceptional circumstances
  8. 8. A · The prohibition of age discrimination is a general principle of EU law, given expression in a directive

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