EU law worksheet with answers

Under Article 258 TFEU, infringement proceedings against a member state are normally started by:

1. AAn individual citizen
2. BThe European Parliament
3. CThe European Commission
4. DA national court

The Schengen area mainly concerns:

1. AThe election of the European Parliament
2. BThe abolition of checks on persons at internal borders
3. CThe use of the euro as a single currency
4. DThe common rules on competition between companies

Which treaty created the European Union and introduced EU citizenship?

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

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

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 CSet the national law aside of its own motion, without waiting for it to be repealed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

Under Article 51 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, the Charter binds member states:

1. AIn all their activities, including purely national matters
2. BNever, as it binds only the EU institutions
3. COnly when their constitution allows it
4. DOnly when they are implementing EU law

Environmental policy is an example of which type of EU competence?

1. ASupporting competence
2. BShared competence
3. CNo EU competence at all
4. DExclusive competence

In Åkerberg Fransson (2013), a Swedish fisherman faced tax penalties and criminal proceedings for VAT fraud. The Court held that the Charter applied because:

1. AThe Charter applies to every action of a member state, whether or not it involves EU law in any way
2. BThe national measures fell within the scope of EU law on VAT and the EU's financial interests
3. CThe fisherman was an EU institution employee
4. DSweden had incorporated the Charter into its constitution

In Wightman (2018), the Court of Justice held that a member state that has notified its intention to withdraw under Article 50 TEU:

1. ACannot revoke the notification under any circumstances
2. BCan revoke it only with the unanimous consent of the other member states
3. CCan revoke it only after the withdrawal agreement enters into force
4. DMay revoke the notification unilaterally, in an unequivocal and unconditional way, before withdrawal takes effect