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

How is the President of the European Commission chosen?

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

Which body adopts the EU's annual budget together with the Council?

1. AThe European Parliament
2. BThe European Council
3. CThe European Central Bank
4. DThe Court of Auditors

Internationale Handelsgesellschaft (1970) held that the validity of a Community measure:

1. ACannot be affected by claims that it breaches national constitutional rights
2. BRequires approval by a national referendum
3. CCan be reviewed by any national court that doubts it
4. DDepends on its compatibility with the fundamental rights in each national constitution

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

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

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

The "Melloni" judgment held that a member state may NOT:

1. ARefer questions to the Court of Justice
2. BEver protect fundamental rights more than the EU
3. CExecute any European Arrest Warrant
4. DApply a higher national standard of fundamental rights where it would undermine the primacy, unity and effectiveness of EU law in a fully harmonised area

In Centros (1999), a Danish couple registered a company in the UK to avoid Danish minimum capital rules and sought to open a branch in Denmark. The Court held:

1. ACompanies have no right of establishment under EU law
2. BThe UK was required to dissolve the company
3. CDenmark could refuse because the company was set up to avoid Danish law
4. DRefusing to register the branch breached the freedom of establishment