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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

Which EU court hears most direct actions brought by individuals and companies at first instance?

  1. AThe European Court of Human Rights
  2. BThe Court of Justice
  3. CThe General Court
  4. DThe Court of Auditors
3.Easy

Which TFEU article prohibits the abuse of a dominant position?

  1. AArticle 107
  2. BArticle 101
  3. CArticle 102
  4. DArticle 56
4.Medium

The Cassis de Dijon judgment introduced:

  1. AState liability
  2. BMutual recognition and mandatory requirements as justifications for indistinctly applicable measures
  3. CThe rule that indistinctly applicable measures can be justified only on the grounds listed exhaustively in Article 36 TFEU
  4. DEU citizenship
5.Medium

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

  1. AA simple majority of the votes of the Members of the European Parliament
  2. BOne third of the votes allocated to national parliaments
  3. CAll national parliaments
  4. DTwo member state governments
6.Medium

Francovich (1991) established that:

  1. AMember states can be liable to pay damages for failing to implement a directive
  2. BThe Commission can annul national laws
  3. CDirectives have horizontal direct effect
  4. DIndividuals can enforce unimplemented directives directly against private employers
7.Hard

In Grzelczyk (2001), a French student in Belgium was refused a minimum subsistence allowance. The Court held:

  1. AStudents have no rights under EU law in a host state
  2. BOnly workers may claim social benefits in a host state
  3. CUnion citizenship is destined to be the fundamental status of nationals, so he could not be refused it on grounds of nationality
  4. DThe allowance was outside EU law entirely
8.Hard

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 established by law, permanent, independent and applies rules of law
  3. CIs a court of last instance
  4. DIs called a court in national law and hears appeals from the lower courts

Answer key

  1. 1. D · Article 45
  2. 2. C · The General Court
  3. 3. C · Article 102
  4. 4. B · Mutual recognition and mandatory requirements as justifications for indistinctly applicable measures
  5. 5. B · One third of the votes allocated to national parliaments
  6. 6. A · Member states can be liable to pay damages for failing to implement a directive
  7. 7. C · Union citizenship is destined to be the fundamental status of nationals, so he could not be refused it on grounds of nationality
  8. 8. B · Is established by law, permanent, independent and applies rules of law

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