EU law worksheet with answers

What is the role of an Advocate General at the Court of Justice?

1. ATo represent the EU institutions in court
2. BTo prosecute member states that break EU law on behalf of the European Commission
3. CTo defend individuals who cannot afford a lawyer
4. DTo give an independent, reasoned opinion on cases before the Court decides

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

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

Under Directive 2004/38, an EU citizen acquires a right of permanent residence in a host member state after:

1. AThree months of residence
2. BTen years of residence
3. CFive years of continuous legal residence
4. DOne year of employment

According to Gebhard (1995), what mainly distinguishes establishment from the provision of services?

1. AServices can only be provided by employees
2. BEstablishment always requires forming a company
3. CEstablishment involves activity on a stable and continuous basis in the host state
4. DServices are provided only through a permanent office or branch in the host member state

Directives generally do NOT have:

1. ABinding force after the transposition deadline
2. BHorizontal direct effect between private parties
3. CVertical direct effect against the state
4. DAny legal effect at all

Article 34 TFEU prohibits:

1. ADiscrimination based on nationality in employment and the provision of services between member states
2. BState aid to companies
3. CQuantitative restrictions on imports and measures having equivalent effect between member states
4. DCartels between undertakings

In Plaumann (1963), a clementine importer challenged a Commission decision addressed to Germany. The Court held that a non-addressee is individually concerned only if:

1. AThey have written to the Commission before the act
2. BThey suffer a financial loss from the act
3. CThe act affects them because of attributes or circumstances that distinguish them from all other persons
4. DThey belong to the economic sector affected and carry on the commercial activity that the act regulates, like any other importer

In Aranyosi and Căldăraru (2016), the Court held that a judicial authority executing a European Arrest Warrant:

1. AMust always surrender the person, whatever the prison conditions
2. BCan refuse any warrant from a state it distrusts in general
3. CMust ask the European Court of Human Rights for permission
4. DMay postpone surrender if there is a real risk of inhuman or degrading detention conditions for that person