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1.Easy

The free movement of capital under Article 63 TFEU applies to movements:

  1. ABetween member states and also between member states and third countries
  2. BOnly between member states of the euro area
  3. COnly between member states, and with third countries only by special agreement
  4. DOnly to transfers made by governments
2.Easy

Which TFEU article guarantees the freedom of establishment?

  1. AArticle 45
  2. BArticle 110
  3. CArticle 63
  4. DArticle 49
3.Easy

The European Council consists of:

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

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

  1. AArticle 45
  2. BArticle 102
  3. CArticle 101
  4. DArticle 107
5.Medium

Francovich (1991) established that:

  1. AThe Commission can annul national laws
  2. BDirectives have horizontal direct effect
  3. CIndividuals can enforce unimplemented directives directly against private employers
  4. DMember states can be liable to pay damages for failing to implement a directive
6.Medium

Which of these can NOT be used to justify a restriction on imports under Article 36 TFEU?

  1. AProtecting the national economy from competition
  2. BProtection of human health
  3. CProtection of industrial and commercial property
  4. DPublic morality
7.Hard

In Opinion 2/13 (2014), the Court of Justice held that the draft agreement on EU accession to the ECHR:

  1. AWas compatible with the Treaties, provided the Council approved it unanimously after consulting Parliament
  2. BCould only be ratified by a referendum in each state
  3. CWas unnecessary because the EU had already acceded
  4. DWas incompatible with the Treaties, in part because it threatened the autonomy of EU law
8.Hard

In Solange II (1986), the German Federal Constitutional Court held that it would not review Community law against German fundamental rights:

  1. AUntil Germany adopted the euro
  2. BUnless the European Parliament had approved the measure
  3. CUnder any circumstances, as Community law is always supreme
  4. DAs long as the Community ensured effective protection of fundamental rights substantially similar to the German standard

Answer key

  1. 1. A · Between member states and also between member states and third countries
  2. 2. D · Article 49
  3. 3. B · The heads of state or government of the member states, its President and the Commission President
  4. 4. C · Article 101
  5. 5. D · Member states can be liable to pay damages for failing to implement a directive
  6. 6. A · Protecting the national economy from competition
  7. 7. D · Was incompatible with the Treaties, in part because it threatened the autonomy of EU law
  8. 8. D · As long as the Community ensured effective protection of fundamental rights substantially similar to the German standard

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