EU law worksheet with answers

The Schengen area mainly concerns:

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

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

Where is the European Central Bank based?

1. ALuxembourg
2. BParis
3. CFrankfurt am Main
4. DBrussels

An agreement caught by Article 101(1) TFEU may be exempted under Article 101(3) if, among other conditions, it:

1. AIs notified to and approved by the Commission or the national competition authority in advance
2. BHas been in operation for more than five years
3. CInvolves companies with combined market shares over 50%
4. DImproves production or distribution and allows consumers a fair share of the benefit

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

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

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

1. AAll national parliaments
2. BTwo member state governments
3. CA simple majority of the votes of the Members of the European Parliament
4. DOne third of the votes allocated to national parliaments

In Säger v Dennemeyer (1991), the Court held that Article 56 TFEU requires the abolition of:

1. AOnly rules that openly discriminate on grounds of nationality
2. BOnly rules adopted after the provider has arrived
3. CAll national licensing requirements, without exception, even where they protect service recipients and are applied proportionately
4. DAny restriction, even if non-discriminatory, liable to prohibit or impede the services of a provider from another member state

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

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