EU law worksheet with answers

Which TFEU article prohibits restrictions on the freedom to provide services across borders?

1. AArticle 56
2. BArticle 30
3. CArticle 49
4. DArticle 102

Regulations, directives and decisions adopted by the EU institutions are known as:

1. ACustomary law
2. BSecondary law
3. CSoft law
4. DPrimary law

Which TFEU article prohibits the abuse of a dominant position?

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

In Foto-Frost (1987), the Court held that national courts:

1. AMust apply EU acts even if the Court of Justice has already declared them invalid
2. BCannot declare an EU act invalid themselves and must refer the question
3. CCan freely declare EU acts invalid
4. DCannot refer validity questions to the Court of Justice

Francovich (1991) established that:

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

In Simmenthal (1978), the Court of Justice held that a national court faced with a national law conflicting with EU law must:

1. ASet the national law aside of its own motion, without waiting for it to be repealed
2. BWait for the national constitutional court to annul the law before it can disapply it
3. CAsk the national parliament to amend the law first
4. DApply the national law if it was adopted later

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. CRefusing to register the branch breached the freedom of establishment
4. DDenmark could refuse because the company was set up to avoid Danish law

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