EU law worksheet with answers

Which treaty article contains the principle of sincere cooperation between the EU and member states?

1. AArticle 4(3) TEU
2. BArticle 34 TFEU
3. CArticle 50 TEU
4. DArticle 267 TFEU

The principle of conferral (Article 5(2) TEU) means that:

1. AMember states must obtain EU consent for all national laws
2. BThe EU may act in any area where it considers action useful to achieve the Treaties' objectives
3. CPowers not used by the EU pass to the Commission
4. DThe EU acts only within the competences the member states have given it in the Treaties

What is the time limit for bringing an action for annulment under Article 263 TFEU?

1. ATwo weeks
2. BTwo years
3. CSix months
4. DTwo months

Article 352 TFEU (the flexibility clause) allows the EU to act where the Treaties have not provided the necessary powers, but requires:

1. AUnanimity in the Council and the consent of the European Parliament
2. BA simple majority in the Parliament only
3. CQualified majority in the Council and the consent of the European Parliament
4. DA referendum in every member state

A member state taxes imported whisky more heavily than a similar domestic spirit. Which provision is most directly breached?

1. AArticle 110 TFEU on discriminatory internal taxation
2. BArticle 101 TFEU on cartels
3. CArticle 30 TFEU on customs duties and charges having equivalent effect
4. DArticle 45 TFEU on workers

The Cassis de Dijon judgment introduced:

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

The Weiss (PSPP) judgment of the German Federal Constitutional Court in 2020 was controversial because it:

1. AAccepted unlimited supremacy of EU law
2. BDeclared a CJEU judgment ultra vires and not binding in Germany
3. CWithdrew Germany from the EU
4. DAbolished the euro in Germany

In R v Henn and Darby (1979), a UK ban on importing pornographic material was held to be:

1. AUnjustified because the UK allowed some domestic pornography
2. BOutside Article 34 because it concerned only books
3. CJustified on grounds of public morality under Article 36
4. DA customs duty contrary to Article 30