EU law worksheet with answers

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

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

An EU regulation is:

1. ABinding only as to the result, leaving the choice of method to member states
2. BA non-binding recommendation
3. CBinding only on the Commission
4. DBinding in its entirety and directly applicable in all member states

The Schengen area mainly concerns:

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

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

1. ATwo member state governments
2. BOne third of the votes allocated to national parliaments
3. CAll national parliaments
4. DA simple majority of the votes of the Members of the European Parliament

Van Gend en Loos (1963) established that:

1. AMember states can leave the EU at will
2. BTreaty provisions can have direct effect and create rights for individuals in national courts
3. CDirectives have horizontal direct effect
4. DTreaty provisions bind only the member states and never create rights for individuals before national courts

The Cassis de Dijon judgment introduced:

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

In Egenberger (2018), the Court held that Article 21 of the Charter (non-discrimination):

1. ARequires national implementing legislation or secondary EU law before it has any effect in private disputes
2. BApplies only to EU institutions and never to private employers
3. CIs sufficient in itself to confer a right that individuals can rely on in disputes between private parties
4. DIs a mere principle that cannot be relied on in court

Altmark Trans (2003) set conditions under which compensation for public service obligations:

1. AMust be approved by the European Parliament
2. BIs not state aid because it confers no advantage
3. CIs always prohibited state aid
4. DCan only be paid to state-owned companies