EU law worksheet with answers

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

1. APrimary law
2. BCustomary law
3. CSoft law
4. DSecondary law

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

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

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

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

Francovich (1991) established that:

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

What is the consequence under Article 101(2) TFEU of an agreement prohibited by Article 101(1) and not exempted?

1. AIt is automatically void
2. BIt must be renegotiated within a year
3. CIt becomes a state aid
4. DIt remains valid but cannot be enforced against consumers

Costa v ENEL (1964) established:

1. AState liability for breaches of EU law
2. BThe direct effect of regulations
3. CThe principle of subsidiarity
4. DThe supremacy (primacy) of EU law over national law

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. ARefusing to register the branch breached the freedom of establishment
2. BThe UK was required to dissolve the company
3. CCompanies have no right of establishment under EU law
4. DDenmark could refuse because the company was set up to avoid Danish law

In Köbler (2003), the Court of Justice held that state liability can arise from:

1. ADecisions of the Court of Justice itself
2. BA manifest infringement of EU law by a national court of last instance
3. CAny error of interpretation made by a national court of first instance, however minor
4. DOnly failures of the national legislature