EU law worksheet with answers

An EU directive must be:

1. ATransposed into national law by a deadline
2. BApproved by a referendum in each state
3. CApplied directly without any national measure
4. DIgnored if the state disagrees

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

1. ATwo weeks
2. BTwo months
3. CTwo years
4. DSix months

The European Council consists of:

1. AThe judges of the Court of Justice and the General Court
2. BThe ministers of the member states for each policy area, chaired by the rotating Council presidency
3. CThe Members of the European Parliament elected in each state
4. DThe heads of state or government of the member states, its President and the Commission President

In Levin (1982), the Court held that a part-time worker is protected by Article 45 if the work is:

1. ADone for the main purpose of obtaining residence
2. BPaid enough to live without social benefits
3. CEffective and genuine, and not purely marginal and ancillary
4. DAt least 30 hours per week

If a member state does not comply with a Court judgment finding an infringement, under Article 260(2) TFEU the Court can:

1. AExpel the state from the EU
2. BImpose a lump sum or penalty payment on the state
3. CAnnul the conflicting national law itself
4. DSuspend the state's voting rights in the Council

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

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 BSet the national law aside of its own motion, without waiting for it to be repealed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

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

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

In Inter-Environnement Wallonie (1997), the Court held that during the transposition period of a directive, member states:

1. AMay ask the Commission to extend the deadline indefinitely
2. BMust refrain from adopting measures liable to seriously compromise the result the directive prescribes
3. CAre free to adopt any measure until the deadline expires, even one directly contrary to the directive's aims
4. DMust already apply the directive in full