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1.Easy

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
2.Easy

Which TFEU article prohibits the abuse of a dominant position?

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

Members of the European Parliament are:

  1. AChosen by the Commission
  2. BAppointed by national governments
  3. CDirectly elected by citizens of the member states
  4. DElected by national parliaments only
4.Medium

Van Gend en Loos (1963) established that:

  1. ATreaty provisions can have direct effect and create rights for individuals in national courts
  2. BMember states can leave the EU at will
  3. CTreaty provisions bind only the member states and never create rights for individuals before national courts
  4. DDirectives have horizontal direct effect
5.Medium

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 becomes a state aid
  3. CIt remains valid but cannot be enforced against consumers
  4. DIt must be renegotiated within a year
6.Medium

Francovich (1991) established that:

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

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. BIs a mere principle that cannot be relied on in court
  3. CApplies only to EU institutions and never to private employers
  4. DIs sufficient in itself to confer a right that individuals can rely on in disputes between private parties
8.Hard

In Höfner and Elser (1991), a German public employment agency was held to be an "undertaking" for competition law because:

  1. AIt was owned by foreign investors
  2. BIt was registered as a private company and financed by the fees it charged employers
  3. CIt was engaged in an economic activity, regardless of its legal status and financing
  4. DIt made a large profit every year

Answer key

  1. 1. D · Two months
  2. 2. B · Article 102
  3. 3. C · Directly elected by citizens of the member states
  4. 4. A · Treaty provisions can have direct effect and create rights for individuals in national courts
  5. 5. A · It is automatically void
  6. 6. A · Member states can be liable to pay damages for failing to implement a directive
  7. 7. D · Is sufficient in itself to confer a right that individuals can rely on in disputes between private parties
  8. 8. C · It was engaged in an economic activity, regardless of its legal status and financing

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