EU law worksheet with answers

Which TFEU article prohibits restrictions on the freedom to provide services across borders?

1. AArticle 49
2. BArticle 30
3. CArticle 56
4. DArticle 102

The European Council consists of:

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

The free movement of capital under Article 63 TFEU applies to movements:

1. AOnly between member states, and with third countries only by special agreement
2. BBetween member states and also between member states and third countries
3. COnly between member states of the euro area
4. DOnly to transfers made by governments

The ordinary legislative procedure gives equal law-making roles to:

1. AThe Commission and the Court of Justice
2. BThe European Parliament and the Council
3. CThe European Council and the Central Bank
4. DNational parliaments and the Commission

The Cassis de Dijon judgment introduced:

1. AEU citizenship
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. DState liability

The preliminary reference procedure under Article 267 TFEU allows:

1. ANational courts to ask the CJEU questions on the interpretation or validity of EU law
2. BIndividuals to bring actions against member states directly before the Court of Justice in Luxembourg
3. CThe Parliament to dismiss judges
4. DThe Commission to fine member states

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

1. AMust already apply the directive in full
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. DMay ask the Commission to extend the deadline indefinitely

In Åkerberg Fransson (2013), a Swedish fisherman faced tax penalties and criminal proceedings for VAT fraud. The Court held that the Charter applied because:

1. AThe Charter applies to every action of a member state, whether or not it involves EU law in any way
2. BSweden had incorporated the Charter into its constitution
3. CThe fisherman was an EU institution employee
4. DThe national measures fell within the scope of EU law on VAT and the EU's financial interests