LEGAL SYSTEM OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
1.-The major sources of Union Law are:
a) Acts of the Member States and Union acts
b) General Principles of Union Law
c) Acts of the Member States, Union Acts, General Principles of Union Law, and
international agreements with non-member States
d) Acts of the Member States, General Principles of Union Law and international
agreements with non-member States.
2.-The constitutive Treaties of the European Union can be amended by two
procedures:
a) The ordinary revision procedure and the simplified revision procedure
b) The ordinary revision procedure and the extraordinary revision procedure
c) There are not two procedures for amending, only the ordinary revision procedure
d) There are not two procedures for amending, only the simplified revision procedure.
3.-Article 288 TFEU lists different kinds of acts that may be adopted:
a) Regulations, directives and decisions
b) Regulation, directives, decisions, recommendations and opinions
c) Regulations, directives, decisions and recommendations
d) Regulations, directives, decisions and other union acts
4.-The principle of subsidiarity is defined by:
a) Article 53 first paragraph TEU
b) Article 5 (3), first paragraph TEU
c) Article 3 (5), first paragraph TEU
d) Article 5 (3), first paragraph TFEU
5.-Article 290 TFEU provides that :
a) A legislative act may delegate to the Commission the power to adopt non-legislative
acts of general application
b) A non-legislative act may delegate to the Commission the power to adopt legislative
acts of general application
c) A legislative act may delegate to the Commission the power to adopt legislative acts
of general application
d) A non-legislative act may delegate to the Commission the power to adopt legislative
acts.
6.-Article 291 (1) TFEU imposes:
a) A right for Member States to adopt measures of national law to implement Union acts
b) A right for Member States to adopt measures of national law to implement binding
Union acts
c) A duty on Member States to adopt measures of national law to implement legally
binding Union acts
d) A duty on Member States to adopt measures of national law to implement Union
acts.
7.-Legislative acts of the European Union:
a) Must be published in internal journals
b) Must be published in the Official Journal of the European Union and they enter into
force on the date specified in them
c) Must be published in the Official Journal of the European Union and they enter into
force on the date of the publication
d) Must not be published to enter into force.
8.-Under the Protocol on the Application of the Principles of Subsidiarity and
Proportionality:
a) The Commission must consult widely before proposing legislative acts and draft
legislative acts must be notified to the national Parliaments
b) The Commission has the right to consult before proposing legislative acts
c) Draft legislative acts must be notified to the national Parliaments
d) The Commission has the right to consult before proposing legislative acts and draft
legislative acts can be notified to the national Parliaments.
9.-The principle of conferral has as a limitation:
a) That all Treaty provisions lay down limits to the powers they confer
b) That not all Treaty provisions lay down clear limits to the powers they confer
c) That not all Treaty provisions lay down limits to the powers they confer
d) That all Treaty provisions lay down clear limits to the powers they confer.
10.- The Treaties:
a) Do not specifically refer to the delegation of powers to a Union Institution other than
the Commission
b) Do not specifically refer to the delegation of powers to a Union Institution other than
the European Court
c) Do not specifically refer to the delegation of powers to a Union Institution other than
the European Parliament
d) Do not specifically refer to the delegation of powers to a Union Institution other than
the European Council.
