EU Law

Question 1

How many states are part of the EU?

Answer 1

28

Question 2

The EU Commission consists of how many members?

Answer 2

28

Question 3

Commissioners are supposed to act independent of what?

Answer 3

Their country

Question 4

How long is a commissioners term?

Answer 4

5 Years

Question 5

Name a department a commissioner may be a head of?

Answer 5

Department of Transportation

Question 6

European Parliament is spilt up into what?

Answer 6

Political parties

Question 7

How often does European parliament meet?

Answer 7

Once a month

Question 8

European court of Justice was set out in what article?

Answer 8

Article 19 - Treaty of the EU

Question 9

How long does an ECJ judge sit for?

Answer 9

6 Years

Question 10

Where does an ECJ judge sit?

Answer 10

Luxembourg

Question 11

The ECJ is not bound by what?

Answer 11

Its own decisions

Question 12

The ECJ uses what approach to interpretation?

Answer 12

Purposive

Question 13

What are Treaties?

Answer 13

Primary sources of European law

-Created directly by the EU

Question 14

Treaties automatically become what?

Answer 14

Law

Question 15

Mccarthy’s v Smith is about what?

Answer 15

Equal pay

Question 16

Regulations are?

Answer 16

Binding on all member states

Question 17

What do regulations aim to do?

Answer 17

Create legislative uniformity

Question 18

Regulations are directly applicable is every member state shown in what UK case?

Answer 18

RE Tachographs Commission v UK

Question 19

When a regulation comes into force it overrides what?

Answer 19

All national laws around the same subject

Question 20

Directives are an attempt to create?

Answer 20

Legislative harmony

Question 21

Are directives directly applicable?

Answer 21

No - unlike treaties and regulations

Question 22

Member states have to do what to bring directives into effect?

Answer 22

Pass their own laws

Question 23

What act is an example of a directive?

Answer 23

Consumer protection act 1987

Question 24

If member states do not implement a directive within the given time period what can the ECJ do?

Answer 24

Give the directive direct effect

Question 25

What is direct effect?

Answer 25

If the directive gives rights to an individual, the individual can claim against the state

Question 26

What is vertical direct effect?

Answer 26

Where the individual can claim against an arm of the state even if the directive has not yet been implemented

Question 27

What case demonstrates vertical direct effect?

Answer 27

Marshall v Southampton

Foster v British Gas

Question 28

What is horizontal direct effect?

Answer 28

If a directive has not been implemented the individual cannot claim against another person

Question 29

What case shows horizontal direct effect?

Answer 29

Duke v GEC

Question 30

What are the council of ministers?

Answer 30

The principle law making body of the EU