EU Sources of Law

Question 1

What are the 3 types of competences ?

Answer 1

Exclusive, shared and supporting

Question 2

What are the exclusive competences ?

Answer 2

customs union, competition rules, monetary policy, fisheries policy and commercial policy

Question 3

What are the 3 types of powers ?

Answer 3

Explicit, implicit, subsidiary

Question 4

What is the principle of conferral?

Answer 4

The EU can only act within the limits of the power conferred by the MS through EU Treaties

Question 5

What are shared competences?

Answer 5

Employment, economic, transport, consumer protection

Question 6

What are some supporting competences?

Answer 6

Public health, education, tourism

Question 7

What are explicit powers?

Answer 7

Clearly defined powers by the Treaties

Question 8

What are implicit powers?

Answer 8

Competences in external matters derive from explicit internal competence. (Principle of parallelism between internal and external powers.)

Question 9

What are the proportionality and subsidiarity principles?

Answer 9

The EU should only act if it can do so more effectively than national governments and not go beyond what is necessary to achieve the objectives of the Treaties