UltBook

Question 1

Who coordinates the general economic policies of MS?

Answer 1

Council

Question 2

Who is Justus Lipsius?

Answer 2

A Belgian humanist

was the headquarters of the Council of the European Union

Question 3

Nordic Council Members

Answer 3

Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden have been members of the Nordic Council of Ministers since 1971. Greenland, the Faroe Islands and Åland

Question 4

Sevilla council 2002

Answer 4

Reduced council formations from 16 to 9

Question 5

COuncil formations

Answer 5

1General Affairs;
2Foreign Affairs;
3Economic and Financial Affairs;
4Justice and Internal Affairs; 5Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs; 6Competitiveness;
7Transport, Telecommunications and Energy;
8Agriculture and Fisheries; 9Environment;
10Education, Youth and Culture.

The ‘General Affairs’ Council coordinates the work of the different Council formations, with the Commission’s help.

Question 6

Competitiveness Council

Answer 6

Four major policy areas: internal market, industry, research and innovation and space.

Merger in the context of single market

Question 7

SG of Council

Answer 7

Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen

assist the Council and to manage the GSC.

appointed by the Council.

administrative management

takes part in Council meetings as appropriate.

also the Secretary-General of the European Council.

Question 8

Mertens group

Answer 8

The work of Coreper I is prepared by the ‘Mertens Group’.

Informal group helps to form an initial idea of the positions that the various member state delegations will take at the Coreper meeting.

Question 9

Antici group

Answer 9

The work of Coreper II is prepared by the ‘Antici Group’. This informal group helps to form an initial idea of the positions that the various member state delegations will take at the Coreper meeting.

Question 10

PETERSBERG TASKS

Answer 10

These tasks were set out in the Petersberg Declaration adopted at the Ministerial Council of the Western European Union (WEU) in June 1992.

On that occasion, the WEU member countries declared their readiness to make available to the WEU, but also to NATO and the EU, military units from the whole spectrum of their conventional armed forces.

From then on, they have covered:

humanitarian and rescue tasks;
conflict prevention and peace-keeping tasks;
tasks of combat forces in crisis management, including peacemaking;
joint disarmament operations;
military advice and assistance tasks;
post-conflict stabilisation tasks.

Question 11

Kupferberg case

Answer 11

FTA direclty applicable in MS

Question 12

Signature of EP Pres and Council Pres for directives and decisions required?

Answer 12

Yes, before publication in the official journal

Question 13

Date of effect of regulation,directives and decisions

Answer 13

As specified or on the 20th after publication

Question 14

Current Pres of CJEU

Answer 14

Koen Lenaerts,

Question 15

of cases at General Court

Answer 15

2018: the record number of 1,009 completed cases,

Question 16

of cases at Court of Justice

Answer 16

2018: record at 760

Question 17

EFTA court: What is it?

Answer 17

A supranational judicial body responsible for the three EFTA members who are also members of the European Economic Area (EEA): Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

Question 18

EFTA court when established ?

Answer 18

1994

Question 19

EFTA court seat?

Answer 19

Luxembourg

Question 20

EFTA court judges

Answer 20

3+six adhoc. 3 judges for 6 renewable years

Question 21

European Court of Human Rights: Jurisdictions

Answer 21

The jurisdiction of the court has been recognized to date by all 47 member states of the Council of Europe.

Question 22

European Court of Human Rights: working language

Answer 22

English

Question 23

European Court of Human Rights: seat

Answer 23

Strasbourg

Question 24

European Court of Human Rights: founding year

Answer 24

1959, permanent: On 1 November 1998, the court became a full-time institution and the European Commission of Human Rights, which used to decide on admissibility of applications, was abolished

Question 25

Shared Union competences

Answer 25

(a) internal market;
(b) social policy, for the aspects defined in this Treaty;
(c) economic, social and territorial cohesion;
(d) agriculture and fisheries, excluding the conservation of marine biological resources;
(e) environment;
(f) consumer protection;
(g) transport;
(h) trans-European networks;
(i) energy;
(j) area of freedom, security and justice;
(k) common safety concerns in public health matters, for the aspects defined in this Treaty.

Question 26

Exclusive Union competences

Answer 26

(a) customs union;
(b) the establishing of the competition rules necessary for the functioning of the internal market;
(c) monetary policy for the Member States whose currency is the euro;
(d) the conservation of marine biological resources under the common fisheries policy;
(e) common commercial policy.

Question 27

Supporting Union competences

Answer 27

(a) protection and improvement of human health;
(b) industry;
(c) culture;
(d) tourism;
(e) education, vocational training, youth and sport;
(f) civil protection;
(g) administrative cooperation.

Question 28

Gebhard case

Answer 28

1995 the freedom of establishment in the European Union.

Question 29

Marschall case

Answer 29

1997 EU labour law case concerning positive action.

Question 30

Bosman case

Answer 30

1995: banned restrictions on foreign players in football

Question 31

Martinez-Sala case

Answer 31

1998: the free movement of citizens in the European Union.

Question 32

Who can issue directives?

Answer 32

EP, COM, and Council

Question 33

Casagrande case

Answer 33

1974 about discrimination extended to persons in the education system

Question 34

Court of First Instance est.

Answer 34

in 1989 to help individuals, strenghted under Nice, renamed General Court under ToL

Question 35

Declaration in the context of legislation

Answer 35

Views of all or individual Council members regarding the intepretation of the decision