Classic Classic Quiz EU Institutions and Law Making by Diamondsareforever Diamondsareforever 515 played - 11 yrs ago A quiz about the EU institutions and law making QUIZ 30 QUESTIONS expert 1 Who does the European Council consist of? Heads of GovernmenetGovernment MinistersDirectly elected representatives from Member StatesPermanent AmbassadorsCivil Servants 2 When do special procedures apply? When a decision can't be reachedWhen specified in the treatyWhen ordinary procedures don't workUnder Art. 19 (1) TFEUWhen the Council of Ministers declares they should 3 What type of voting does the Council normally use? QMVUnanimityMajority VotingAbsolute Majority 4 Who must The Council get permission off? The CommissionEuropean Central BankEuropean ParliamentCoreperCourt of Justice of the European Union 5 What does demos mean? InequalityOrdinaryUnanimityEqualitySpecial 6 Which article state that the European Council acting unanimously and with consent of European Parliament and national Parliaments have a right of veto within 6 months Art. 48 (7) TEUArt. 153 (2) tfeuArt. 192 (2) tfeuArt. 47 (8) TEUArt. 48 tfeu 7 Art. 82 (3) and Art. 83 (3) TFEU are examples of where a Member State can exercise a veto, but what does it relate to? Social securityImmigrationAgricultural PolicyCriminal mattersFishing Rights 8 Which article relates to standard legal instruments? Art. 105 tfeuArt. 288 tfeuArt. 108 tfeuArt. 132 tfeuArt. 78 (3) tfeu 9 What does Art. 290 TFEU relate to? Non legislative acts adopted as delegated actsNon legislative acts adopted as implementing actsNon legislative acts adopted directly under TreatiesMeasures in field of competition and State aidEuropean Central Bank monetary policy 10 Which two things led to de facto use of unanimity? Treaty of Rome and Empty Chair CrisisLuxembourg Accords and Single European ActEmpty chair crisis and Luxembourg AccordTreaty of Maastricht and Co-LegislationTreaty of Lisbon and Co-decision 11 Which of these is not a new area which co-decision was extended to under the Treaty of Lisbon? Common marketAgricultural policyCommon commercial policyArea of freedom, security and justiceSelf-employed activities 12 What does Art. 16 (3) of the TEU do? Commission generally retains right of iniativeAllows member states to propose initiatives in judicial cooperatoinSays that QMV applies in Council of Ministers unless otherwise statedSays if a million citizens sign a petition can propose legislationCreates the protocol on subsidiarity 13 Which two cases relate to general v specific competences? Van Gend en Loos and Costa v ENELInternationale Handelgesellschaft and SimmenthalVan Gend en Loos and Internationale HandelgesellschaftSimmenthal and VikingLaval and Viking 14 Which articles relate to principles of conferral? Article 4 & 5 TEUArt. 5 & 9 TEUArt. 114 & 119 TEUArt. 352 & 398 TFEUArt. 2 & 3 TFEU 15 What is an exclusive competence? Member States have competence until Union exercises their competenceMember State has main competenceMember State only has competenceEU only has competenceEU and Member State have equal competence 16 Which of these is not a complementary competence? SpaceTourismSportEnergy policy 17 Where are the full list of competences found? Art. 12 tfeuArt. 2-3 TEUArt. 22 tfeuArt. 189 tfeuArt. 21 TEU 18 Which of these articles does not relate to a shared competence? Art. 14 tfeuArt. 189 tfeuArt. 21 tfeu 19 Which article defines exclusive, shared and supporting competences? Art. 2 tfeuArt. 3 tfeuArt. 352 tfeuArt. 114 tfeuArt. 4 tfeu 20 What does Art. 352 TFEU relate to? Objectives of EUGeneral internal market competenceExclusive competencesDefinition of competencesSupporting competences 21 What is 'subsidiarity'? Presumption against automatic competenceOnly has competence when specific competence conferred under treatyLimitation of powersReliance of lex generalisGeneral internal market competencies 22 Which articles relate to the principle of conferral? Art. 4 & 7 TFEUArt. 114 & 119 TFEUArt. 351 & 352 TFEUArt. 4 & 5 TFEUArt. 2 & 3 TFEU 23 What did the case of Viking relate to? Right to free speechRight to free movementRight to strikeRight to a pensionRight to vote 24 What does the council decide under Art. 31 TFEU? Common external tariffFootball regulationsCultural fundingHealth care fundingVAT rates 25 How many citizens have to sign a petition for there to be a right of intiative? 2 Million2. 5 Million1 Million9 Million1 Billion 26 Which Treaty established co-decision? Treaty of MaastrichtTreaty of RomeTreaty of ParisSingle European ActLisbon Treaty 27 Which treaty extended QMV? Treaty of MaastrichtLisbon TreatyEuropean Community TreatyTreaty of ParisSingle European Act 28 Which article relates to European Central Bank monetary policy? Art. 105 tfeuArt. 108 tfeuArt. 290 tfeuArt. 132 tfeuArt. 291 tfeu 29 Which countries President was partly to blame for the empty chair crisis? GermanySpainItalyFranceUK 30 What does Art. 192 (2) TFEU relate to? Specific passarelle clause on environmentSpecific passarelle clause of social policyVeto and social security systemVeto criminal justiceExtension of QMV within the Council
