LLM EU LAW test class info UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Art 1 TEU - CORRECT ANSWER - The Union shall be founded on the present Treaty and on
the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union(hereinafter referred to as "the Treaties").
Those two Treaties shall have the same legal value. The Union shall replace and succeed the
European Community.
the establishment of the EU and legal personality. There are only two EU treaties, very
important that there are not anymore!
Art 2 TEU - CORRECT ANSWER - The Union is founded on the values of respect for human
dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the
rights of persons belonging to minorities. These values are common to the Member States in a
society in which pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality between
women and men prevail.
Art 3 TEU - CORRECT ANSWER - "The Union shall offer its citizens an area of freedom,
security and justice without internal frontiers" - 3rd pillar
internal market, 1986 SEA: goods, persons, services, capital. A good portion of this treaty deals
with the market
"The Union shall establish an economic and monetary union whose currency is the euro."
(Denmark and UK are the only 2 of EU15 who had an exemption to the euro and threatened
vetos and Maastricht wouldn't have ever been enforced if they didn't get the exemption, Poland
has a political exemption that's not official though and since other countries weren't part of these
negotiations their accession and transitional agreements had to be compromised)
Art 7 TEU - CORRECT ANSWER - 'suspension clause' Article 7 procedure: ensures that non-
dem govs can't take place in the EU. The procedure is in section 1 on how to enforce compliance.
, if the MS shows 'a serious and persistent breach by a Member State of the values referred to in
Article 2"
- Article 354 TFEU has voting procedure specifics for Art 7
Start with 1/3 of MS in a proposal, then you need one of the institutions by a majority of 4/5, u
need majority permission from the EP, then u determine a breach/risk, then the Council lets the
MS defend itself. Rule of law Poland and Hungary 2020/21 saw this procedure
7 EU institutions - CORRECT ANSWER - - the European Parliament, (supranational)
- the European Council, (intergovernmental)
- the Council, (intergovernmental)
- the European Commission (hereinafter referred to as "the Commission"), (supranational)
- the Court of Justice of the European Union, (supranational)
- the European Central Bank, (supranational) external financial body and powerful
- the Court of Auditors.
The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission shall be assisted by 2 committees in
an advisory capacity. which 2? - CORRECT ANSWER - Economic and Social Committee
Committee of the Regions - 70% of EU legislation is re local regions/ a political assembly of 329
elected members proposed my MS Govs and elected, then approved by the Council
Doctrine of Implied Powers - CORRECT ANSWER - Article 5 TEU states that European
Union (EU) powers (competences) are governed by the principle of conferral, stating that 'the
EU shall act only within the limits of the competences conferred on it by the EU Member States
in the Treaties to attain the objectives set out therein'.
Implied - or implicit - powers are, however, powers that have not been explicitly conferred upon
the EU in the treaties but derive either from the explicitly conferred powers or the objectives of
the EU.
The doctrine of implied powers has been recognised by the Court of Justice of the European
Union on several occasions, such as in the European agreement on road transport case (ERTA)
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Art 1 TEU - CORRECT ANSWER - The Union shall be founded on the present Treaty and on
the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union(hereinafter referred to as "the Treaties").
Those two Treaties shall have the same legal value. The Union shall replace and succeed the
European Community.
the establishment of the EU and legal personality. There are only two EU treaties, very
important that there are not anymore!
Art 2 TEU - CORRECT ANSWER - The Union is founded on the values of respect for human
dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights, including the
rights of persons belonging to minorities. These values are common to the Member States in a
society in which pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality between
women and men prevail.
Art 3 TEU - CORRECT ANSWER - "The Union shall offer its citizens an area of freedom,
security and justice without internal frontiers" - 3rd pillar
internal market, 1986 SEA: goods, persons, services, capital. A good portion of this treaty deals
with the market
"The Union shall establish an economic and monetary union whose currency is the euro."
(Denmark and UK are the only 2 of EU15 who had an exemption to the euro and threatened
vetos and Maastricht wouldn't have ever been enforced if they didn't get the exemption, Poland
has a political exemption that's not official though and since other countries weren't part of these
negotiations their accession and transitional agreements had to be compromised)
Art 7 TEU - CORRECT ANSWER - 'suspension clause' Article 7 procedure: ensures that non-
dem govs can't take place in the EU. The procedure is in section 1 on how to enforce compliance.
, if the MS shows 'a serious and persistent breach by a Member State of the values referred to in
Article 2"
- Article 354 TFEU has voting procedure specifics for Art 7
Start with 1/3 of MS in a proposal, then you need one of the institutions by a majority of 4/5, u
need majority permission from the EP, then u determine a breach/risk, then the Council lets the
MS defend itself. Rule of law Poland and Hungary 2020/21 saw this procedure
7 EU institutions - CORRECT ANSWER - - the European Parliament, (supranational)
- the European Council, (intergovernmental)
- the Council, (intergovernmental)
- the European Commission (hereinafter referred to as "the Commission"), (supranational)
- the Court of Justice of the European Union, (supranational)
- the European Central Bank, (supranational) external financial body and powerful
- the Court of Auditors.
The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission shall be assisted by 2 committees in
an advisory capacity. which 2? - CORRECT ANSWER - Economic and Social Committee
Committee of the Regions - 70% of EU legislation is re local regions/ a political assembly of 329
elected members proposed my MS Govs and elected, then approved by the Council
Doctrine of Implied Powers - CORRECT ANSWER - Article 5 TEU states that European
Union (EU) powers (competences) are governed by the principle of conferral, stating that 'the
EU shall act only within the limits of the competences conferred on it by the EU Member States
in the Treaties to attain the objectives set out therein'.
Implied - or implicit - powers are, however, powers that have not been explicitly conferred upon
the EU in the treaties but derive either from the explicitly conferred powers or the objectives of
the EU.
The doctrine of implied powers has been recognised by the Court of Justice of the European
Union on several occasions, such as in the European agreement on road transport case (ERTA)
