Quiz Preliminary Reference Procedure

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Question 1 / 18

Which article relates to the preliminary reference procedure?

Art. 267 tfeu

Art. 258 tfeu

Art. 260 TEU

Art. 155 tfeu

Art. 5 TEU

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Question 2 / 18

How many member states are there?

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Question 3 / 18

Which case held that national courts are gate keepers to the court of justice?

WWF

Broeckmeulen

Cartesio

Foglia

Eurocontrol

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Question 4 / 18

According to Art. 267 who can refer a matter to the ECJ?

EU institutions

Any court or tribunal

Any private party

Constitutional courts

Member states

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Question 5 / 18

Which case held that professional regulatory bodies count as courts?

Cartesio

Broeckmeulen

Foglia

Plato Plastik v Caropack

Factortame

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Question 6 / 18

At the end of 2008 what percentage of cases pending were preliminary references?

21%

96%

26%

51%

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Question 7 / 18

Which case held that the court will only give a ruling in genuine not test disputes?

Plato Plastik v Caropack

Factortame

Martini

Foglia

Lyckeskog

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Question 8 / 18

Which case held that the court will not give a ruling where the factual and legal context of the case has not been properly explained?

Foglia

Plato Plastik v Caropack

Factortame

Martini

Lyckeskog

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Question 9 / 18

Which piece of legislation had to be set aside in Factortame?

Merchant Shipping Act 1988

Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act 2006

Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997

Merchant Shipping Act 1981

Merchant Shipping Act 1979

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Question 10 / 18

Which case held that with regards to interim relief from an EU measure the applicant must show serious and irreparable damage?

Factortame

Lyckeskog

Martini

Fotofrost

Cilfit

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Question 11 / 18

Which case held that courts must refer where an appeal has been denied?

Lyckeskog

Fotofrost

Cilfit

Kobler

Eurocontrol

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Question 12 / 18

Which case held that all national courts must refer if they consider an EU measure to be invalid?

Forofrost

Lyckeskog

Cilfit

Kobler

WWF

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Question 13 / 18

What is the acte eclaire principle?

No reference needed where EU legal provision in question is so clear there is no reasonable doubt about its application

No reference needed where a materially identical matter has already been decided by court

No reference needed where there is a lot of discretion

No reference needed where there has been abuse by a national court

No reference needed where it would disrupt the traditional hierarchy of national courts

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Question 14 / 18

Which case relates to the acte clair principle?

Fotofrost

Cilfit

Kobler

WWF

Eurocontrol

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Question 15 / 18

Which case held that a member state is liable if it fails to refer a question to the court of justice?

WWF

Eurocontrol

Broeckmeulen

Kobler

Cartesio

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Question 16 / 18

How many cases were pending at the end of 2008?

200

767

333

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Question 17 / 18

What is the average waiting time for a case?

20 months

16. 8 months

8 months

10. 6 months

63. 5 months

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Question 18 / 18

How many judgements did the court give in 2008?

199

333

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Quiz Preliminary Reference Procedure

Which article relates to the preliminary reference procedure?

How many member states are there?

Which case held that national courts are gate keepers to the court of justice?

According to Art. 267 who can refer a matter to the ECJ?

Which case held that professional regulatory bodies count as courts?

At the end of 2008 what percentage of cases pending were preliminary references?

Which case held that the court will only give a ruling in genuine not test disputes?

Which case held that the court will not give a ruling where the factual and legal context of the case has not been properly explained?

Which piece of legislation had to be set aside in Factortame?

Which case held that with regards to interim relief from an EU measure the applicant must show serious and irreparable damage?

Which case held that courts must refer where an appeal has been denied?

Which case held that all national courts must refer if they consider an EU measure to be invalid?

What is the acte eclaire principle?

Which case relates to the acte clair principle?

Which case held that a member state is liable if it fails to refer a question to the court of justice?

How many cases were pending at the end of 2008?

What is the average waiting time for a case?

How many judgements did the court give in 2008?

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