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What is COREPER?

c) A Council Working Group where MS representatives prepare and negotiate on behalf of their Ministers in advance of the Council meetings

What does EFTA stand for?

b) The European Free Trade Association (Switzerland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway)

What is the purpose of the Stability and Growth Pact?

Fiscal moderation.

What does the Ombudsman do?

Investigates maladministration by EU bodies, investigates complaints against EU institutions, bodies and agencies: administrative irregularities, unfairness, discrimination, abuse of power, failure to respond, refusal of information or undue delay.

In some cases Member states can estimate that the EC intervention at regional and local level is more effective than the one of the single Member states. What principle is then recalled by this situation?

b) Principle of subsidiarity

How is the principle called that regulates the responsibility of EU level and Member States level?

Principle of subsidiarity.

What is the role of the EEAS?

The European External Action Service (EEAS) is the EU's diplomatic service. It aims to make EU foreign policy more coherent and effective, thus increasing Europe's global influence. The EEAS is the EU's diplomatic service. It aims to make EU foreign policy more coherent and effective, thus increasing Europe's global influence.

The EEAS was established by which EU Treaty?

a) Treaty of Lisbon (Although launched 1st January 2011)

What is the official title currently held by the head of the European External Action Service (EEAS)?

c) High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

The functions of the Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI and/or FPIS) do NOT include: (select any that apply)

c) Overseeing OLAF during investigations of Member State fraud

What is the name of the Commission programme by which financial support if provided to the partner Government's Sector Programm?

a) Sector Policy Support Program (SPSP)

What is the role of the Ombudsman?

a) Deals with concerns about transparency b) Preventing harassment in the EU administration c) Strengthen revolving door rules in the EU institutions d) All of the above

Who can send a complaint to the Ombudsman?

a) A Beneficiary of an EU funded project against an EU Institution

What is a principle of EU Data Protection?

a) Lawfulness, fairness and transparency b) Purpose limitations c) Data minimisation d) All of the above (+Accuracy, Storage limitation, Integrity and confidentiallity)

What is the Data protection directive?

Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data.

What is not a principle of data protection?

Correct answer: in case of deceased (other options: transparency, accuracy, keeping up to date).

What is not a data protection principle?

Transferring data in areas where there is not comparable level of protection.

How frequently does the DG Budget prepare balances of amounts outstanding and still due to the EC?

Every Three Months

As a rule, the preparation of which of the following development project documents are not responsibility of the Commission?

a) Annual operating plan (implementing partners responsability)

Which of the following is superseded by the DG DEVCO?

a) Development and Cooperation - EuropeAid