62022TO0240_INF
Order of the President of the General Court of 4 July 2022 –Lacapelle v Parliament
(Case T‑240/22 R)
(Interim relief – Law governing the Institutions – Member of Parliament – Exclusion from participation in election observation delegations of the Parliament – Application for suspension of operation of a measure – Lack of urgency)
1.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Prima facie case – Urgency – Serious and irreparable harm – Cumulative nature – Balancing of all the interests involved – Order of examination and method of verification – Discretion of the court hearing the application for interim relief
(Arts 256(1), 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))
(see paras 14-17)
2.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable harm – Burden of proof
(Arts 256(1), 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))
(see para. 20)
3.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Prima facie case – Urgency – Cumulative nature – Particularly strong prima facie case – No impact on the obligation to examine urgency separately
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))
(see para. 27)
4.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable harm – Account to be taken of the manifest illegality of the contested measure – Burden of proof
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))
(see para. 39)
Operative part
1.
The application for interim relief is dismissed.
2.
The costs are reserved.