62022CO0082_INF
Order of the Court (Eighth Chamber), 22 December 2022 –Jalkh v Parliament
(Case C‑82/22 P) (
1
)
(Appeal – Article 181 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice – Law governing the institutions – Member of the European Parliament – Protocol (No 7) on the privileges and immunities of the European Union – Third paragraph of Article 9 – Decision to waive parliamentary immunity – Appeal in part manifestly inadmissible and in part manifestly unfounded)
1.
Privileges and immunities of the European Union – Members of the European Parliament – Immunity – Request for waiver of immunity – Purpose – Existence of criminal proceedings for the same acts – Impossibility – Suspension of the immunity waiver procedure – Not included
(Protocol on the privileges and immunities of the European Union, Art. 9, third para.)
(see paragraphs 29, 30, 32)
2.
Privileges and immunities of the European Union – Members of the European Parliament – Immunity – Notice of a committee of the European Parliament concerning practice in the matter of the privileges and immunities of Members – Repealed act – No binding nature
(Protocol on the privileges and immunities of the European Union, Art. 9, third para.)
(see paragraphs 38, 39)
3.
Privileges and immunities of the European Union – Members of the European Parliament – Immunity – Request for waiver of immunity – Conditions – Verification by the Parliament – Examination of whether the national proceedings are justified and of the guilt of the Member concerned – Not included – Competence of the national authorities
(Protocol on the privileges and immunities of the European Union, Art. 9, third para.)
(see paragraph 47)
Operative part
1.
The appeal is dismissed as being, in part, manifestly inadmissible and, in part, manifestly unfounded.
2.
Mr Jean-François Jalkh shall bear his own costs and pay those incurred by the European Parliament.
(
1
)	OJ C 138, 28.3.2022.