62021TO0230_INF
Order of the President of the General Court of 12 July 2021 –Jalkh v Parliament
(Case T‑230/21 R)
(Interim measures – Law governing the institutions – Member of the European Parliament – Privileges and immunities – Waiver of parliamentary immunity – Application for suspension of operation of a measure – No 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 13, 16, 17)
2.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable harm – Burden of proof borne by the party seeking the interim measure
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))
(see paras 20, 21)
3.
Interim relief – Admissibility criteria – Application – Formal requirements – Statement of the pleas establishing a prima facie case for granting the measures sought – General reference to other documents – Inadmissibility
(Art. 278 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4) and (5))
(see paras 27, 29, 30)
4.
Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable harm – Burden of proof – Decision of the European Parliament waiving the immunity of a Member – No undermining of the right freely to exercise the parliamentary mandate and the proper function of the Parliament – No urgency
(Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))
(see paras 31-33)
5.
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 paras 34-36)
Re:
Application under Article 278 TFEU for suspension of operation of European Parliament decision P9_TA(2021)0092 of 25 March 2021 on the request for waiver of the immunity of the applicant (2020/2110(IMM)).
Operative part
1.
The application for interim measures is dismissed.
2.
The costs are reserved.