CELEX: 62009TJ0014
Language: en
Date: 2012-10-23 00:00:00
Title: Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 23 October 2012. # Frank Vanhecke v European Parliament. # Privileges and immunities - Member of the Parliament - Waiver of immunity - Action for annulment - No further interest in bringing proceedings - No need to adjudicate. # Case T-14/09.

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 23 October 2012 — Vanhecke v Parliament
      (Case T-14/09)
      Privileges and immunities — Member of the Parliament — Waiver of immunity — Action for annulment — No further interest in bringing proceedings — No need to adjudicate
      Actions for annulment — Natural or legal persons — Interest in bringing proceedings — Need for an actual and current interest — Action for annulment of a decision to waive the immunity of a Member of the European Parliament — National criminal proceedings terminated by a discharge — National court decision acquiring force of res judicata after the bringing of the annulment action — No further interest in bringing an action — No need to adjudicate (Art. 230 EC; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 113) (see paras 23-29)
      Re: 
      
         
               APPLICATION for annulment of the decision of the European Parliament of 18 November 2008 waiving the parliamentary immunity
                  of the applicant.
               
            Operative part 
      The Court:
      
         
                  1.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Declares that there is no need to adjudicate on the present action;
               
            
         
                  2.
               
               
                  
               
               
                  	Orders each party to bear its own costs.