CELEX: 62011TA0346
Language: en
Date: 2013-01-17 00:00:00
Title: Joined Cases T-346/11 and T-347/11: Judgment of the General Court of 17 January 2013 — Gollnisch v Parliament (Privileges and immunities — Member of the European Parliament — Decision to waive immunity — Activity unconnected with the duties of a Member of the European Parliament — Procedure for waiving immunity — Decision not to defend the privileges and immunities — No longer any interest in bringing proceedings — No need to adjudicate)

2.3.2013   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 63/18
            
         Judgment of the General Court of 17 January 2013 — Gollnisch v Parliament
   (Joined Cases T-346/11 and T-347/11) (1)
   
   (Privileges and immunities - Member of the European Parliament - Decision to waive immunity - Activity unconnected with the duties of a Member of the European Parliament - Procedure for waiving immunity - Decision not to defend the privileges and immunities - No longer any interest in bringing proceedings - No need to adjudicate)
   2013/C 63/36
   Language of the cases: French
   
      Parties
   
   
      Applicant: Bruno Gollnisch (Limonest, France) (represented by: G. Dubois, lawyer)
   
      Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: R. Passos, D. Moore and K. Zejdová, acting as Agents)
   
      Re:
   
   First, action for annulment of a decision adopted by the European Parliament on 10 May 2011 to waive the immunity of the applicant, and application for compensation for the non-material damage suffered by the applicant in connection therewith and, second, action for annulment of the decision not to defend the immunity of the applicant, adopted by the European Parliament on 10 May 2011, and application for compensation for the non-material damage suffered by the applicant in connection therewith.
   
      Operative part of the judgment
   
   The Court:
   
               1.
            
            
               dismisses the action for annulment and the application for compensation in Case T-346/11;
            
         
               2.
            
            
               rules that there is no longer any need to adjudicate on the action for annulment in Case T-347/11;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               dismisses the application for compensation in Case T-347/11;
            
         
               4.
            
            
               orders Bruno Gollnisch to pay the costs, including those relating to the applications for interim measures in Cases T-346/11 and T-347/11.
            
         
      (1)  OJ C 252, 27.8.2011.