CELEX: 11957A/PRO/CJ/03
Language: en
Date: 1957-03-25 00:00:00
Title: TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY ( E.A.E.C. - EURATOM ), PROTOCOL ON THE STATUTE OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY, TITLE I - JUDGES AND ADVOCATES GENERAL, ARTICLE 3

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11957A/PRO/CJ/03

TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY ( E.A.E.C. - EURATOM ), PROTOCOL ON THE STATUTE OF THE COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY, TITLE I - JUDGES AND ADVOCATES GENERAL, ARTICLE 3  

++++ARTICLE 3  THE JUDGES SHALL BE IMMUNE FROM LEGAL PROCEEDINGS . AFTER THEY HAVE CEASED TO HOLD OFFICE , THEY SHALL CONTINUE TO ENJOY IMMUNITY IN RESPECT OF ACTS PERFORMED BY THEM IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY , INCLUDING WORDS SPOKEN OR WRITTEN .  THE COURT , SITTING IN PLENARY SESSION , MAY WAIVE THE IMMUNITY .  WHERE IMMUNITY HAS BEEN WAIVED AND CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS ARE INSTITUTED AGAINST A JUDGE , HE SHALL BE TRIED , IN ANY OF THE MEMBER STATES , ONLY BY THE COURT COMPETENT TO JUDGE THE MEMBERS OF THE HIGHEST NATIONAL JUDICIARY .