Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 19 December 2019.
Criminal proceedings against Oriol Junqueras Vies.
Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal Supremo.
Reference for a preliminary ruling — Expedited procedure — Institutional law — Citizen of the European Union elected to the European Parliament while being held in provisional detention in the context of criminal proceedings — Article 14 TEU — Concept of ‘Member of the European Parliament’ — Article 343 TFEU — Immunities necessary for the performance of the tasks of the European Union — Protocol (No 7) on the privileges and immunities of the European Union — Article 9 — Immunities enjoyed by Members of the European Parliament — Immunity as regards travel — Immunities as regards sessions — Personal, temporal and material scope of the various immunities — Waiver of immunity by the European Parliament — Request to waive immunity from a national court — Act concerning the election of Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage — Article 5 — Term of office — Article 8 — Electoral procedure — Article 12 — Verification of the credentials of Members of the European Parliament following the official declaration of the election results — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Article 39(2) — Election of Members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage in a free and secret ballot — Right to stand as a candidate at elections.
Case C-502/19. (2019)
Language: Maltese

Ir-rikorrent fil-kawża prinċipali, O. Junqueras Vies, kien il-Viċi-President tal-Gobierno autonómico de Cataluña (il-Gvern Awtonomu ta’ Cataluña, Spanja) meta ġiet adottata l-Ley 19/2017 del Parlamento de Cataluña, reguladora del referéndum de autodeterminación (il-Liġi 19/2017 tal-Parlament ta’ Cataluña li Tirregola r-Referendum tal-Awtodeterminazzjoni) tas-6 ta’ Settembru 2017 (DOGC Nru 7449A tas‑6 ta’ Settembru 2017, p. 1), u l-Ley 20/2017 del Parlamento de Cataluña de transitoriedad jurídica y fundacional de la República (il-Liġi 20/2017 tal-Parlament ta’ Cataluña ta’ Tranżizzjoni Ġuridika u Kostituttiva tar-Repubblika) tat-8 ta’ Settembru 2017 (DOGC Nru 7451A tat‑8 ta’ Settembru 2017, p. 1), kif ukoll meta, fl‑1 ta’ Ottubru 2017, sar ir-referendum ta’ awtodeterminazzjoni previst mill-ewwel minn dawn iż-żewġ liġijiet, li d-dispożizzjonijiet tagħha kienu, fil-frattemp, ġew sospiżi b’deċiżjoni tat-Tribunal Constitucional (il-Qorti Kostituzzjonali, Spanja).

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