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: Danish

Sagsøgeren i hovedsagen, Oriol Junqueras Vies, var vicepræsident for Gobierno autonómico de Cataluña (regeringen i den selvstyrende region Catalonien, Spanien), da Parlamento de Cataluña vedtog Ley 19/2017 reguladora del referéndum de autodeterminación (det catalanske parlaments lov nr. 19/2017 om folkeafstemningen om selvbestemmelse) af 6. september 2017 (DOGC nr. 7449A af 6.9.2017, s. 1.) og Ley 20/2017 de transitoriedad jurídica y fundacional de la República (det catalanske parlaments lov nr. 20/2017 om republikkens retlige og grundlæggende overgang) af 8. september 2017 (DOGC nr. 7451A af 8.9.2017, s. 1), samt da der den 1. oktober 2017 blev afholdt folkeafstemning om selvbestemmelse i henhold til den førstnævnte af disse to love, hvis bestemmelser i mellemtiden var blevet suspenderet ved en afgørelse fra Tribunal Constitucional (forfatningsdomstol, Spanien).

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