Order of the President of the General Court of 26 June 2017 —
Jalkh v Parliament

(Case T‑26/17 R)

(Interim measures — Law governing the institutions — Member of the European Parliament — Privileges and immunities — Waiver of the parliamentary immunity of a Member of the European Parliament — Application for suspension of operation of a measure — No urgency)

1.      Application for interim measures — Suspension of operation of a measure — Interim measures — Conditions for granting — Prima facie case — Urgency — Serious and irreparable damage — Cumulative nature — Balancing of all the interests involved — Order of examination and method of verification — Discretion of the court hearing the application for interim relief

(Arts 256(1) TFEU, 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))

(see paras 11-14)

2.      Application for interim measures — Admissibility criteria — Application — Formal requirements — Pleas establishing a prima facie case for the measures applied for

(Art. 278 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))

(see paras 19-21)

3.      Application for interim measures — Suspension of operation of a measure — Interim measures — Conditions for granting — Urgency — Serious and irreparable damage — Burden of proof — Decision of the European Parliament waiving the immunity of a Member — No undermining of the right freely to exercise the parliamentary mandate and the proper function of the Parliament — No urgency

(Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))

(see paras 35, 36)

4.      Application for interim measures — Suspension of operation of a measure — Interim measures — Conditions for granting — Urgency — Serious and irreparable damage — Burden of proof — Whether the risk materialises dependent on uncertain, future events — No urgency

(Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))

(see paras 37, 38)

5.      Application for interim measures — Suspension of operation of a measure — Interim measures — Conditions for granting — Urgency — Serious and irreparable damage — Account to be taken of the manifest illegality of the contested measure — Burden of proof

(Arts 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU; Rules of Procedure of the General Court, Art. 156(4))

(see paras 40, 41)

Re:

APPLICATION based on Articles 278 TFEU and 279 TFEU, seeking suspension of the operation of the decision of 22 November 2016 taken by the European Parliament to waive Mr Jalkh’s parliamentary immunity in view of the judicial investigation (No 1422400530) brought before the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris (Court of First Instance, Paris, France).

Operative part

1. The application for interim measures is dismissed.

2. The costs are reserved.