Order of the General Court of 14 October 2021 – Junqueras i Vies v Parliament
(Case T-100/20) 1
(Action for annulment – Law governing the institutions – Member of the Parliament – Privileges and immunities – Request for privileges and immunities to be defended – Decision of the President of the Parliament not to grant that request – No interest in bringing proceedings – Inadmissibility)
Language of the case: Spanish
Parties
Applicant: Oriol Junqueras i Vies (Sant Joan de Vilatorrada, Spain) (represented by: M. Marsal i Ferret, lawyer)
Defendant: European Parliament (represented by: N. Görlitz and C. Burgos, acting as Agents)
Re:
Application under Article 263 TFEU for annulment of the decision of the President of the Parliament of 10 December 2019 not to grant the request, made on behalf of the applicant, for his immunities, as referred to in the first and second paragraphs of Article 9 of Protocol (No 7) on the privileges and immunities of the European Union, to be defended.
Operative part of the order
1. The action is dismissed as inadmissible.
2. There is no need to adjudicate on the application for leave to intervene made by the Kingdom of Spain.
3. Mr Oriol Junqueras i Vies shall bear his own costs and pay those incurred by the European Parliament.
4. The Kingdom of Spain shall bear its own costs relating to its application for leave to intervene.
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1 OJ C 114, 6.4.2020.