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Document 62010CN0163
Case C-163/10: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Isernia (Italy) lodged on 2 April 2010 — Criminal proceedings against Aldo Patriciello
Case C-163/10: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Isernia (Italy) lodged on 2 April 2010 — Criminal proceedings against Aldo Patriciello
Case C-163/10: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Isernia (Italy) lodged on 2 April 2010 — Criminal proceedings against Aldo Patriciello
IO C 161, 19.6.2010, p. 28–29
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
19.6.2010 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
C 161/28 |
Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale di Isernia (Italy) lodged on 2 April 2010 — Criminal proceedings against Aldo Patriciello
(Case C-163/10)
(2010/C 161/37)
Language of the case: Italian
Referring court
Tribunale di Isernia
Party to the main proceedings
Aldo Patriciello
Question referred
Do the facts construed in abstracto as a criminal offence committed by Aldo Patriciello — a Member of the European Parliament, described in the indictment and in favour of whom the European Parliament adopted a decision on 5 May 2009 to support a defence of immunity — which is categorised as slander under Article 368 of the Penal Code correspond to the expression of an opinion in the performance of parliamentary duties for the purposes of Article 9 of the Protocol of 8 April 1965 on the privileges and immunities of the European Communities?