Case C‑629/21 P(R)

Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó and Others

v

European Parliament
and
Kingdom of Spain

Order of the Vice-President of the Court of 24 May 2022

(Appeal – Interim relief – Institutional law – Members of the European Parliament – Privileges and immunities – Waiver of the parliamentary immunity of a Member of the Parliament – Prima facie case – Impartiality of the rapporteur when examining the request for waiver of parliamentary immunity – Urgency – European arrest warrant – Alert on persons wanted for arrest for surrender purposes – Exercise of the mandate of a Member of the Parliament – Balance of interests)

1. Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Urgency – Serious and irreparable damage – Burden of proof – Damage foreseeable with a reasonable degree of probability

   (Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Council Framework Decision 2002/584)

   (see paragraphs 75, 78-82, 85, 87-95, 121-135, 146, 147, 149-155, 218, 226-236, 241)

2. Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Interim measures – Conditions for granting – Prima facie case – Prima facie examination of the pleas in law put forward in support of the main action – Action against a decision of the Parliament waiving the immunity of a Member

   (Arts 278 and 279 TFEU; Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, Arts 39(2) and 41(1); Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice, Art. 160(3))

   (see paragraphs 188, 190-205)

3. Interim relief – Suspension of operation of a measure – Conditions for granting – Balancing of all the interests involved – Suspension of the operation of a decision of the Parliament waiving the immunity of a Member of the European Parliament

   (Arts 4(2) and 10(1) TEU; Art. 278 TFEU; Protocol No 7 annexed to the EU and FEU Treaties, Article 9, first para., point (b))

   (see paragraphs 248-263)

See the text of the decision.