The European Parliament,

–  having regard to the request for waiver of the immunity of Jürgen Creutzmann, forwarded on 15 January 2013 by the German Federal Ministry of Justice, in connection with a case pending before the Chief Public Prosecutor of Frankenthal (Germany), and announced in plenary on 17 January 2013,

–  having heard Jürgen Creutzmann in accordance with Rule 7(3) of its Rules of Procedure,

–  having regard to Article 9 of Protocol No 7 on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union, and Article 6(2) of the Act of 20 September 1976 concerning the election of the members of the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage,

–  having regard to the judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 12 May 1964, 10 July 1986, 15 and 21 October 2008, 19 March 2010 and 6 September 2011(1),

–  having regard to Article 46 of the German Basic Law (Grundgesetz),

–  having regard to Rules 6(2) and 7 of its Rules of Procedure,

–  having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A7-0107/2013),

A.  whereas the Chief Public Prosecutor of Frankenthal (Germany) has requested the waiver of the parliamentary immunity of Jürgen Creutzmann, Member of the European Parliament, in connection with launching investigative proceedings concerning an alleged offence;

B.  whereas the request by the Chief Public Prosecutor relates to proceedings concerning an alleged offence of causing bodily harm by negligence under Section 229 of the German Criminal Code;

C.  whereas, according to Article 9 of the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union, Members shall enjoy, in the territory of their own State, the immunities accorded to members of their Parliament;

D.  whereas, under Article 46(2) of the German Basic Law (Grundgesetz), a Member may not be called to account for a punishable offence without the permission of Parliament unless apprehended while committing the offence or in the course of the following day;

E.  whereas, consequently, Parliament must thus waive the parliamentary immunity of Jürgen Creutzmann if the proceedings against him are to go ahead;

F.  whereas Article 9 of the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Union and Article 46(2) of the German Grundgesetz do not preclude the waiver of the immunity of Jürgen Creutzmann;

G.  whereas it is therefore advisable that parliamentary immunity be waived in the case in question;

1.  Decides to waive the immunity of Jürgen Creutzmann;

2.  Instructs its President to forward this decision and the report of its competent committee immediately to the appropriate authorities of the Federal Republic of Germany and to Jürgen Creutzmann.

(1) Judgment of 12 May 1964 in Case 101/63, Wagner v Fohrmann and Krier (ECR 1964, p. 195); judgment of 10 July 1986 in Case 149/85, Wybot v Faure and others (ECR 1986, p. 2403); judgment of 15 October 2008 in Case T-345/05, Mote v Parliament (ECR 2008, p. II-2849); judgment of 21 October 2008 in Joined Cases C-200/07 and C-201/07, Marra v De Gregorio and Clemente (ECR 2008, p. I-7929); judgment of 19 March 2010 in Case T-42/06, Gollnisch v Parliament (ECR 2010, p. II-1135); judgment of 6 September 2011 in Case C-163/10, Patriciello (ECR 2011, p. I-7565).