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PR_IMM_Waiver

P9_TA(2024)0224

PROPOSAL FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION

Request for waiver of the immunity of Gunnar Beck

on the request for waiver of the immunity of Gunnar Beck

Committee on Legal Affairs

(2023/2192(IMM))

PE758.183

– having regard to the request of the Chief Public Prosecutor in Düsseldorf for the waiver of the immunity of Gunnar Beck, forwarded by letter dated 25 July 2023 by the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, in connection with a preliminary investigation into suspected criminal offences, and communicated in plenary on 11 September 2023,

European Parliament decision of 11 April 2024 on the request for waiver of the immunity of Gunnar Beck (2023/2192(IMM))

– having regard to the request of the Chief Public Prosecutor in Düsseldorf for waiver of the immunity of Gunnar Beck, transmitted by letter dated 25 July 2023 by the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection, in connection with a preliminary investigation into suspected criminal offences, and announced in plenary on 11 September 2023,

– having heard Gunnar Beck in accordance with Rule 9(6) of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A9-0170/2024),

A. whereas the Chief Public Prosecutor in Düsseldorf has requested the waiver of the immunity of Gunnar Beck, MEP elected forin Germany, with a view to initiating preliminary proceedings for theft of low-value property in combination with intentional bodily injury and resistance to law enforcement officials, pursuant to sections 242(1), 248a, 223(1), 230(1) sentence 1, 113(1) and 53 of the German Criminal Code;

B. whereas, on 29 October 2022 in a department store in Neuss (Germany), Gunnar Beck allegedly took some sample of tester products on display for customers to try out, with, allegedly, a view to taking them away without paying for them; whereas a shoplifting offence was reported; whereas Gunnar Beck allegedly tried to leave the premises and the store detectives restrained him; whereas, afterwards, law enforcement officials intervened on the scene and, allegedly, Gunnar Beck did not comply with their requests to not resist;

1. Decides to waive the immunity of Gunnar Beck;

2. Instructs its President to forward this decision and the report of its committee responsible immediately to the competent German authority of the Federal Republic of Germany and to Gunnar Beck.

ANNEX: ENTITIES OR PERSONS FROM WHOM THE RAPPORTEUR HAS RECEIVED INPUT

The rapporteur declares under his exclusive responsibility that he did not receive input from any entity or person to be mentioned in this Annex pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure.

INFORMATION ON ADOPTION IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

Date adopted

8.4.2024

Result of final vote

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12

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Members present for the final vote

Gunnar Beck, Ibán García Del Blanco, Virginie Joron, Sergey Lagodinsky, Gilles Lebreton, Maria-Manuel Leitão-Marques, Karen Melchior, Sabrina Pignedoli, Adrián Vázquez Lázara, Axel Voss, Marion Walsmann, Javier Zarzalejos

Substitutes present for the final vote

Guy Lavocat, Antonius Manders, Nacho Sánchez Amor