Judgment_paragraph 82 · Criminal proceedings against Oriol Junqueras Vies (C-502/19)

82That interpretation is consistent with the objectives pursued by the Protocol on the privileges and immunities of the European Union, which consists – as follows from the Court’s case-law – in ensuring that the institutions of the European Union have full and effective protection against hindrances or risks to their proper functioning and independence (see, to that effect, judgment of 10 July 1986, Wybot, 149/85, EU:C:1986:310, paragraphs 12 and 22; order of 13 July 1990, Zwartveld and Others, C‑2/88‑IMM, EU:C:1990:315, paragraph 19, and judgment of 22 March 2007, Commission v Belgium, C‑437/04, EU:C:2007:178, paragraph 56).