In a judgment (case C-3/20) handed down on Tuesday, 30 November, the Court of Justice of the European Union detailed the terms and conditions of the waiver of privileges and immunities that the governor of a central bank of a Member State has under the specific Protocol (No. 7) in the context of open criminal proceedings against him or her.
In June 2018, the Latvian public prosecutor’s office charged the governor of the country’s central bank, whose term of office ran until the...