Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: Euopean Union' Court of Justice

Date: 09/24/2020

Subject: The Court affirmed that a measure involving deprivation of liberty taken against a person referred to in a first European Arrest Warrant (EAW)on the basis of a prior offence different from the one which justified his surrender under a second EAW is not contrary to EU law if that person’s departure from the Member State that issued the first EAW was voluntary. In that context, consent must be given by the executing authorities of the Member State which surrendered the prosecuted person on the basis of the second EAW

Parties: Generalbundesanwalt beim Bundesgerichtshof (Principe de spécialité)

Classification: Justice - Art. 49 Criminal Law

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