Definition
European Arrest Warrant (Ro.: mandat European de arestare, Fr.: le mandat d’arrêt européen, Nl.: het Europees aanhoudingsbevel, Gr.: ευρωπαϊκό ένταλμα σύλληψης) [see also: principle of mutual trust, dual criminality, principle of cooperation, harmonization, principle of mutual recognition, extradition] = a procedure available between member states of the European Union which allows the authorities of one state to issue a written request demanding the surrender of a person, currently located within the other state, for the purpose of prosecution or execution of a sentence. By virtue of the principle of mutual trust, the requested state is obliged to comply with the request. The procedure was set up by the Framework Decision 2002/584 of the Council, as part of a broader policy that aims at establishing an area of freedom, security and justice within the EU.
arrest warrant = an authorization given by a judge or a magistrate that allows the executing forces to apprehend and surrender a person believed to have committed a criminal offence
~ evidence warrant = instrument available to the EU states for the purpose of obtaining objects, documents and data needed for criminal procedures
Useful Links
Legislation
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A32002F0584 - Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States - Statements made by certain Member States on the adoption of the Framework Decision [English]
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/BG/TXT/?uri=URISERV:jl0015 - Council Framework Decision 2008/978/JHA of 18 December 2008 on the European evidence warrant for the purpose of obtaining objects, documents and data for use in proceedings in criminal matters [English]
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=celex%3A12012E%2FTXT - Consolidated versions of the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union - Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Articles 82-83 TFEU [English]
Case law
http://curia.europa.eu/juris/documents.jsf?num=C-399/11 - Stefano Melloni v Ministerio Fiscal, Case C 399/11 [2013] (delivered February 26, 2013) [English]
http://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?language=en&num=C-303/05, Advocaten voor de Wereld VZW v Leden van de Ministerraad
Online publications
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.proxy.uba.uva.nl:2048/doi/10.1111/j.1468-0386.2008.00451.x/abstract - Massimo Fichera (2009), “The European Arrest Warrant and the Sovereign State: A Marriage of Convenience?”, European Law Journal, Vol. 15, No 1 [English]
http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com.proxy.uba.uva.nl:2048/content/journals/10.1163/15718174-22022044 - Nina Marlene, “The European Arrest Warrant and Fundamental Rights”, European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, 11 April 2014, Vol.22(2), pp.135-165 [English]
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2632892 - V. Mitsilegas, The Symbiotic Relationship Between Mutual Trust and Fundamental Rights in Europe's Area of Criminal Justice, [English]
Publications
Rob Blekxtoon “Handbook on the European arrest warrant”, T.M.C. Asser Press, 2008 [English]
Elspeth Guild “Constitutional challenges to the European arrest warrant: a challenge for European law : the merging of internal and external security”, Wolf Legal Publishers cop., 2006 [English]
André Klip, “European criminal law : an integrative approach”, Cambridge, United Kingdom : Intersentia. 3rd edition, 2016 [English]
T Konstadinides & C Eckes, (eds.) Crime and the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: Challenges in the European Union, CUP, 2011 [English]
By Andreea Cucos