European Arrest Warrant

E172045

European Union legal instrument extradition mechanism judicial cooperation instrument

The European Arrest Warrant is a streamlined cross-border judicial procedure within the European Union that enables the swift arrest and surrender of individuals between member states for prosecution or to serve a custodial sentence.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
European Arrest Warrant canonical	4

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European Union legal instrument ⓘ extradition mechanism ⓘ judicial cooperation instrument ⓘ
adoptedBy	Council of the European Union ⓘ
adoptionDate	2002-06-13 ⓘ
appliesTo	European Union member states ⓘ persons sought for criminal prosecution ⓘ persons sought for execution of a custodial sentence ⓘ persons sought for execution of a detention order ⓘ
basedOnPrinciple	mutual recognition of judicial decisions ⓘ
canBeRefusedOnGrounds	age of the person sought ⓘ amnesty in the executing state ⓘ ne bis in idem ⓘ
category	European criminal law ⓘ mutual legal assistance in criminal matters ⓘ
containsSafeguard	prohibition of surrender if risk of inhuman or degrading treatment ⓘ protection of fundamental rights ⓘ specialty rule limiting prosecution to offences underlying the warrant ⓘ
criticisedFor	disparities in criminal justice standards between member states ⓘ potential impact on fundamental rights and procedural safeguards ⓘ
enteredIntoForce	2004-01-01 ⓘ
executedBy	judicial authority of another EU member state ⓘ
geographicalScope	European Union ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	EAW ⓘ
hasOfficialName	European Arrest Warrant self-link ⓘ
implementedThrough	national legislation of EU member states ⓘ
includesConcept	double criminality ⓘ list of 32 categories of offences for which double criminality is waived ⓘ surrender of persons ⓘ
interpretedBy	Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ
issuedBy	judicial authority of an EU member state ⓘ
languageRequirement	must be translated into the official language required by the executing state ⓘ
legalBasis	Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA ⓘ
minimumThreshold	offences punishable by at least 12 months of imprisonment for prosecution ⓘ sentences of at least 4 months of imprisonment for execution ⓘ
monitoredBy	European Commission ⓘ
purpose	to enable execution of custodial sentences or detention orders in another member state ⓘ to enable prosecution of persons in another member state ⓘ to simplify and speed up the surrender of persons between EU member states ⓘ
relatedTo	EU area of freedom, security and justice ⓘ Schengen acquis ⓘ
replaced	traditional extradition procedures between EU member states ⓘ
replacedInstrument	European Convention on Extradition procedures between EU states in many cases ⓘ
requires	direct communication between judicial authorities ⓘ standardised warrant form ⓘ
supportedFor	efficiency in cross-border criminal justice ⓘ facilitating fight against serious cross-border crime ⓘ
timeLimit	10 days for surrender after final decision ⓘ normally 60 days from arrest to decision on execution ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eurojust → usesInstrument → European Arrest Warrant ⓘ

European Union area of freedom, security and justice → includesInstrument → European Arrest Warrant ⓘ

European Arrest Warrant → hasOfficialName → European Arrest Warrant self-link ⓘ

European law enforcement agencies → useInstrument → European Arrest Warrant ⓘ