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C-376/17 PPU
Party

Arkadiusz Piotr Lipinski

Type of proceeding
Reference for a preliminary ruling
Referring court

Supreme Court, Ireland

Definition of "the trial" in Article 4a of the Framework Decision - Extradition

Categories
Fundamental Rights European Arrest Warrant
Request
C-324/17
Party

Ivan Gavanozov

Type of proceeding
Reference for a preliminary ruling
Referring court

Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad, Bulgarien

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Directive 2014/41/EU — European Investigation Order (EIO) in criminal matters — Article 5(1) — Form set out in Annex A — Section J — Absence of legal remedies in the issuing Member State

Categories
European Investigation Order Judicial Cooperation
Related links
Request Opinion (AG) Judgment
C-271/17
Party

Sławomir Andrzej Zdziaszek

Type of proceeding
Reference for a preliminary ruling
Referring court

Rechtbank Amsterdam

Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters - European arrest warrant - Surrender procedures between Member States - Conditions for execution - Grounds for optional non-execution - Arrest warrant issued for the purpose of executing a custodial sentence or a detention order - ‘Trial resulting in the decision’ - Legal proceedings amending or combining a sentence passed previously - Decision handing down a cumulative sentence - Decision handed down without the person concerned having appeared in person - Person convicted not having appeared in person at the trial in the context of his initial conviction, either at first instance or on appeal - Person represented by a legal counsellor in the appeal proceedings - Arrest warrant not providing any information in that regard - Consequences for the executing judicial authority

Categories
European Arrest Warrant Judicial Cooperation
Related links
Request Opinion (AG) Judgment
C-270/17
Party

Tadas Tupikas

Type of proceeding
Reference for a preliminary ruling
Referring court

Request for a Preliminary Ruling from Rechtbank Amsterdam — Netherlands

European arrest warrant — Surrender procedures between Member States — Conditions for execution — Reasons for optional non-execution — Arrest warrant issued for the purpose of executing a custodial sentence or a detention order — ‘Trial resulting in the decision’ — Person concerned having appeared in person at first instance — Appeal proceedings involving a re-examination of the substance of the case — Arrest warrant providing no information making it possible to check whether the rights of the defence of the person convicted were upheld during the appeal proceedings

Categories
European Arrest Warrant Judicial Cooperation
Related links
Request Opinion (AG) Judgment
C-268/17
Party

Applicant: Ured za suzbijanje korupcije i organiziranog kriminaliteta

Defendant: AY

Type of proceeding
Reference for a preliminary ruling
Referring court

Request for a Preliminary Ruling from the Županijski Sud u Zagrebu, Croatia

Judicial cooperation in criminal matters — European arrest warrant — Grounds for the refusal to execute — Closure of a criminal investigation — Principle ne bis in idem — Requested person who had the status of a witness in previous proceedings concerning the same acts — Issue of several European arrest warrants against the same person

Categories
European Arrest Warrant Judicial Cooperation
Related links
Request Opinion (AG) Judgment
C-247/17
Party

Denis Raugevicius

Type of proceeding
Reference for a preliminary ruling
Referring court

Korkein oikeus (Supreme Court, Finland)

European Union Citizenship — Request to a Member State by a third country seeking extradition of an EU citizen who is a national of another Member State and who has exercised his right to free movement in the first Member State — Request made for the purpose of enforcing a custodial sentence and not for the purpose of prosecution — Prohibition on extradition applied only to own nationals — Restriction on free movement — Justification based on the prevention of impunity — Proportionality

Categories
Fundamental Rights Area of Freedom, Security and Justice Law Enforcement Cooperation
Related links
Request Opinion (AG) Judgment
C-234/17
Party

XC, YB, ZA

Type of proceeding
Reference for a preliminary ruling
Referring court

Oberster Gerichtshof, Austria

Principles of EU law — Sincere cooperation — Procedural autonomy — Principles of equivalence and effectiveness — National legislation laying down a remedy allowing criminal proceedings to be reheard in the event of infringement of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms — No obligation to extend that procedure to cases of alleged infringement of the fundamental rights enshrined in EU law

Categories
Fundamental Rights Area of Freedom, Security and Justice Human Rights Issues
Related links
Request Opinion (AG) Judgment
C-537/16
Party

Garlsson Real Estate SA, in liquidation
Stefano Ricucci,
Magiste International SA
v
Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (Consob)

Type of proceeding
Reference for a preliminary ruling
Referring court

Court of Cassation, Italy

Market manipulation — Penalties — National legislation which provides for an administrative penalty and a criminal penalty for the same acts — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Ne bis in idem principle — Criminal nature of the administrative penalties — Existence of the same offence

Categories
Fundamental Rights Ne bis in idem
Related links
Request Opinion (AG) Judgment
C-496/16
Party

Aranyosi

Type of proceeding
Reference for a preliminary ruling
Referring court

Hanseatischen Oberlandesgericht Bremen (Germany)

Inhuman or degrading treatment - Conditions of detention - Extradition

Categories
Fundamental Rights Human Rights Issues
Related links
Request Order
C-477/16
Party

Openbaar Ministerie
Ruslanas Kovalkovas

Type of proceeding
Reference for a preliminary ruling
Referring court

Rechtbank Amsterdam

Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters — European arrest warrant — Concept of ‘judicial decision’ — Article 6(1) — Concept of ‘issuing judicial authority’ — European arrest warrant issued by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Lithuania with a view to executing a custodial sentence’

Categories
European Arrest Warrant Judicial Cooperation
Related links
Request Opinion (AG) Judgment
C-473/16
Party

F/Bevándorlási és Állampolgársági Hivatal

Type of proceeding
Reference for a preliminary ruling
Referring court

Szegedi Közigazgatási és Munkaügyi Bíróság (Ungarn)

Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Respect for private and family life — Standards for granting refugee status or subsidiary protection status — Fear of persecution on grounds of sexual orientation — Assessment of facts and circumstances — Recourse to an expert’s report — Psychological tests

Categories
Fundamental Rights
Request Opinion (AG) Judgment
C-453/16
Party

Openbaar Ministerie
Krzysztof Marek Poltorak

Type of proceeding
Reference for a preliminary ruling
Referring court

Rechtbank Amsterdam, Netherlands

Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters — European arrest warrant —Concept of ‘arrest warrant’ — Autonomous concept of EU law — National arrest warrant issued by a police service and confirmed by a public prosecutor for the purpose of criminal proceedings’

Categories
European Arrest Warrant Judicial Cooperation Police Cooperation
Related links
Request Opinion (AG) Judgment
C-452/16
Party

Openbaar Ministerie gegen Krzysztof Marek Poltorak

Type of proceeding
Reference for a preliminary ruling
Referring court

Vorabentscheidungsersuchen der Rechtbank Amsterdam

Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters — European arrest warrant — Concept of ‘judicial decision’ — Concept of ‘issuing judicial authority’ — European arrest warrant issued by the Rikspolisstyrelsen (National Police Board, Sweden) with a view to executing a custodial sentence

Categories
European Arrest Warrant Judicial Cooperation Police Cooperation
Related links
Request Opinion (AG) Judgment
C-390/16
Party

Dániel Bertold Lada

Type of proceeding
Reference for a preliminary ruling
Referring court

Szombathely Court, Hungary

Judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Taking account in new criminal proceedings of a previous conviction in another Member State — Special procedure for recognition of a conviction in another Member State — Review and legal reclassification of the earlier decision — Principle of mutual recognition

Categories
Judicial Cooperation Law Enforcement Cooperation
Related links
Request Opinion (AG) Judgment
C-367/16
Party

Piotrowski

Type of proceeding
Reference for a preliminary ruling

Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters — European arrest warrant — Surrender procedures between Member States — Grounds for mandatory non-execution — Minors — Requirement to verify the minimum age at which a minor may be regarded as criminally responsible or assessment, in each individual case, of the additional conditions laid down by the law of the executing Member State in order specifically to prosecute or convict a minor

Categories
Fundamental Rights European Arrest Warrant Judicial Cooperation Police Cooperation
Related links
Request Opinion (AG) Judgment
C-310/16
Party

Petar Dzivev et al.

Type of proceeding
Reference for a preliminary ruling
Referring court

Spetsializiran nakazatelen sad (Specialised Criminal Court, Bulgaria)

Value added tax (VAT) — Protection of the European Union’s financial interests — Convention on the protection of the European Communities’ financial interests — Criminal proceedings concerning VAT offences — Principle of effectiveness — Taking of evidence — Interception of telecommunications — Authorisation granted by a court that lacks jurisdiction — Taking those interceptions into consideration as evidence — Provisions of national law — Prohibition

Categories
Protection of Financial Interests Tax Evasion
Related links
Request Opinion (AG) Judgment