Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Amsterdam (Netherlands) lodged on 18 May 2017 — Openbaar Ministerie v Tadas Tupikas

(Case C-270/17)

Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Rechtbank Amsterdam

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Openbaar Ministerie

Defendant: Tadas Tupikas

Question referred

Are appeal proceedings

in which there has been an examination of the merits and

which resulted in the passing of a (new) sentence on the person concerned and/or the confirmation of the sentence handed down at first instance,

where the EAW [European Arrest Warrant] concerns the execution of that sentence,

the ‘trial resulting in the decision’ as referred to in Article 4a(1) of Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA? ¹

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¹ Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (OJ 2002 L 190, p. 1).