Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber), 29 January 2013

Ciprian Vasile Radu

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Curtea de Apel Constanţa

Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters — Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA — European arrest warrant and surrender procedures between Member States — European arrest warrant issued for the purposes of prosecution — Grounds for refusing execution

Case C‑396/11


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Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
08/03/2013 Radu
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2013:39
29/01/2013 Radu
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2013:39
29/01/2013 Radu
Application (OJ)
09/09/2011 Radu
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2012:648
18/10/2012 Radu
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Reports of Cases

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Curtea de Apel Constanţa – Interpretation of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (OJ 2002 L 190, p. 1), and of Article 6 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union – European arrest warrant issued for prosecution purposes – Possibility for the Member State responsible for executing the warrant to refuse the request for surrender of the person sought on grounds of failure to comply with the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, and also because the Member State which issued the warrant has failed, in whole or in part, to transpose Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA into national law

Systematic classification scheme

1.
3 Legal proceedings
  3.04 Reference for a preliminary ruling
    3.04.02 Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.04 Police cooperation
      4.06.04.00 General


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 27/07/2011

Date of the Opinion

  • 18/10/2012

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

29/01/2013


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Application: OJ C 282 from 24.09.2011, p.15

Judgment: OJ C 86 from 23.03.2013, p.5

Name of the parties

Radu

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Tinsley, Alex: The Reference in Case C-396/11 Radu: When does the Protection of Fundamental Rights Require Non-execution of a European Arrest Warrant?, European Criminal Law Review 2012 p.338-352 (EN)
  2. Radu, Horațiu Răzvan ; Voicu, Anca: Curțea de Justiție a Uniunii Europene, Cauza C-396/11, Radu, Curierul Judiciar 2012 p.234-236 (RO)
  3. Gazin, Fabienne: Mandat d'arrêt européen. La Cour circonscrit la portée du droit d'être entendu dans le cadre de l'émission d'un mandat d'arrêt européen afin d'éviter d'annihiler l'efficacité de cet instrument, Europe 2013 Mars Comm. nº 3 p.23-24 (FR)
  4. Brière, Carine: La jurisprudence de la Cour de justice et du Tribunal de l'Union européenne. Chronique des arrêts. Arrêt « Radu », Revue du droit de l'Union européenne 2013 nº 1 p.171-175 (FR)
  5. Aubert, Michel ; Broussy, Emmanuelle ; Cassagnabère, Hervé: Chronique de jurisprudence de la CJUE. Mandat d'arrêt européen, L'actualité juridique ; droit administratif 2013 p.1159-1160 (FR)
  6. Janssens, C.: S.E.W. ; Sociaal-economische wetgeving 2013 p.287-292 (NL)
  7. Stefanova-kamisheva, Radostina: Zashtita na osnovnite prava na choveka pri izpalnenie na evropeyskata zapoved za arest, Evropeyski praven pregled 2013 nº 6 p.163-174 (BG)
  8. Riehle, Cornelia: ERA-Forum : scripta iuris europaei 2013 p.301-303 (DE)
  9. Altamore, Viviana: "Mandato di arresto europeo" e "diritti fondametali": dall'assolutezza alla negoziabilità dei diritti fondamentali? Spunti di riflessione in una recente sentenza della Corte di giustizia, Diritto pubblico comparato ed europeo 2013 p.602-607 (IT)
  10. Bachmaier Winter, Lorena: Quo vadis – El TJUE y su papel en materia de cooperación penal al hilo de la reciente jurisprudencia sobre la orden de detención y entrega, Revista General de Derecho Europeo 2016, n° 38, p. 1-21 (ES)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Curtea de Apel Constanţa (Cour d'appel de Constanţa) - Romania

Subject-matter

  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - judicial cooperation in criminal matters

Provisions of national law referred to

Legea nr. 302/2004 privind cooperarea judiciară internaţională în materie penală

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

grande chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Ó Caoimh

Advocate General

Sharpston

Language(s) of the Case

  • Romanian

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • English