Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 10 August 2017

Openbaar Ministerie v Tadas Tupikas

Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Amsterdam

Reference for a preliminary ruling — Urgent preliminary ruling procedure — Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters — European arrest warrant — Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA — Surrender procedures between Member States — Conditions for execution — Reasons for optional non-execution — Article 4a(1) introduced by Framework Decision 2009/299/JHA — 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

Case C-270/17 PPU


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
20/10/2017 Tupikas
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2017:628
10/08/2017 Tupikas
Judgment (Summary)
ECLI:EU:C:2017:628
10/08/2017 Tupikas
Application (OJ)
04/08/2017 Tupikas
Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2017:609
26/07/2017 Tupikas
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

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

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

1.
1 The legal order of the European Union
  1.07 Interpretation of EU law
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.03 Judicial cooperation in criminal matters
      4.06.03.01 Harmonization of laws
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.03 Judicial cooperation in criminal matters
      4.06.03.01 Harmonization of laws
4 Internal policy of the European Union
  4.06 Area of freedom, security and justice
    4.06.03 Judicial cooperation in criminal matters
      4.06.03.01 Harmonization of laws


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 18/05/2017

Date of the Opinion

  • 26/07/2017

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

10/08/2017


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 374 from 06.11.2017, p.9

Application: OJ C 277 from 21.08.2017, p.24

Name of the parties

Tupikas

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Gazin, Fabienne: Motif facultatif de non-exécution d'un mandat d'arrêt européen, Europe 2017 Octobre Comm. nº 356 p.27 (FR)
  2. Glerum, V.H.: Balanceren tussen versterking van procedurele rechten en facilitering van justitiële samenwerking: het Hof legt de reikwijdte van artikel 4 bis Kaderbesluit 2002/584/JBZ uit, S.E.W. : Tijdschrift voor Europees en economisch recht 2018 p.171-173 (NL)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Rechtbank Amsterdam - Netherlands

Subject-matter

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

Provisions of national law referred to

Information not available

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Preliminary reference - urgent procedure

Formation of the Court

cinquième chambre (Cour)

Judge-Rapporteur

Biltgen

Advocate General

Bobek

Language(s) of the Case

  • Dutch

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French