Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2021

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Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Amsterdam

Reference for a preliminary ruling – Urgent preliminary ruling procedure – Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA – European arrest warrant – Grounds for optional non-execution – Article 4(5) – Requested person has been finally judged in a third State in respect of the same acts – Sentence has been served or may no longer be executed under the law of the sentencing country – Implementation – Margin of discretion of the executing judicial authority – Concept of ‘same acts’ – Remission of sentence granted by a non-judicial authority as part of a general leniency measure

Case C-665/20 PPU


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
25/06/2021 X (Mandat d’arrêt européen - Ne bis in idem)
area of freedom, security and justice
- judicial cooperation in criminal matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - judicial cooperation in criminal matters
  • - police cooperation
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Judgment
ECLI:EU:C:2021:339		 29/04/2021 X (Mandat d’arrêt européen - Ne bis in idem)
area of freedom, security and justice
- judicial cooperation in criminal matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - judicial cooperation in criminal matters
  • - police cooperation
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Abstract
ECLI:EU:C:2021:339		 29/04/2021 X (Mandat d’arrêt européen - Ne bis in idem)
area of freedom, security and justice
- judicial cooperation in criminal matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - judicial cooperation in criminal matters
  • - police cooperation
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Application (OJ)
19/03/2021 X (Mandat d’arrêt européen - Ne bis in idem)
area of freedom, security and justice
- judicial cooperation in criminal matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - judicial cooperation in criminal matters
  • - police cooperation
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Request for a preliminary ruling
07/12/2020 X (Mandat d’arrêt européen - Ne bis in idem)
area of freedom, security and justice
- judicial cooperation in criminal matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - judicial cooperation in criminal matters
  • - police cooperation
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Opinion
ECLI:EU:C:2021:303		 15/04/2021 X (Mandat d’arrêt européen - Ne bis in idem)
area of freedom, security and justice
- judicial cooperation in criminal matters
  • area of freedom, security and justice
  • - judicial cooperation in criminal matters
  • - police cooperation
EUR-Lex text EUR-Lex bilingual text
Top of the page Legal analysis of the decision or of the case

Reports of Cases

not yet published (Court Reports - general)

Subject-matter

Information not available

Systematic classification scheme

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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
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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
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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
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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

  • 07/12/2020

Date of the Opinion

  • 15/04/2021

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

29/04/2021


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Information not available

Name of the parties

X (Mandat d’arrêt européen - Ne bis in idem)

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Gazin, Fabienne: Mandat d'arrêt européen - Motifs d'inexécution facultatifs d'un mandat d'arrêt européen, Europe 2021, nº 6 Juin, comm. 206 (FR)
  2. Lucas, Sandra: The Transposition into National Law of the Margin of Discretion in the Grounds for Optional Non-execution of the European Arrest Warrant – A Danish Example, European Criminal Law Review 2022, Volume 12, Issue 3, p. 342-354 (EN)



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
  • - police cooperation

Provisions of national law referred to

Overleveringswet, art; 9, par. 1, lettres d) et e)

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

Ilešič

Advocate General

Hogan

Language(s) of the Case

  • Dutch

Language(s) of the Opinion

  • French