Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 27 May 2019

Minister for Justice and Equality v OG and PI

Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court and High Court (Ireland)

References for a preliminary ruling — Urgent preliminary ruling procedure — Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters — European arrest warrant — Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA — Article 6(1) — Concept of ‘issuing judicial authority’ — European arrest warrant issued by a public prosecutor’s office of a Member State — Legal position — Whether subordinate to a body of the executive — Power of a Ministry of Justice to issue an instruction in a specific case — No guarantee of independence

Joined Cases C-508/18 and C-82/19 PPU


Top of the page Documents in the Case
Document Date Name of the parties Subject-matter Curia EUR-Lex Autres Liens
Judgment (OJ)
19/07/2019 OG (Parquet de Lübeck)
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:2019:456		 27/05/2019 OG (Parquet de Lübeck)
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:2019:456		 27/05/2019 OG (Parquet de Lübeck)
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)
21/09/2018 OG (Parquet de Lübeck)
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
Order
ECLI:EU:C:2018:766		 20/09/2018 OG (Parquet de Lübeck)
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:2019:337		 30/04/2019 OG (Parquet de Lübeck)
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

published in the electronic Reports of Cases (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


Citations of case-law or legislation

References in grounds of judgment

Operative part

Opinion


Dates

Date of the lodging of the application initiating proceedings

  • 06/08/2018

Date of the Opinion

  • 30/04/2019

Date of the hearing

Information not available

Date of delivery

27/05/2019


References

Publication in the Official Journal

Judgment: OJ C 263 from 05.08.2019, p.21

Application: OJ C 364 from 08.10.2018, p.8

Name of the parties

OG (Parquet de Lübeck)

Notes on Academic Writings

  1. Ambos, Kai: Juristenzeitung 2019 p.732-736 (DE)
  2. Benvenuti, Simone: Commento alla sentenza della Corte di giustizia del 27 maggio 2019, Minister for Justice and Equality c. O.G. e P.I., C-508/18 e C-82/19, sulla nozione di “autorità giudiziaria emittente” nel contesto del mandato d’arresto europeo, Rivista della Corte dei conti 2019 nº 3 p.246-253 (IT)
  3. Michel, Valérie: Autorité judiciaire d'émission, Europe 2019 Juillet Comm. nº 7 p.14-15 (FR)
  4. Holst-Christensen, Nina: De forenede sager, C-508/18 og C-82/19 PPU, OG og PI, EU-ret & Menneskeret 2019 nº 2 p.27-31 (DA)
  5. Pomahač, Richard: Soudní dvůr EU : Nezávislost na výkonné moci, Právní rozhledy : časopis pro všechna právní odvětví 2019 p.571-572 (CS)
  6. Hulst, J.W.: De uitleg van het begrip rechterlijke autoriteit bij de uitvaardiging van een Europees arrestatiebevel, Nederlands tijdschrift voor Europees recht 2019 p.158-165 (NL)
  7. Ouwerkerk, J.W.: Het begrio 'uitvaardigende rechterlijke autoriteit', Ars aequi 2019 p.1005-1010 (NL)
  8. Gierok, Markus: Begriff der den Europäischen Haftbefehl "ausstellenden Justizbehörde", IWRZ – Zeitschrift für internationales Wirtschaftsrecht 2019 p.268-269 (DE)
  9. Catteau, François ; Weyembergh, Anne: Arrêt "OG et PI": la notion d'autorité judiciaire d'émission et l'exigence d'indépendance à la lumière de la décision-cadre relative au mandat d'arrêt européen, Journal de droit européen 2019 nº 263 p.363-366 (FR)
  10. Heimrich, Chad: European arrest warrants and the independence of the issuing judicial authority : how much independence is required? : (case note on joined cases C-508/18 and C-82/19 PPU OG and PI), New Journal of European Criminal Law 2019 Vol. 10 nº 4 p. 389-398 (EN)
  11. Ambos, Kai: The German Public Prosecutor as (no) judicial authority within the meaning of the European Arrest Warrant: a case note on the CJEU’s judgment in OG (C-508/18) and PI (C 82/19 PPU), New Journal of European Criminal Law 2019 Vol. 10 nº 4 p. 399-407 (EN)
  12. Mareş, Mihai ; Şandru, Adrian: Independenţa procurorului : probleme actuale privind cooperarea judiciară internaţională în materie penală, Pandectele Romane: repertoriu trimestrial de jurisprudenta, doctrina si legislatie 2019 Vol. 3 p. 81-90 (RO)
  13. Ambos, Kai: Sobre las fiscalías alemanas como autoridad de emisión de la orden europea de detención y entrega : comentario a las sentencias del Tribunal de Justicia de la Unión Europea (Gran Sala), en los asuntos acumulados C-5081/18 y C-92/19 PPU, y en el asunto C-509/18, de 27 de mayo de 2019, Revista española de Derecho Europeo 2019 nº 71 p. 9-20 (ES)
  14. Alonso Moreda, Nicolás: El fiscal como autoridad judicial de emisión de ‘euro-órdenes’ a la luz de las sentencias del Tribunal de Justicia de 27 de mayo de 2019 en el asunto C-509/18 y en los asuntos acumulados C-508/18 y C-82/19 PPU. ¿Un paso definitivo en su concreción?, Revista General de Derecho Europeo 2019, nº 49, p. 225-249 (ES)
  15. Böse, Martin: The European arrest warrant and the independence of public prosecutors: OG & PI, PF, JR & YC, Common Market Law Review 2020, n° 4, p. 1259-1282 (EN)
  16. Flore, Daniel: XIV. Espace de liberté, de sécurité et de justice - Cour de justice, gde ch., 27 mai 2019, OG et PI (Parquets de Lübeck et de Zwickau), aff. C‑508/18 et C‑82/19 PPU, EU:C:2019:456, Jurisprudence de la CJUE 2019. Décisions et commentaires (Ed. Bruylant - Bruxelles) 2020, p. 817-822 (FR)
  17. Glerum, Vincent Hubrecht: Van stenen, monniken en kappen : het begrip ‘uitvoerende rechterlijke autoriteit’, het arrest Openbaar Ministerie (Valsheid in geschrifte) en de gevolgen voor de Nederlandse overleveringsprocedure, S.E.W. : Tijdschrift voor Europees en economisch recht 2021 p. 232-246 (NL)
  18. Klip, André: The European Arrest Warrant, from Mutual Recognition to Mutual Supervision?, European Criminal Law Review 2022, Volume 12, Issue 1, p. 82-100 (EN)



Procedural Analysis Information

Source of the question referred for a preliminary ruling

Supreme Court - Ireland

Subject-matter

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

Provisions of national law referred to

European Arrest Warrant Act, 2003, 01/01/2004

Provisions of international law referred to

Information not available

Procedure and result

  • Reference for a preliminary ruling

Formation of the Court

Information not available

Judge-Rapporteur

Jürimäe

Advocate General

Information not available

Language(s) of the Case

  • English

Language(s) of the Opinion

    Information not available