Practical information on the European Arrest Warrant

Handbooks and Guidance

• European Commission - Handbook on how to issue and execute a European Arrest Warrant (06/10/2017)
• The Eurojust/EJN Joint compilation - Issuing authority and independence of the Public Prosecutor

• Executive summary of the compilation (pdf, 165 Kb)

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EJN Plenary Meetings Conclusions

• 53rd Plenary meeting of the European Judicial Network, Helsinki, Finland
  - on the interpretation of “issuing judicial authority”, in absentia judgments, surrender of own nationals and residents and detention conditions
• 52nd Plenary meeting of the European Judicial Network, Bucharest, Romania
  - on the interpretation of “issuing judicial authority” and detention conditions
• 49th Plenary meeting of the European Judicial Network, Tallinn, Estonia
  - on detention conditions
• 48th Plenary meeting of the European Judicial Network, Valetta, Malta
  - on the extradition of EU nationals to 3rd countries “Petruhin case”

Legal texts

• Consolidated version of the Framework Decision on the European Arrest Warrant
• Word consolidated version of the European Arrest Warrant form
• Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway on the surrender procedure between the Member States of the European Union and Iceland and Norway

Resources on EJN website

• Judicial Library - legal texts, notifications, forms, case law, reports etc.
• EAW in the Judicial Atlas:
  
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• Compendium: European Arrest Warrant interactive form

Detention conditions

FRA resources

• FRA Database on detention conditions in the Member States
• Report 2019 on Criminal Detention Conditions in the European Union:rules and reality