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A European arrest warrant is a ruling of a judicial authority of a European Union Member State that has been made in order for another Member State to extradite a person for the commencement or performance of criminal prosecution or for the execution of a sentence related to imprisonment.

Section 714, 715 of the Criminal Procedure Law.

General Prosecutors office O. Kalpaka blvd 6, Riga, LV - 1801, Latvia Fax: 371.67.212231 Tel.: 371.67.320085; dkssd@lrp.gov.lv

Latvian/English Concerning the receiving of an EAW translation pursuant to Articles 717 and 699 of the Criminal Procedure Law, after receiving an EAW, "a person may be detained for up to 72 hours for extradition purposes..." This means that within this time period, the person should also be arrested by the decision of the investigative judge. Latvia accepts transmission of EAW translations via SIS.

If a person agrees to the extradition, an examination shall be completed within 10 days from the day of receipt of a European arrest warrant. An examination shall be completed within 20 days from the day of the receipt of an extradition request. If additional information is necessary for the examination, the term shall be counted from the day of the receipt of such extradition request. The Prosecutor General may extend the examination term.

If the person being extradited submits a request that an advocate is appointed in the country that rendered the European arrest warrant, the Prosecutor General's Office shall inform the relevant country of such request without delay. According to the Criminal Procedure Law, there is a possibility to surrender also for accessory offences: Article 714. (1) A person who is in the territory of Latvia may be extradited to a Member State of the European Union for the purpose of initiating and conducting criminal prosecution, trial, or the execution of a judgment if a European Arrest Warrant has been adopted in respect of that person in a foreign state and the grounds for extradition referred to in Section 696 of this Law are present. Article 696. (4) Where extradition is sought for several offences, but extradition cannot be granted for one of them because it does not satisfy the conditions regarding the sentence to be imposed, the person may still be extradited for that offence.