EU Case Law

In its request for a preliminary ruling, the High Court of Ireland had asked the Court of Justice whether the failure to observe the time-limits within which a decision on the execution of the European arrest warrant is to be taken (namely, 60 days after the arrest, with a possible extension of an additional 30 days) precluded it from taking a decision on the execution of the European arrest...

On 16 April, the Court ruled on two actions for annulment brought by the Parliament against three Council Decisions adopted after the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty. The ruling is crucial...

Pending case. Request for a preliminary ruling lodged on 13 April 2015 Questions referred Must Directive 2004/80/EC relating to compensation to crime victims (Article...

The Court of Justice delivers its opinion on the draft agreement on the accession of the European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, and...

Following a thorough criminal investigation, the judicial authorities of one Member State (Belgium) refused a request to send the person under investigation for trial and instead made a finding of...

The rule, in the Schengen Area, restricting the application of the ne bis in idem principle to cases in which the penalty imposed in a Member State has been enforced or is actually in the process...

The Court annuls the directive on cross-border exchange of information on road safety related traffic offenses, considering that both in respect of its aim and its content, the directive is a...