EU Case Law

Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA – European arrest warrant issued for the purposes of executing a custodial sentence – Grounds for optional non-execution of the European arrest warrant – Concept of ‘finally judged … in respect of the same acts’ – Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA (Articles 25, 4, 22) – Mutual recognition of judgments in criminal matters for the purpose of their enforcement in...

Directive (EU) 2016/343 – Burden of proof that the accused person is guilty (Article 6) – Right of access to an independent and impartial tribunal (Article 47(2) of the Charter of Fundamental...

Directive 2014/41/EU – Concept of ‘other competent authority acting in its capacity as an investigating authority in criminal proceedings’ – Competence to order the gathering of evidence in...

Framework Decision 2008/675/JHA – Taking account of previous convictions handed down in another Member State in the course of new criminal proceedings – Legal effects equivalent to previous...

Clarifications regarding the right to be present at the trial under Article 8(1) of Directive 2016/343 – scope of harmonisation – possibility for an accused person to participate, at his...

Criminal prosecution initiated in a Member State against a person residing in another Member State – Possibility for that person to participate in his or her trial by videoconference in...

Conditions for waiving the right of access to a lawyer under Directive 2013/48 and for revoking the waiver in case of a vulnerable suspect; Clarifications regarding the concept of...