EU Case Law

On 1 June 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has rendered its judgment in Case C-241/15 (Bob-Dogi), which clarified interesting legal aspects on the need for the existence of a national arrest warrant issued prior to and separately from the European arrest warrant. In this case, the Court of Appeal of Cluj (Romania), as executing authority of a European arrest warrant...

On 24 May 2016, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has rendered its judgment in case C-108/16 PPU (Openbaar Ministerie v Paweł Dworzecki). The preliminary ruling was requested by...

On 17 May 2017, Advocate General Bot delivered his opinion in case C-171/16 on Council Framework Decision 2008/675/JHA of 24 July 2008 on taking account of convictions in the Member States of the...

Pending case. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Högsta domstolen (Sweden) lodged on 14 March 2016 — Riksåklagaren v Zenon Language of the case: Swedish Referring court: Högsta...

In its judgment of 5th April 2016, the Court of Justice has ruled out that "the execution of a European arrest warrant must be deferred if there is a real risk of inhuman or degrading treatment...

The case concerns firstly the interpretation of Directive 2010/64/EU on the right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings. The Court ruled out that:  "Articles 1 to...

By preventing, in cases of serious fraud in relation to VAT, the imposition of effective and dissuasive penalties because the overall limitation period is too brief, Italian law is liable to...