What practical problems are at stake in current EAW surrender proceedings? The research project Improving Mutual Recognition of European Arrest Warrants through Common Practical Guidelines of which the three country reports for Greece, the Netherlands and Poland are now published, is a follow-up of an earlier project that led to the publication of The European Arrest Warrant and In Absentia Judgments, Maastricht Law Series No.12 In AbsentiEAW. This project is broader than in absentia alone an...

The ImprovEAW-project concerns European Arrest Warrant proceedings in seven Member States (Belgium, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, the Netherlands, Poland and Romania). Maastricht Law Series No. 23 contains the country reports for Greece, the Netherlands and Poland. ImprovEAW is a follow up to an earlier project that focused on In Absentia Judgments (Maastricht Law Series No. 12). This book looks at various other aspects of the EAW surrender procedure that are problematic in practice, such as the ...

Deze titel geeft een analyse van recente rechtspraak van het Hof van Justitie over het Europees aanhoudingsbevel (EAB). Op basis van de waardering van die rechtspraak wordt een toekomstperspectief van het Europees aanhoudingsbevel geschetst. Ook de rechterlijke autoriteit en het dubbele niveau van rechtsbescherming komen aan bod. Deze publicatie is waardevol voor academici, praktijkjuristen en studenten. Dit jaar is het twintig jaar geleden dat de Europese Unie de regeling van het EAB aannam...

The absence of the accused in criminal proceedings leading to a conviction causes many legal and practical questions when an European Arrest Warrant is issued to execute such an in absentia judgment. Whereas some Member States see no problem in allowing trials without the accused, other Member States have serious objections to it. These different standards create many problems in practice and necessitate the executing judicial authority to request supplementary information

from the issuing ju...