# C_2017277EN.01002402.xml

| 21.8.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 277/24 |
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Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Amsterdam (Netherlands) lodged on 18 May 2017 — Openbaar Ministerie v Sławomir Andrzej Zdziaszek

(Case C-271/17)

(2017/C 277/35)

Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Rechtbank Amsterdam

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Openbaar Ministerie

Defendant: Sławomir Andrzej Zdziaszek

Questions referred

| 1. | Are proceedings
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in which the court in the issuing Member State decides to combine separate custodial sentences which had previously been imposed on the person concerned by a final judgment into one single custodial sentence, and/or to change an aggregate custodial sentence which had previously been imposed on the person concerned by a final judgment and —
in which that court no longer examines the question of guilt, such as the proceedings which led to the cumulative sentence of 25 March 2014, a ‘trial resulting in the decision’ as referred to in the introductory subparagraph of Article 4a(1) of Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA?( 1 ) | — | in which the court in the issuing Member State decides to combine separate custodial sentences which had previously been imposed on the person concerned by a final judgment into one single custodial sentence, and/or to change an aggregate custodial sentence which had previously been imposed on the person concerned by a final judgment and | — | in which that court no longer examines the question of guilt, |
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| — | in which the court in the issuing Member State decides to combine separate custodial sentences which had previously been imposed on the person concerned by a final judgment into one single custodial sentence, and/or to change an aggregate custodial sentence which had previously been imposed on the person concerned by a final judgment and | | | | |
| — | in which that court no longer examines the question of guilt, | | | | |

| 2. | Can the executing judicial authority:
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in a case where the requested person did not appear in person at the trial resulting in the decision, —
but where the issuing judicial authority has not, either in the EAW [European Arrest Warrant] or in the supplementary information requested pursuant to Article 15(2) of Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA, provided information about the applicability of one or more of the circumstances referred to in subparagraphs (a) to (d) of Article 4a(1) of Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA, in accordance with the wording of one or more of the categories of point 3 of paragraph (d) of the EAW form, for those very reasons conclude that none of the conditions of Article 4a(1)(a) to (d) of Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA has been satisfied and for those very reasons refuse to execute the EAW? | — | in a case where the requested person did not appear in person at the trial resulting in the decision, | — | but where the issuing judicial authority has not, either in the EAW [European Arrest Warrant] or in the supplementary information requested pursuant to Article 15(2) of Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA, provided information about the applicability of one or more of the circumstances referred to in subparagraphs (a) to (d) of Article 4a(1) of Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA, in accordance with the wording of one or more of the categories of point 3 of paragraph (d) of the EAW form, |
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| — | in a case where the requested person did not appear in person at the trial resulting in the decision, | | | | |
| — | but where the issuing judicial authority has not, either in the EAW [European Arrest Warrant] or in the supplementary information requested pursuant to Article 15(2) of Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA, provided information about the applicability of one or more of the circumstances referred to in subparagraphs (a) to (d) of Article 4a(1) of Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA, in accordance with the wording of one or more of the categories of point 3 of paragraph (d) of the EAW form, | | | | |

| 3. | Are appeal proceedings
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in which there has been an examination of the merits and —
which resulted in the passing of a (new) sentence on the person concerned and/or the confirmation of the sentence handed down at first instance, —
where the EAW concerns the execution of that sentence, the ‘trial resulting in the decision’ as referred to in Article 4a(1) of Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA? | — | in which there has been an examination of the merits and | — | which resulted in the passing of a (new) sentence on the person concerned and/or the confirmation of the sentence handed down at first instance, | — | where the EAW concerns the execution of that sentence, |
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| — | in which there has been an examination of the merits and | | | | | | |
| — | which resulted in the passing of a (new) sentence on the person concerned and/or the confirmation of the sentence handed down at first instance, | | | | | | |
| — | where the EAW concerns the execution of that sentence, | | | | | | |

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( 1 )  Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (OJ 2002 L 190, p. 1).

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