62022CJ0396_SUM
Case C‑396/22
Generalstaatsanwaltschaft Berlin
(Request for a preliminary ruling from the Kammergericht Berlin)
Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 December 2023
(Reference for a preliminary ruling – Police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA – European arrest warrant – Article 4a(1) – Surrender procedure between Member States – Conditions for execution – Grounds for optional non-execution – Exceptions – Mandatory execution – Sentence handed down in absentia – Concept of ‘trial resulting in the decision’ – Proceedings amending sentences previously passed – Decision imposing a cumulative sentence – Decision handed down without the person concerned having appeared in person – National legislation imposing an absolute prohibition on surrender of the person concerned in the case of a decision rendered in absentia – Obligation to interpret national law in conformity with EU law)
Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Framework decision on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States – Grounds for optional non-execution of the European arrest warrant – Warrant issued for the purpose of executing a sentence handed down in absentia – Concept of trial resulting in the decision – Autonomous and uniform interpretation
(Council Framework Decision 2002/584, as amended by Framework Decision 2009/299, Art. 4a(1))
(see paragraph 26)
Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Framework decision on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States – Grounds for optional non-execution of the European arrest warrant – Warrant issued for the purpose of executing a sentence handed down in absentia – Concept of trial resulting in the decision – Proceedings which led to a judgment imposing a cumulative sentence, by the aggregation of sentences previously handed down – Inclusion – Conditions – Authority that imposed the cumulative sentence enjoying a margin of discretion in the determination of the level of that sentence
(Council Framework Decision 2002/584, as amended by Framework Decision 2009/299, Art. 4a(1))
(see paragraphs 31-34, operative part 1)
Judicial cooperation in criminal matters – Framework decision on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States – Grounds for optional non-execution of the European arrest warrant – Warrant issued for the purpose of executing a sentence handed down in absentia – National legislation imposing an absolute prohibition on surrender in the case of a decision rendered in absentia – Not permissible – Obligation to disapply that legislation – None – Obligation to interpret national law in conformity with EU law – Scope – Need to ensure the full effectiveness of the framework decision
(Council Framework Decision 2002/584, as amended by Framework Decision 2009/299, Art. 4a(1))
(see paragraphs 41, 43, 45, 47-49, operative part 2)
See the text of the decision.