CELEX: 62015CB0473
Language: en
Date: 2017-09-06 00:00:00
Title: Case C-473/15: Order of the Court (First Chamber) of 6 September 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bezirksgericht Linz — Austria) — Peter Schotthöfer & Florian Steiner GbR v Eugen Adelsmayr (Requests for a preliminary ruling — Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice — Extradition of a national of a Member State of the European Union to a third State where he risks being subjected to the death penalty — Citizenship of the Union — Articles 18 and 21 TFEU — Article 19(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Protection against extradition)

6.11.2017   
            
            
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               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 374/11
            
         Order of the Court (First Chamber) of 6 September 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Bezirksgericht Linz — Austria) — Peter Schotthöfer & Florian Steiner GbR v Eugen Adelsmayr
   (Case C-473/15) (1)
   
   ((Requests for a preliminary ruling - Article 99 of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice - Extradition of a national of a Member State of the European Union to a third State where he risks being subjected to the death penalty - Citizenship of the Union - Articles 18 and 21 TFEU - Article 19(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union - Protection against extradition))
   (2017/C 374/14)
   Language of the case: German
   
      Referring court
   
   Bezirksgericht Linz
   
      Parties to the main proceedings
   
   
      Applicant: Peter Schotthöfer & Florian Steiner GbR
   
      Defendant: Eugen Adelsmayr
   
      Operative part of the order
   
   Article 19(2) of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union must be interpreted as meaning that a request for extradition originating from a third country concerning a Union citizen who, in exercising his freedom of movement, leaves his Member State of origin in order to reside on the territory of another Member State, must be rejected by the latter Member State where that citizen runs a serious risk of being subjected to the death penalty in the event of extradition.
   
      (1)  OJ C 406, 7.12.2015.