CELEX: 62020CN0206
Language: en
Date: 2020-05-15 00:00:00
Title: Case C-206/20: Reference for a preliminary ruling from High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court) (United Kingdom) made on 15 May 2020 — VA v Prosecutor of the regional prosecutor’s office in Ruse, Bulgaria

10.8.2020   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 262/14
            
         
      Reference for a preliminary ruling from High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court) (United Kingdom) made on 15 May 2020 — VA v Prosecutor of the regional prosecutor’s office in Ruse, Bulgaria
      (Case C-206/20)
      (2020/C 262/18)
      Language of the case: English
      
         Referring court
      
      High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division (Administrative Court)
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Appellant: VA
      
         Respondent: Prosecutor of the regional prosecutor’s office in Ruse, Bulgaria
      
         Question referred
      
      Where surrender is sought in order to prosecute a requested person, and where the decision to issue an underlying national arrest warrant (‘NAW’) and the decision to issue a European arrest warrant (‘EAW’) are both taken by a public prosecutor, without any involvement of a Court prior to surrender, does a requested person receive the dual level of protection envisaged by the Court in Bob-Dogi C-241/15, (ECLI:EU:C:2016:385) if:
      
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                  the effect of the NAW is limited to detaining the individual for a maximum of 72 hours for the purpose of bringing him before a Court; and
               
            
                  b)
               
               
                  on surrender, it is solely a matter for the Court whether to order release, or to continue detention, in light of all the circumstances of the case?