European Arrest Warrant, Double Criminality and Mutual Recognition: A Much Debated Case

Lorena Bachmaier

doi:10.5771/2193-5505-2018-2-152

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- 143–145 Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis 143–145
- 146–200 Focus 146–200
  - 146–151 Rebellion and Treason: The Family Demons of Europe and the European Arrest Warrant Luis Arroyo Zapatero Luis Arroyo Zapatero 146–151
  - 152–159 European Arrest Warrant, Double Criminality and Mutual Recognition: A Much Debated Case Lorena Bachmaier Lorena Bachmaier 152–159
  - 160–166 The Foundations of Mutual Recognition and the Meaning of Dual Criminality Adán Nieto Martín Adán Nieto Martín 160–166
  - 167–175 Dual Criminality under Review: On the Puigdemont Case Marta Muñoz de Morales Romero Marta Muñoz de Morales Romero 167–175
  - 176–185 The Examination of the Executing Authority on the European Arrest Warrant Jordi Nieva-Fenoll Jordi Nieva-Fenoll 176–185
  - 186–195 Can a Judicial Authority Refuse to Execute a European Arrest Warrant Due to the Situation of Spanish Prisons? – On the Catalan Procés Cristina Rodríguez Yagüe Cristina Rodríguez Yagüe 186–195
  - 196–200 The Case Puigdemont: The Stress-Test of the European Arrest Warrant Luigi Foffani Luigi Foffani 196–200
- 201–312 Articles 201–312
  - 201–222 The EU Directive on Combating Terrorism and the Criminalisation of Travelling Alejandro Sánchez Frías Alejandro Sánchez Frías 201–222
  - 223–243 Offenders’ Rehabilitation: Towards a New Paradigm for EU Criminal Law? Stefano Montaldo Stefano Montaldo 223–243
  - 244–267 The Taking Account of EU Previous Convictions in Joint/Accumulated Punishment: The Spanish Case Marta Muñoz de Morales Romero Marta Muñoz de Morales Romero 244–267
  - 268–293 A European Money Laundering Curiosity: Self-Laundering in Finland Tatu Hyttinen Tatu Hyttinen 268–293
  - 294–312 GPS Surveillance from the Perspective of the European Convention on Human Rights Diego Zannoni Diego Zannoni 294–312
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EuCLR European Criminal Law Review , page 152 - 159

European Arrest Warrant, Double Criminality and Mutual Recognition: A Much Debated Case

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Lorena Bachmaier

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/2193-5505-2018-2-152
- ISSN: 2191-7442
- ISSN online: 2193-5505
Abstract

On March 2018 the Spanish Supreme Court issued a European Arrest Warrant for the surrender of Puigdemont to be tried in Spain for grave offences against the constitutional order. In a preliminary decision the competent judicial authority in Germany found that the absence of double criminality should lead to the refusal of the EAW. This decision was confirmed by definitive decision of 12 July 2018. This paper questions the reasons for keeping a strict double criminality test in the European Area of Freedom Security and Justice (AFSJ), where the principle of mutual recognition should be “the cornerstone” of the judicial cooperation. It will be argued that a too strict application of the double criminality requirement in the realm of the EAW is contrary to the objectives set out in Article 67 and 82 of the TFUE, while it is not necessarily justified on grounds of protection of human rights.
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