Section 1: General provisions

The European arrest warrant is a judicial decision issued by a Member State of the European Union, known as the issuing Member State, with a view to the arrest and surrender by another Member State, known as the executing Member State, of a person sought for the purposes of criminal proceedings or the execution of a custodial sentence or detention order. The judicial authority shall be competent, in accordance with…

The offences which may give rise to the issue of a European arrest warrant are, under the law of the issuing Member State, the following: 1° Offences punishable by deprivation of liberty for a period equal to or exceeding one year or, where a sentence has been passed, where the sentence passed is equal to or exceeds four months’ imprisonment; 2° Offences punishable by a detention order for a period…

Every European arrest warrant shall contain the following information: the identity and nationality of the requested person; the precise designation and full contact details of the judicial authority from which it emanates; an indication of the existence of an enforceable judgment, an arrest warrant or any other judicial decision having the same force under the law of the issuing Member State and falling within the scope of the Articles 695-12…

The European arrest warrant sent to the competent authority of another Member State must be translated into the official language or one of the official languages of the executing Member State or into one of the official languages of the institutions of the European Union accepted by that State.

Where the requested person is in a known place on the territory of another Member State, the European arrest warrant may be sent directly to the executing judicial authority, by any means that leaves a written record, under conditions that enable that authority to verify its authenticity. In other cases, a European arrest warrant may be transmitted either via the Schengen Information System or via the secure telecommunications system of…