Brussels, 16/11/2010 (Agence Europe) - As a general rule, a national court may not refuse to carry out a European arrest warrant when the court issuing it has expressly stated that a previous ruling delivered under its legal system is not a “final judgment” covering the acts referred to in the arrest warrant issued by it. In cases such as this, the judicial authority which arrests the accused may not then refuse to surrender him/her to the issuing authority.
With this ruling, delivered...