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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12070
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Rule of law

The existence of systemic failings in the judicial system of issuing member state can justify refusal to implement a European arrest warrant

A judicial authority called upon to execute a European arrest warrant must refrain from giving effect to it if it considers that there is a real risk that the individual concerned would suffer a breach of his fundamental right to an independent tribunal and, therefore, of the essence of his fundamental right to a fair trial on account of deficiencies liable to affect the independence of the judiciary in the issuing Member State, explained the European Court of Justice in a ruling issued on...

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