Prosecutors in the Netherlands do not constitute an “executing judicial authority” in the context of the execution of a European Arrest Warrant (EAW), as they may be subject to individual instructions from the Netherlands Minister for Justice. This is the verdict of the European Court of Justice on Tuesday 24 November (Case C-510/19).
In September 2017, an EAW was issued by a Belgian investigating judge against AZ, a Belgian national (forgery, use of forgery). In December 2017, AZ was...