17.10.2016

Official Journal of the European Union

C 383/7

(Case C-453/16)

(2016/C 383/10)

Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: Openbaar Ministerie

Defendant: Halil Ibrahim Özçelik

Questions referred

1.Is the expression ‘judicial decision’, within the meaning of Article 8(1)(c) of Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA, a term of EU law which must be given an autonomous and uniform interpretation?

2.If so, what is the meaning of that term?

3.Does the confirmation, as in the present case, by a member of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of a national arrest warrant previously issued by the police constitute such a ‘judicial decision’?

Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (OJ 2002 L 190, p. 1).

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