Case C-804/21 PPU: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 28 April 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein oikeus — Finland) — C and CD v Syyttäjä (Reference for a preliminary ru...

C 237/20 EN Official Journal of the European Union 20.6.2022 Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 28 April 2022 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Korkein oikeus — Finland) — C and CD v Syyttäjä (Case C-804/21 PPU) (1) (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Urgent preliminary ruling procedure — Judicial cooperation in criminal matters — European arrest warrant — Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA — Article 23(3) —Requirement of intervention on the part of the executing judicial authority — Article 6(2) — Police services — Not included — Force majeure — Concept — Legal obstacles to surrender — Legal actions brought by the requested person — Application for international protection — Not included —Article 23(5) — Expiry of the time limits provided for surrender — Consequences — Release —Obligation to adopt any other measure necessary to prevent absconding) (2022/C 237/25) Language of the case: Finnish Referring court Korkein oikeus Parties to the main proceedings Applicants: C and CD Defendant: Syyttäjä Operative part of the judgment 1. Article 23(3) of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States, as amended by Council Framework Decision 2009/299/JHA of 26 February 2009, must be interpreted as meaning that the concept of force majeure does not extend to legal obstacles to surrender which arise from legal actions brought by the person who is the subject of the...