Judgment of the Court of Justice in Case C-202/24

PRESS RELEASE No 117/24 Luxembourg, 29 July 2024 Judgment of the Court in Case C-202/24 | [Alchaster] 1 Arrest warrants issued by the United Kingdom: the Court clarifies the conditions under which they may be executed in the European Union Since the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, the execution of arrest warrants issued by the United Kingdom in the European Union is governed by the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) between the European Union and the United Kingdom. The Court holds that the judicial authorities of the Member States requested to execute such a warrant must undertake an independent examination of the risk of a breach of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union which the person concerned claims to run if he or she is surrendered to the United Kingdom. The surrender mechanism provided for by the TCA differs from the one provided for by the Framework Decision on European arrest warrants. The Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) 2 between the European Union and the United Kingdom to regulate their relations after Brexit provides, inter alia, for judicial cooperation in criminal matters based on a mechanism of surrender pursuant to an arrest warrant. A district judge of the Magistrates’ Courts of Northern Ireland (United Kingdom) issued four arrest warrants against a person suspected of having committed terrorist offences. In his appeal to the Supreme Court of Ireland, the interested party...