EAW

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EAW is the abbreviation for the European Arrest Warrant, a legal framework that streamlines the extradition of individuals between European Union member states for prosecution or to serve a sentence.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
EAW canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf EU framework decision ⓘ
European Arrest Warrant ⓘ
European Union law measure ⓘ
extradition mechanism ⓘ
legal instrument ⓘ
abbreviation EAW ⓘ
appliesIn European Union member states ⓘ
appliesToOffencesWithMaximumPenalty at least 12 months of imprisonment for prosecution cases ⓘ
appliesToOffencesWithRemainingSentence at least 4 months of imprisonment for sentence enforcement ⓘ
basedOnPrinciple mutual recognition of judicial decisions ⓘ
canBeTransmittedVia Interpol channels ⓘ
Schengen Information System ⓘ
category EU area of freedom, security and justice instrument ⓘ
contains description of the circumstances of the offence ⓘ
identity of the requested person ⓘ
information on the nature and legal classification of the offence ⓘ
penalty imposed or prescribed ⓘ
criticisedFor disparities in procedural safeguards between member states ⓘ
potential impact on fundamental rights ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 2004 ⓘ
executedBy judicial authority of another member state ⓘ
feature abolition of political offence exception for most offences ⓘ
direct transmission between judicial authorities ⓘ
limited grounds for refusal ⓘ
standardised warrant form ⓘ
time limits for decision on execution ⓘ
implementedBy national legislation of EU member states ⓘ
issuedBy judicial authority of a member state ⓘ
language all official EU languages ⓘ
legalBasis Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA ⓘ
mayBeRefusedOnGroundsOf age of criminal responsibility ⓘ
amnesty in the executing state ⓘ
ne bis in idem (double jeopardy) ⓘ
serious risk of fundamental rights violations as interpreted by case law ⓘ
mayBeUsedFor organised crime offences ⓘ
serious cross-border crime ⓘ
terrorism-related offences ⓘ
purpose facilitate surrender of persons for prosecution ⓘ
facilitate surrender of persons to serve a custodial sentence ⓘ
streamline extradition procedures within the EU ⓘ
reformedBy subsequent EU legislation and case law interpretations ⓘ
relatedTo principle of mutual trust between EU member states ⓘ
replaces traditional extradition procedures between EU member states ⓘ
requires guarantees on fundamental rights compliance ⓘ
scopeIncludes persons sought for criminal prosecution ⓘ
persons sought to serve a custodial sentence ⓘ
subjectTo review by the Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

European Arrest Warrant → abbreviation → EAW ⓘ
subject linked to: EAW
GB-EAW → hasSubdivisionCode → EAW ⓘ