The executing judicial authority shall immediately inform the issuing judicial authority and agree on a new surrender date.

The issuing judicial authority may at any time forward any additional useful information to the executing judicial authority.

Judicial authorities

Review of the competent authority's or body's decision by a judicial authority shall be possible.

The executing judicial authority shall notify the issuing judicial authority immediately of the decision on the action to be taken on the arrest warrant.

(b) between a judicial authority of one Member State and a central authority of another Member State.

When the location of the requested person is known, the issuing judicial authority may transmit the arrest warrant directly to the executing judicial authority.

a the term “judicial authority” means a court or an administrative authority having equivalent powers;

The issuing judicial authority shall be the judicial authority of the issuing State which is competent to issue an arrest warrant by virtue of the law of that State.

c determine the views of the child and present these views to the judicial authority.

The executing judicial authority shall be the judicial authority of the executing State which is competent to execute the arrest warrant by virtue of the law of that State.

In proceedings affecting a child, the judicial authority, before taking a decision, shall:

States Parties may agree that the hearing shall be conducted by a judicial authority of the requesting State Party and attended by a judicial authority of the requested State Party.

Final administrative decisions in any of the procedures referred to under paragraph 4 shall be subject to review by a judicial or quasi-judicial authority.

In the final instance, the appellant shall have the right of appeal to a judicial authority.

At the request of the issuing judicial authority or on its own initiative, the executing judicial authority shall, in accordance with its national law, seize and hand over property which:

If the issuing judicial authority does not know the competent executing judicial authority, it shall make the requisite enquiries, in order to obtain that information from the executing State.

B. Role of judicial authorities

(b) the name, address, telephone and fax numbers and e-mail address of the issuing judicial authority;

The executing judicial authority consents to the surrender to another State according to the following rules:

The execution of the arrest warrant by the executing judicial authority may be subject to the following conditions:

The competent executing judicial authority may assign another judicial authority of its State to take part in the hearing of the requested person in order to ensure the proper application of this Article and of the conditions laid down.

(g) where the executing judicial authority which surrendered the person gives its consent in accordance with paragraph 4.

Where in specific cases the arrest warrant cannot be executed within the time limits laid down in paragraphs 2 or 3, the executing judicial authority shall immediately inform the issuing judicial authority thereof, giving the reasons for the delay.

The Court of Justice may order that a witness or expert be heard by the judicial authority of his place of permanent residence.

The judicial authority which executes a Letter of Request shall apply its own law as to the methods and procedures to be followed.

The applicant may require that a certificate not completed by a Central Authority or by a judicial authority shall be countersigned by one of these authorities.

To that end, all information concerning the duration of the detention of the requested person on the basis of the arrest warrant shall be transmitted by the executing judicial authority or the central authority designated under Article 10 to the issuing judicial authority at the time of the surrender.

In urgent cases the judicial authority shall have the power, where appropriate, to take decisions which are immediately enforceable.

The order shall be sent for implementation to the competent judicial authority under conditions laid down in the Rules of Procedure.

The executing judicial authority of a Member State may seek the advice of Eurojust when making the choice referred to in paragraph 1.

Where the arrest warrant has been issued for the purpose of conducting a criminal prosecution, the executing judicial authority must:

Where power to waive the privilege or immunity lies with an authority of the executing State, the executing judicial authority shall request it to exercise that power forthwith.

States shall establish an obligation for the executing judicial authority to refuse to execute the arrest warrant in the following cases:

When a requested person is arrested, the executing competent judicial authority shall, in accordance with its national law, inform that person of the arrest warrant and of its contents, and also of the possibility of consenting to surrender to the issuing judicial authority.

Nor shall it cover information obtained under powers exercised at the request of the judicial authority, unless those authorities so agree.

Nor shall it cover information obtained under powers exercised at the request of a judicial authority, except where communication of such information is authorised by that authority.

The issuing judicial authority may, in any event, decide to issue an alert for the requested person in the Schengen Information System (SIS).

c the term “representative” means a person, such as a lawyer, or a body appointed to act before a judicial authority on behalf of a child;

A Contracting State shall designate a Central Authority which will undertake to receive Letters of Request coming from a judicial authority of another Contracting State and to transmit them to the authority competent to execute them.

If the authority which receives an arrest warrant is not competent to act upon it, it shall automatically forward the arrest warrant to the competent authority in its State and shall inform the issuing judicial authority accordingly.

In civil or commercial matters a judicial authority of a Contracting State may, in accordance with the provisions of the law of that State, request the competent authority of another Contracting State, by means of a Letter of Request, to obtain evidence, or to perform some other judicial act.

The judicial authority of the requested Member State shall summon the person concerned to appear in accordance with the forms laid down by its law.

Instead of postponing the surrender, the executing judicial authority may temporarily surrender the requested person to the issuing State under conditions to be determined by mutual agreement between the executing and the issuing judicial authorities.

States can establish an obligation or an option for the executing judicial authority to refuse to execute the arrest warrant in the following cases:

Parties shall consider granting children additional procedural rights in relation to proceedings before a judicial authority affecting them, in particular:

Where power to waive the privilege or immunity lies with an authority of another State or international organisation, it shall be for the issuing judicial authority to request it to exercise that power.

(c) the hearing shall be conducted directly by, or under the direction of, the judicial authority of the requesting Member State in accordance with its own laws;

Considering, however, that in the event of conflict it is desirable for families to try to reach agreement before bringing the matter before a judicial authority,

The executing judicial authority shall decide, within the time limits and under the conditions defined in this Agreement, whether the person is to be surrendered.