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EU: EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT (EAW) FIGURES: Council of the European Union: Replies to questionnaire on quantitative information on the practical operation of the European arrest warrant – Year 2010
01 June 2011
EU: EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT (EAW) FIGURES:
Council of the European Union: Replies to questionnaire on quantitative information on the practical operation of the European arrest warrant – Year 2010 (pdf) The EU Member States issuing the highest number of EAWs were: Germany: 2096; Romania: 2,000; Hungary: 1,015; Spain: 566 and Belgium: 553. The highest number of EAWs received were: Spain: 1,544, Romania: 547; Belgium: 543 and Czech Republic 330. The highest number of refusal to execute EAWs by judicial authorities were: Romania: 168; Germany: 153; Poland: 71 and the Czech Republic: 51. No figures were provided by the UK.