Division 3.7 Action by SIRENE Bureaux upon receipt of an alert for arrest

When a SIRENE Bureau receives an A form, it shall, as soon as possible, search all available sources to try and locate the subject. If the information provided by the issuing Member State is not sufficient for acceptance by the receiving Member State, this shall not prevent the searches being carried out.

If the alert for arrest is validated and the subject is located or arrested in the Member State, then the information contained in the A form should be forwarded to the competent authority of the Member State which executes the EAW or the ER. If the original EAW or ER is requested, it should be sent by the issuing judicial authority directly to the executing judicial authority (unless otherwise provided for in the national law of the issuing or executing Member State).