Division 3.1 Member State checks prior to issuing the alert

Most newly issued Article 95 alerts will be based on a European Arrest Warrant (EAW). However, under an Article 95 alert it is also possible for provisional arrest prior to obtaining an extradition request. The checks required before each of these cases are as follows:

The EAW/extradition request shall be issued by a judicial authority authorised to carry out this function in the issuing Member State.

Sufficient detail to enable other SIRENE bureaux to verify the alert should be contained in the EAW/extradition request and in the A form (in particular, EAW section (e): ‘description of the circumstances in which the offence(s) was (were) committed, including the time and place’ and A form, field 044: ‘description of the deeds’).