TY - JOUR AU - Słapczyński, Tomasz PY - 2016/02/11 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Application of the European Arrest Warrant by the Polish Law Enforcement JF - Scientific Journal of Bielsko-Biala School of Finance and Law JA - ASEJ VL - 22 IS - 4 SE - Articles - Economics and finance DO - 10.5604/01.3001.0013.0387 UR - https://asej.eu/index.php/asej/article/view/258 SP - 53-58 AB - <div>The European Arrest Warrant (EAW) is&nbsp;undoubtedly the result of the introduction of cross-border&nbsp;simplified court proceedings. In its regulations, suspects and&nbsp;accused persons are transferred for the purpose of&nbsp;prosecuting&nbsp;offenses or executing a sentence of deprivation of&nbsp;liberty or a&nbsp;detention order involving the deprivation of liberty. A European&nbsp;arrest warrant issued by a judicial authority of a&nbsp;Member State is&nbsp;valid throughout the territory of the European Union. The&nbsp;beginning of its application in Poland dates from 1</div><div>st January 2004.&nbsp;It replaced the extradition procedure, which was previously&nbsp;applied by the member states of the Union. The mech&nbsp;anism of the&nbsp;EAW is based on the principle of mutual recognition&nbsp;of judicial&nbsp;decisions and is applied in all EU Member States. It is based on the&nbsp;principle of direct contact between judicial author</div><div>ities.&nbsp;Authorities using the warrant are obliged to respect the&nbsp;procedural rights of suspects and defendants, that&nbsp;is, the right to&nbsp;information, to a lawyer, to an interpreter, etc.</div> ER -