S.I. No. 27/2005 - European Arrest Warrant Act 2003 (Designated Member States) Order 2005

1. This Order may be cited as the

European Arrest Warrant Act 2003

(Designated Member States) Order 2005.

2. The Member States specified in the Schedule to this Order are designated for the purposes of the

European Arrest Warrant Act 2003

(No.

45 of 2003).

SCHEDULE

Czech Republic

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Foreign Affairs this 25th day of January, 2005.

DERMOT AHERN,

Minister for Foreign Affairs.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

The effect of the Order is to designate, for the purposes of the enabling Act, those EU Member States that have under their respective national laws, given effect to the Council Framework Decision of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States since the making of the

European Arrest Warrant Act 2003

(Designated Member States) (No. 6 Order 2004 (

S.I. No. 532 of 2004

) of 31 August 2004.

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

S.I. No. 27 of 2005

EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT ACT 2003 (DESIGNATED MEMBER STATES) ORDER 2005

S.I. No. 27 of 2005

EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT ACT 2003 (DESIGNATED MEMBER STATES) ORDER 2005

I, DERMOT AHERN, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in the exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

European Arrest Warrant Act 2003

(

No. 45 of 2003

) hereby order as follows