S.I. No. 18/2007 - European Arrest Warrant Act 2003 (Designated Member States) Order 2007

1. This Order may be cited as the European Arrest Warrant Act 2003 (Designated Member States) Order 2007.

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

Bulgaria

Romania

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Foreign Affairs this 22

nd

day of January 2007.

Dermot Ahern

Minister for Foreign Affairs

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

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

The effect of this 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. 2) Order 2005 of 15 May 2005.

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

S.I. No 18 of 2007

EUROPEAN ARREST WARRANT ACT 2003 (DESIGNATED MEMBER STATES) ORDER 2007

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