What does the Trade and Cooperation Agreement mean for the UKs #extradition arrangements with the EU27?
Lets take a quick look
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A reminder of the respective positions of the UK and the EU in their negotiations that the UK Government considered a 'UK WIN'
As rightly said by @StevePeers, the reality is that the Agreement appears to be closer aligned to the EUs objectives, particularly given the EU wins in relation to dual criminality, ability to determine applicability for political offences and surrender for own nationals. EU WIN?
To begin with, as per previous arrangements, #extradition is referred to throughout as a 'mechanism of surrender'. Unlike the Council Framework Decision on the European Arrest Warrant, the surrender arrangement does not appear to be based on mutual trust and recognition
Despite the UK Governments negotiating position of not seeking participation in the EAW scheme, the Agreement provisions on surrender closely follows the wording of the Framework Decision on the European arrest warrant