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Authorization of surrender of requested person to the European Delegated Prosecutor of the EPPO in Hamburg (Germany) for fraud offences. In response to an objection of the defence that the issuing authority was not competent to issue an EAW, because there was no legal basis designating it as such, the District Court ruled that Article 33 of the EPPO Regulation itself contains a legal basis for European Delegated Prosecutors to issue an EAW.

Complaint against a European freezing order. Remarkably, the European Delegated Prosecutors collaborated on the basis of a mutual recognition instrument. On the basis of a European Freezing Order issued by an Italian European Delegated Prosecutor, the European Delegated Prosecutor in the Netherlands has seized funds that were placed in Dutch bank accounts. The investigating judge issued mandates to execute these seizures. No grounds for refusal under Article 8 of the Framework Decision on the European Freezing Order apply. According to the District Court, whether there is recovery frustration perpetrated by third parties is a substantive test that is reserved to the issuing authority. The complaint unfounded.

Complaint against seizure by the European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO). In order to implement a cross-border investigative measure under Article 31 of the EPPO Regulation of the handling European Delegated Prosecutors in Italy, a number of goods have been seized under the complainant in the Netherlands. The court declares the complaint unfounded. The court's review in these proceedings is limited to aspects of the implementation of the measure. The relevant law in this regard consists of the EPPO Regulation and the formalities and requirements in national law. There is no legal basis for the review requested by the complainant with regard to the legality of the seizure and whether the principles of proportionality and subsidiarity have been complied with, unless there are special circumstances relating to the administration of justice in the Member State of the handling European Delegated Prosecutor judicial that make it urgently necessary that there is a possibility for review in the Member State of the assisting European Delegated Prosecutor.

Authorization of surrender of requested person to the European Delegated Prosecutor of the EPPO in Hamburg (Germany) for fraud offences.

Dismissal of the complaint against the seizure by the EPPO among three complainants under Dutch criminal law. The seizure was lawfully made. There is sufficient suspicion of a crime for which a fine may be imposed. The interests of criminal procedure oppose the lifting of the conventional seizure on the business records and a telephone (for the purpose of ascertaining the truth) and the lifting of the prejudgment attachment on a house and two cars (for the purpose of imposing a possible fine or a claim for deprivation of property). The requirements of proportionality and subsidiarity have been met. The EPPO offered practical solutions to the complainants, such as providing copies of parts of the administration and a least burdensome removal from the seized house.