This document provides an overview of the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) with regard to the application of Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States (EAW FD).

The 2021 edition of Eurojust’s overview on the case-law of the CJEU on the European arrest warrant (EAW) is up to date as of 15 March 2021. Compared with the previous (2020) edition, it contains nine additional judgments, totalling 55 judgments for the period 2007–2021. Depending of the number of upcoming judgments, the next update of this document will be published still in 2021 or in 2022.

The case-law overview contains summaries of the CJEU’s judgments categorised according to a set of important keywords that largely reflect the structure of the EAW FD. A table of keywords and a chronological list of judgments is also provided at the beginning of the document.