Malta

Even though the European Arrest Warrant may be considered among the acts essential for understanding the charges, the protection of the defence rights of a foreign-language requested person does not require the written translation of the documents of the surrender proceedings, where the understanding of their content is ensured through the assistance of an interpreter. In the present case, moreover, the appellant did not in any way argue that, at the time of arrest, he had not been provided with the information and notifications referred to in Article 12 of Law No. 69, and, on the contrary, he consistently benefited from the assistance of an interpreter.