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General Prosecutor's speech - by which the Office starts the extradition proceedings - does not fall either among the acts for which a written translation is mandatorily required, nor among those — to be considered essential for the accused to understand the charges against him — for which the judge may order a translation ex officio or upon request of a party. The case concerns a sought person who, at the time the application was filed, was fully aware of the allegations against him, having already been served with a pre-trial detention order, duly translated for him.

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.