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The case concerned a Greek European Arrest Warrant issued for both prosecution and the execution of custodial sentences. The District Court of Amsterdam delivered an interim decision referring a preliminary question to the Court of Justice of the European Union on the requirement of effective judicial protection. The Court noted that the case was comparable to Wertergen, a pending preliminary-reference case concerning judicial protection against the decision of a Greek public prosecutor to issue a prosecution EAW. Since the requested person was in surrender detention, the Court also requested that the reference be dealt with under the urgent preliminary ruling procedure.