The Public Prosecutor's Office Amsterdam, the Centre for International Legal Assistance, is the designated authority to receive and to execute the incoming EAWs. The Amsterdam Court for International Legal Assistance is the central competent authority to decide upon the EAWs.
The wanted person can consent to his immediate surrender until the day of the courtsession. He cannot withdraw his former consent. In the accelerated procedure the person may chose whether or not to waive the specialty rule.
When it concerns an EAW for the purpose of prosecution of a wanted person and it regards a national or resident who has been given equal status as a national, we will require a guarantee for return before the court will decide on the EAW.
In case the court applies the ground for refusal based on Article 4 par 6 FD EAW - situation of an EAW for execution of a sentence, that regards a national or a resident who has been given equal status as a national - and refuses the surrender, the court will at the same time order the transfer of the execution of the sentence in the Netherlands and order the incarceration, if the surrender detention of the wanted person had been suspended awaiting the decision on the EAW.
In case there is a pending Dutch criminal proceedings, the actual surrender may be postponed, in order to finalize the Dutch criminal case. A temporary surrender can be initiated, in which the minister of justice and security will set the conditions that have to be agreed upon by the issuing authority